Selected Nursing Diagnoses by Medical Diagnosis (B)

Bell’s palsy

■ Anxiety

■ Chronic low self-esteem

■ Disturbed body image

■ Disturbed sensory perception

(gustatory)

■ Impaired swallowing

■ Impaired verbal communication

■ Ineffective sexuality patterns Risk for compromised human

dignity Social isolation Stress overload

Unilateral neglect

Benign prostatic hypertrophy

■ Deficient knowledge (specify)

■ Impaired urinary elimination

■ Ineffective sexuality patterns

■ Sexual dysfunction
■ Urinary retention

Bipolar disorder: Depressive phase

■ Chronic low self-esteem

■ Constipation

■ Disturbed sensory perception

■ Disturbed sleep pattern

■ Disturbed thought processes

■ Feeding self-care deficit

■ Hopelessness

■ Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements

■ Ineffective coping

■ Ineffective denial

■ Ineffective health maintenance

■ Insomnia

■ Risk for compromised human dignity

■ Risk for injury

■ Risk for self-directed violence

■ Sexual dysfunction

■ Sleep deprivation

■ Social isolation

■ Spiritual distress ■ Stress overload

Bipolar disorder: Manic phase

■ Chronic low self-esteem

■ Disturbed sensory perception

■ Disturbed sleep pattern

■ Disturbed thought processes

■ Feeding self-care deficit

■ Impaired home maintenance

■ Impaired physical mobility

■ Impaired verbal communication

■ Ineffective coping

■ Ineffective denial

■ Insomnia

■ Risk for injury

Risk for other-directed violence

Risk-prone health behavior

■ Sexual dysfunction

Bladder cancer

■ Acute pain

■ Fear

■ Impaired tissue integrity

■ Impaired urinary elimination

■ Readiness for enhanced selfcare

■ Risk for compromised human dignity

■ Urge urinary incontinence

Blindness

■ Deficient diversional activity

■ Deficient knowledge

(specify)

■ Disturbed body image

■ Disturbed sensory perception

(visual)

■ Fear

■ Impaired physical mobility

■ Powerlessness

■ Risk for injury

■ Risk for loneliness

Bone marrow transplantation

■ Activity intolerance

■ Complicated grieving

■ Contamination

■ Decreased cardiac output

■ Deficient diversional activity

■ Diarrhea

■ Disturbed body image

■ Excess fluid volume

■ Grieving

■ Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements

■ Impaired oral mucous membrane

■ Impaired skin integrity

■ Ineffective protection

 ■ Risk for infection

Bone sarcomas

Activity intolerance

Acute pain

 Impaired physical mobility

Impaired tissue integrity

Borderline personality disorder 
■ Chronic low self-esteem

■ Fear

■ Impaired religiosity

■ Ineffective coping

■ Risk for self-directed violence

■ Risk for self-mutilation ■ Social isolation

Bowel fistula

■ Risk for deficient fluid volume

Bowel resection

■ Delayed surgical recovery

■ Risk for infection

Brain abscess

■ Acute pain

■ Decreased intracranial adaptive capacity

■ Disturbed body image

■ Impaired physical mobility

■ Impaired skin integrity

■ Ineffective sexuality patterns

■ Ineffective tissue perfusion

(cerebral)

■ Risk for aspiration

■ Risk for ineffective cerebral tissue perfusion

■ Risk for injury

■ Risk for urge urinary incontinence

Brain tumors

■ Acute confusion

■ Bowel incontinence

■ Constipation

■ Decreased intracranial adaptive capacity

■ Disturbed sensory perception

■ Disturbed thought processes

■ Fear

■ Grieving

■ Impaired environmental interpretation syndrome

■ Impaired tissue integrity
Impaired urinary elimination

■ Impaired verbal communication

■ Ineffective coping

■ Ineffective thermoregulation

■ Risk for injury

■ Total urinary incontinence

Breast cancer

■ Acute pain

■ Anxiety

■ Complicated grieving

■ Decisional conflict (specify)

■ Deficient knowledge (specify)

■ Disturbed body image

■ Fear

■ Grieving

■ Impaired skin integrity

■ Ineffective coping

■ Risk for compromised human dignity

■ Spiritual distress

Breast engorgement

■ Acute pain

■ Impaired skin integrity

■ Ineffective breast-feeding ■ Risk for infection

Bronchiectasis

■ Compromised family coping

■ Deficient knowledge

■ Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements

■ Impaired gas exchange

■ Ineffective airway clearance

■ Ineffective breathing pattern ■ Risk for infection

Bulimia nervosa

■ Anxiety

■ Constipation

■ Deficient fluid volume ■ Disturbed body image

■ Hyperthermia

■ Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements Imbalanced nutrition: more than body requirements Ineffective denial

Interrupted family processes

Risk for constipation

■ Sleep deprivation ■ Social isolation

Burns

■ Acute pain

■ Constipation

■ Deficient diversional activity

■ Deficient fluid volume

■ Disabled family coping

■ Disturbed body image

■ Dysfunctional ventilatory weaning response

■ Grieving

■ Hyperthermia

■ Hypothermia

■ Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements

■ Impaired physical mobility

■ Impaired skin integrity

■ Impaired spontaneous ventilation

■ Ineffective breathing pattern

■ Ineffective tissue perfusion

(renal)

■ Powerlessness

■ Readiness for enhanced hope

■ Readiness for enhanced selfcare

■ Risk for deficient fluid volume

■ Risk for imbalanced body temperature

■ Risk for infection
■ Risk for injury