Need help on nursing diagnosis for homeless pregnant shelter

[stacey76]

Hi, I am taking a Community Health nursing course and having trouble with coming up several nursing diagnosis for homeless pregnant women in shelters.

I have one which is KNowledge deficet r/t prenatal care and community resources

another one is Ineffective coping r/t multiple stressors in their daily life

Can someone help me come up with several more..

Thanks

[scg08rn]

Nutrition: altered, less than body requirements

risk for infection (pre-natal care, etc)

hope this helps :)

[Sterren, BSN, RN]

I wouldn't use Ineffective coping unless you have proof. It's easy to assume that they are not handling the situation well, but it's also possible that those women are coping just fine with their circumstances. I would make it "risk for ineffective coping" or leave it out entirely.

I agree that in general many of them are probably at risk for infection and probably have less nutrition than they need. Risk for injury is also possible, many women become homeless because of abuse or are at higher risk of being attacked or abused because they are homeless.

[travduck, BSN, RN, CNM]

Try the following link: http://www.efn.org/~nurses/nanda.html