NANDA terms/descriptors - help needed!

Hi,

I'm hoping some of you work with NANDA diagnosis or maybe you are a student who has recently written NANDA careplans...

I have been in nursing for over a decade...haven't looked at a NANDA diagnosis since I finished my last exam in school. I have to write an exam tomorrow and have just been told there are nursing diagnosis on it! Yikes!

I'm fine with figuring out what diagnosis goes with who/what...but I am hoping someone has a link or guide to explaining what the terms like readiness for enhancement, disorganized, ineffective...i.e all those are defined as 'officially'.

Thanks!

[Daytonite, BSN, RN]

boy! is this your lucky day. yes, nanda does officially define these terms in their publications. this is from page 385 of nanda international nursing diagnoses: definitions and classifications 2009-2011 which gives the axis 3 descriptions and their definitions:

• compromised - damaged, made vulnerable
  
• complicated - intricately involved, complex
  
• decreased - lessened (in size, amount or degree)
  
• defensive - used or intended to defend or protect
  
• deficient - insufficient, inadequate
  
• delayed - late, slow or postponed
  
• disabled - limited, handicapped
  
• disorganized - not properly arranged or controlled
  
• disproportionate - too large or too small in comparison with norm
  
• disturbed - agitated, interrupted, interfered with
  
• dysfunctional - not operating normally
  
• effective - producing the intended or desired effect
  
• enhanced - improved in quality, value or extent
  
• excessive - greater than necessary or desirable
  
• imbalanced - out of proportion or balance
  
• impaired - damaged, weakened
  
• ineffective - not producing the intended or desired effect
  
• interrupted - having its continuity broken
  
• low - below the norm
  
• organized - properly arranged or controlled
  
• perceived - observed through the senses
  
• readiness for - in a suitable state for an activity or situation
  
• situational - related to a particular circumstance
  

good luck on your exam tomorrow.

[Daytonite, BSN, RN]

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