Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Anorexia nervosa has a particularly strong association with suicide: the rate of suicide is forty times greater than the general population. [35]: 1037 The lifetime risk of suicide was 18% in one study, and in another study 27% of all deaths related to anorexia nervosa were due to suicide. [35]: 847
Nursing diagnoses are developed based on data obtained during the nursing assessment. A problem-based nursing diagnosis presents a problem response present at time of assessment. Risk diagnoses represent vulnerabilities to potential problems, and health promotion diagnoses identify areas which can be enhanced to improve health.
NANDA International (formerly the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association) is a professional organization of nurses interested in standardized nursing terminology, that was officially founded in 1982 and develops, researches, disseminates and refines the nomenclature, criteria, and taxonomy of nursing diagnosis. In 2002, NANDA became NANDA ...
Although most of the diagnoses included herein have been accepted for clinical testing by NANDA-I (NANDA, 2014), some are specific types of more general diagnoses; e.g., Risk for Poisoning: Drug Toxicity is viewed as a specific type of Risk for Injury. Other diagnoses that have not been approved by NANDA-I (e.g., Depression and Relocation ...
The SAD PERSONS scale is an acronym utilized as a mnemonic device.It was first developed as a clinical assessment tool for medical professionals to determine suicide risk, by Patterson et al. [1] The Adapted-SAD PERSONS Scale was developed by Gerald A. Juhnke for use with children in 1996.
Nursing Diagnoses: A clinical judgment about the healthcare consumer's response to actual or potential health conditions or needs. The diagnosis provides the basis for determination of a plan to achieve expected outcomes. Registered nurses utilize nursing and medical diagnoses depending upon education and clinical preparation and legal ...
It is vital that a recognized nursing assessment framework is used in practice to identify the patient's* problems, risks and outcomes for enhancing health. The use of an evidence-based nursing framework such as Gordon's Functional Health Pattern Assessment should guide assessments that support nurses in determination of NANDA-I nursing diagnoses.
The Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale, or C-SSRS, is a suicidal ideation and behavior rating scale created by researchers at Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh and New York University to evaluate suicide risk. [1] It rates an individual's degree of suicidal ideation on a scale, ranging from "wish to ...