Nursing Diagnoses 2009-2011: Definitions and Classification

NANDA International, formed in 1982, is committed to increasing the visibility of nursing's contribution to patient care by continuing to develop, refine and classify phenomena of concern to nurses. NANDA International has approximately 206 diagnoses approved for clinical testing and refinement, and a dynamic process of diagnosis review and taxonomy development. For more information about NANDA-I, go to www.nanda.org.