Selected Nursing Diagnoses by Medical Diagnosis ( M and N)

Macular degeneration 
■ Activity intolerance

Disturbed sensory perception

(visual)

Ineffective denial

Powerlessness

Readiness for enhanced hope

Risk for caregiver role strain

■ Risk for falls

Malnutrition

■ Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements

■ Ineffective community coping
 ■ Risk for injury

Maternal psychological stress

■ Anxiety

■ Ineffective breast-feeding

■ Interrupted breast-feeding
■ Powerlessness

Meconium aspiration syndrome

■ Ineffective breathing pattern

■ Risk for injury

Melanoma

■ Decisional conflict

■ Defensive coping

■ Disturbed body image

■ Fatigue

■ Hopelessness

■ Impaired oral mucous membrane

■ Powerlessness

■ Spiritual distress

Ménière’s disease

■ Disturbed sensory perception

(auditory)

■ Impaired physical mobility

■ Insomnia

■ Nausea

■ Risk for falls

■ Risk for trauma

Meningitis

■ Acute pain

■ Bowel incontinence

■ Deficient fluid volume

■ Disturbed sensory perception (auditory)

■ Disturbed sensory perception (visual)

Excess fluid volume

■ Fear

Hyperthermia

Ineffective airway clearance

■ Ineffective breathing pattern

■ Risk for imbalanced fluid volume

■ Risk for infection

Menopause

■ Ineffective sexuality patterns

■ Insomnia

■ Sexual dysfunction

■ Situational low self-esteem
■ Stress overload

Metabolic acidosis

■ Deficient knowledge (specify)

■ Disturbed thought processes

■ Impaired oral mucous membrane

■ Ineffective breathing pattern
■ Risk for injury

Metabolic alkalosis

■ Deficient fluid volume

■ Disturbed thought processes

■ Impaired oral mucous membrane

■ Ineffective breathing pattern
■ Risk for injury

Mitral insufficiency

■ Activity intolerance

■ Decreased cardiac output

■ Deficient knowledge (specify)

■ Fatigue

■ Ineffective tissue perfusion

(cardiopulmonary)

Mitral stenosis

■ Activity intolerance

■ Decreased cardiac output

■ Deficient knowledge (specify)

■ Fatigue

■ Ineffective tissue perfusion

(cardiopulmonary)

Mood disorders

Impaired religiosity
Ineffective community therapeutic regimen management

Powerlessness

Risk for suicide

Self-mutilation

Social isolation

■ Spiritual distress

Multiple births

■ Anxiety

■ Deficient knowledge (specify)

■ Impaired parenting

■ Ineffective coping

■ Risk for injury

■ Stress urinary incontinence

Multiple myeloma

■ Activity intolerance

■ Acute pain

■ Excess fluid volume

■ Fatigue

■ Grieving

■ Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements

■ Ineffective tissue perfusion(cerebral)

■ Risk for infection

Multiple sclerosis

■ Acute pain

■ Bowel incontinence

■ Caregiver role strain

■ Chronic low self-esteem

■ Death anxiety

■ Deficient knowledge (specify)
■ Disturbed sensory perception

■ Dressing or grooming selfcare deficit

■ Fatigue

■ Grieving

■ Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements

■ Impaired memory

■ Impaired physical mobility

■ Impaired spontaneous ventilation

■ Impaired urinary elimination
■ Ineffective airway clearance

■ Ineffective health maintenance
■ Ineffective sexuality patterns Ineffective therapeutic regimen management

Readiness for enhanced family coping
Risk for activity intolerance
Risk for caregiver role strain

■ Risk for infection

■ Risk for spiritual distress

■ Risk for urge urinary incontinence

■ Risk-prone health behavior

■ Total urinary incontinence

Multisystem trauma

■ Anxiety

■ Bathing or hygiene self-care deficit

■ Deficient fluid volume

■ Dysfunctional ventilatory weaning response

■ Ineffective tissue perfusion

■ Powerlessness

■ Risk for infection

■ Risk for suffocation
■ Risk for trauma

Muscular dystrophy

■ Caregiver role strain

■ Deficient knowledge (specify)

■ Disturbed sensory perception

(kinesthetic)

■ Feeding self-care deficit

■ Hopelessness

■ Impaired physical mobility

■ Ineffective health maintenance

■ Low self-esteem

■ Readiness for enhanced family coping

■ Risk for caregiver role strain

■ Risk for urge urinary incontinence

■ Risk-prone health behavior

Myasthenia gravis

■ Bowel incontinence

■ Chronic low self-esteem

■ Dressing or grooming selfcare deficit

■ Dysfunctional ventilatory weaning response

■ Fatigue

Fear

Impaired gas exchange

Impaired physical mobility Impaired verbal communication

■ Ineffective airway clearance

■ Readiness for enhanced selfcare

■ Risk for urge urinary incontinence

Myocardial infarction

■ Activity intolerance

■ Acute pain

■ Anxiety

■ Compromised family coping

■ Death anxiety

■ Decreased cardiac output

■ Health-seeking behaviors

■ Ineffective coping

■ Ineffective denial

■ Ineffective role performance

■ Ineffective sexuality patterns

■ Ineffective tissue perfusion

■ Readiness for enhanced spiritual well-being

■ Risk for spiritual distress

■ Risk-prone health behavior

■ Sedentary lifestyle

■ Sexual dysfunction

■ Situational low self-esteem

■ Sleep deprivation
■ Spiritual distress

Narcissistic personality disorder

■ Fear

■ Ineffective coping

Neonatal asphyxia

■ Compromised family coping

■ Delayed growth and development

■ Hypothermia

■ Ineffective breathing pattern

■ Risk for aspiration
■ Risk for injury

Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia
Interrupted breast-feeding

Neurologic impairment

(neonatal)

■ Compromised family coping

■ Ineffective infant feeding pattern

Neuromuscular trauma

■ Impaired skin integrity

■ Overflow urinary incontinence

■ Posttrauma syndrome

■ Risk for aspiration

■ Risk for constipation

■ Risk for disuse syndrome

■ Total urinary incontinence
■ Unilateral neglect

Nutritional deficiencies

■ Disturbed thought processes

■ Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements

■ Impaired skin integrity

■ Risk for impaired parenting

■ Risk for infection