Nursing Dx Help

Does anyone have a good nursing dx for a pt who has uncontrollable diarrhea with C. difficile?

I was thinking something about self esteem or body image related to loss of control of normal body function?

Any ideas

Thanks,

Melanie

[unknown99, BSN, RN]

What about ...

Dehydration, potential for related to diarrhea secondary to c.diff?

[studentNY]

What about:

Deficient Fluid Volume or

Risk for Impaired Skin Integity or

Imbalanced Nutrition:Less than body requirements

[HappyNurse2005, RN]

Well, the nursing dx "Diarrhea" comes to mind

[manna, BSN, RN]

My first thought was fluid volume deficit.

[Catys_With_Me]

My first thought was fluid volume deficit.

Yep, me too. And previous poster makes a good point, you might want to use Diarrhea as well

[Aneroo, LPN]

Yeah, diarrhea, fluid volume deficit, skin integrity, patient's comfort, disturbed sleep, imbalanced nutrition...

[nursehippiechik]

i just finished a nursing dx for a person with c-diff and i used fluid volume deficit, imblanced nutrition, and impaired skin integrity

[wonderbee, BSN, RN]

You can also use infection r/t diarrhea AEB positive c diff culture.