What is a nursing diagnosis for asthma?

Answer 1

Impaired gas exchange related to effects of alveolar-capillary membrane changes.

Ineffective airway clearance related to effects of infection, excessive tracheobronchial secretions, fatigue and decreased energy, chest discomfort and muscle weakness.

Clients with pneumonia may have one or more of the following:

Acute pain related to the effects of inflammations of parietal pleura, coughing

Deficient fluid volume related to increased respiratory rate.

Deficient fluid volume related to fever, infection and increased metabolic rate.

Disturbed sleep pattern related to pain, dyspnea, unfamiliar environment (hospitalization).

Potential for pleural effusion.

According to Medical-Surgical Nursing: Critical Thinking for Collaborative Care 5th ed. Donna D. Ingnatavicius and M. Linda Workman

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Answer 2

Pulmonary edema refers to leakage of fluid from the pulmonary vascular system into the interstitial tissue and alveoli of the lung. The nursing diagnosis come from clinical findings on assessment, an ABG where the PO2 is low, chest X-ray and/or an ultrasound.

Answer 3

7 Nursing Diagnosis for Asthma

1. Ineffective Airway Clearance
2. Fatigue
3. Imbalanced Nutrition: Less than Body Requirements
4. Deficient Fluid Volume
5. Anxiety
6. Interrupted Family Processes
7. Deficient Knowledge

Answer 4

activity inolerance related to fatigue; knowledge drficit related to Asthma and its management; ineffective breathing apttern related to anxiety.

Answer 5

Impaired gas exchange

activity intolerance

are the top 2.