HELP!!Need assistance with assigment

[emilytsay1207]

I have an case study assigment on peripheral arterial disease

and we have to list the nursing diagnosis for pad. The nusing diagnosis which

I have found are claudication, ineffective tissue perfusion, smoking, hypertension

and obesity. Are these correct? I am not sure on the claudication

[Always_Learning, BSN, RN]

The only NANDA-approved nursing diagnosis you have listed is the Altered/Ineffective Tissue Perfusion. Claudication and hypertension would be medical diagnoses, and smoking and obesity would be considered co-morbidities or contributing factors, but not nursing diagnoses.

Make sure to consult a nursing diagnosis book to check that your nursing diagnosis truly is a nursing diagnosis, as medical diagnoses cannot be made by nurses. (We could argue about that, really, but ya know...:lol2:)

Best wishes!

[emilytsay1207]

Can i change the wording of it to make a nursing diagnosis? Where can i find to Nanda nursing diagnosis

[RaeRN30, BSN, RN]

There are tons of resources that contain this information. Did your program suggest one? There are also care plan books that are helpful when you are stuck- best of luck!

[Always_Learning, BSN, RN]

Your altered tissue perfusion is a valid nursing diagnosis, so work with that one. If you don't have a book for nursing diagnoses already, our program uses the Handbook of Nursing Diagnoses by Carpenito-Meyer. It's pretty easy to use once you get the hang of it.

Also check out some of the posts by Daytonite on nursing care plans; this may give you some more detailed help.

Best wishes!