Nursing Diagnoses

This week I am going to post 5 nursing diagnoses for a man with prostate cancer. I found these from a book called "Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management o Clinical Problems" and another called, "Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care."

1) At risk for acute pain related to surgery, prostatic enlargement, bone metastasis, and bladder spasms.

2) At risk for anxiety related to uncertainty of disease process, treatments, and/or outcome on lifestyle and sexual function.

3) At risk for imbalanced nutrition related to less than body requirements related to decreased oral intake due to anorexia, nausea and vomiting caused by cancer or its treatment

4) At risk for sexual dysfunction related to effects of therapy

5) At risk for urinary retention and impaired urinary elimination related to urethral obstruction from the prostate gland.

Here is a more detailed chart I created for the nursing diagnosis of anxiety:

Sources:

Lewis, S., Dirksen, S., Heitkemper, M., Nucher, L. & Harding, M. (2014). Medical-surgical nursing: Assessment and management of clinical problems. Elsevier, 9, pg. 1321.

Ackley, B. & Ladwig, G. (2014). Nursing diagnosis handbook: An evidence-based guide to planning care. Elsevier, 10, pg. 137-138.