Selected Nursing Diagnoses by Medical Diagnosis (I,J,K and L)

Ileostomy

■ Anxiety

■ Deficient fluid volume

■ Disturbed body image

■ Fear

■ Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements

■ Impaired skin integrity

■ Ineffective sexuality patterns

■ Ineffective tissue perfusion

(GI)

■ Risk for infection

■ Situational low self-esteem

Impotence

■ Deficient knowledge (specify)

■ Disturbed body image
Risk for compromised human
dignity Sexual dysfunction
Situational low self-esteem

■ Urinary retention

Incest

■ Ineffective coping

■ Interrupted family processes

■ Moral distress

■ Posttrauma syndrome

■ Rape-trauma syndrome: compound reaction

■ Rape-trauma syndrome: silent reaction

Infertility

■ Complicated grieving

■ Deficient knowledge (specify)

■ Ineffective coping

■ Situational low self-esteem
■ Stress overload

Inhalation injuries

■ Ineffective thermoregulation

■ Risk for injury

■ Risk for suffocation

Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis 
■ Activity intolerance

■ Deficient knowledge (specify)

■ Grieving

■ Impaired gas exchange

■ Ineffective breathing pattern

■ Ineffective coping ■ Spiritual distress

Intestinal obstruction

■ Acute pain

■ Constipation

■ Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements

■ Ineffective tissue perfusion(GI)

■ Risk for aspiration

■ Risk for deficient fluid volume

■ Risk for imbalanced fluid volume

■ Urinary retention Intoxication

■ Disturbed sensory perception

■ Disturbed thought processes

■ Hypothermia

■ Impaired verbal communication

■ Ineffective community therapeutic regimen management

■ Moral distress

■ Risk for aspiration

Joint replacement

■ Acute pain

■ Compromised family coping

■ Deficient knowledge (specify)

■ Disturbed sensory perception

(kinesthetic)

■ Impaired physical mobility

■ Ineffective tissue perfusion

■ Risk for contamination

■ Risk for infection ■ Risk for injury

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

■ Compromised family coping

■ Defensive coping

■ Disturbed sensory perception

(tactile)

■ Grieving

■ Impaired physical mobility

■ Ineffective health maintenance

■ Risk for unstable glucose level

Kidney transplantation

■ Deficient fluid volume

■ Deficient knowledge (specify)

■ Delayed surgical recovery

■ Disturbed body image

■ Ineffective protection

■ Interrupted family processes ■ Risk for infection

Labor and delivery

■ Acute pain

■ Anxiety

■ Deficient knowledge (specify) Effective breast-feeding

Impaired skin integrity Ineffective coping

Risk for injury

Total urinary incontinence

Urinary retention

Laryngeal cancer

■ Grieving

Leukemia

■ Acute pain

■ Grieving

■ Hopelessness

■ Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements

■ Impaired gas exchange

■ Impaired oral mucous membrane

■ Impaired tissue integrity

■ Ineffective protection

■ Ineffective tissue perfusion (cardiopulmonary)

■ Ineffective tissue perfusion

(renal)

■ Risk for falls

■ Risk for imbalanced body temperature

■ Risk for infection
■ Risk for injury

Liver transplantation

■ Anxiety

■ Compromised family coping

■ Deficient knowledge (specify)

■ Delayed surgical recovery

■ Fear

■ Ineffective coping

■ Ineffective protection

■ Ineffective tissue perfusion

(cardiopulmonary)

■ Ineffective tissue perfusion (GI)

■ Ineffective tissue perfusion

(renal)

■ Moral distress

■ Risk for impaired liver function

■ Risk for infection

Lung abscess

■ Acute pain

■ Anxiety

■ Impaired gas exchange Ineffective airway clearance

■ Ineffective breathing pattern Ineffective coping

Ineffective tissue perfusion

(cardiopulmonary)

■ Risk for imbalanced body temperature

Lung cancer

■ Activity intolerance

■ Death anxiety

■ Fear

■ Hopelessness

■ Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements

■ Impaired gas exchange

■ Impaired tissue integrity

■ Impaired verbal communication

■ Ineffective airway clearance

■ Ineffective breathing pattern
■ Powerlessness

Lupus erythematosus

■ Decreased cardiac output

■ Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements

■ Impaired physical mobility

■ Ineffective tissue perfusion

■ Risk for infection

■ Risk-prone health behavior

Lyme disease

■ Activity intolerance

■ Acute pain

■ Fatigue

■ Hyperthermia

■ Impaired skin integrity

Lymphomas

■ Death anxiety

■ Grieving

■ Hopelessness

■ Impaired tissue integrity

■ Ineffective protection
■ Risk for infection