New and Improved

The NANDA 2005 - 2006 nursing diagnoses have just been released!

NEW diagnoses for 2005:

Impaired Religiosity

Definition: Impaired ability to exercise reliance on beliefs and/or participate in rituals of a particular faith tradition.

Risk for Impaired Religiosity

Definition: At risk for an impaired ability to exercise reliance on religious beliefs and/or participate in rituals of a particular faith tradition.

Readiness for Enhanced Religiosity

Definition: Ability to increase reliance on religious beliefs and/or participate in rituals of a particular faith tradition.

Risk for Dysfunctional Grieving

Definition: At risk for extended, unsuccessful use of intellectual and emotional responses and behaviors by an individual, family, or community following a death or perception of loss.

Sedentary Lifestyle :uhoh21:

Definition: Reports a habit of life that is characterized by a low physical activity level.

CNE article utilizing several of the new diagnoses:

http://www.intervarsity.org/ncf/jcn/archive/05wi/lb612.pdf

[NurseyBaby'05, BSN, RN]

Is religiosity a word?

I like the last two though. Sedentary lifestyle can encompass at least two or three other diagnoses and roll them into one.