Hello, I am a 1st year nursing student that recently completed my 1st semester!!! In my 1st semester we had a class designated to prepare for the many nursing diagnoses ahead of us. I have to say that if you take the advice provided above by GrnTea and Esme12 you will be just fine. I personally found that when I utilized Maslow's hierarchy to consider what diagnoses was most important, it help to narrow the field of focus. The only other advice I would offer is to make sure you include a specified time frame that you wish to see your actions accomplished, even if it is ongoing upon release. I know it's not much, but in combination with the advice above I hope it helps. I will also be saving the above advice for my own reference next semester;)!!!