Icnp English Translation

ICNP® - English
code axis term description

10041692 F Abandonment Impaired Behaviour
10000010 L Abdominal Cavity Body Cavity
10043948 F Abdominal Pain Pain
10000023 L Abdomen Body Region
10000034 F Ability Status
10000047 F Ability To Adjust Ability
10000052 F Ability To Ability
Communicate
10026573 F Ability To Talk Ability To Communicate
About Dying
Process
10026587 F Ability To Ability To Communicate
Communicate
Feelings
Communicate
Needs
Communicate By
Talking
10021800 F Ability To Feel Ability
10023434 F Ability To Hear Ability
10034534 F Ability To Manage Ability
Finances
Regime
Stress
10012108 F Ability To Mobilise Ability: Voluntary movement of the body.
10029511 F Ability To Monitor Ability
10025376 F Ability To Ability
Participate
10035110 F Ability To Ability To Participate
Participate In Care
Planning
10035894 F Family Ability To Ability To Participate
Participate In Care
Planning
10000075 F Ability To Perform Ability
Caretaking
Caretaking By
Caregiver
Diversional Activity
10043035 F Ability to Perform Ability
Fine Motor Function
Health Maintenance
Homemaking
10000109 F Ability To Parent Ability
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Role
10000121 F Ability To Bath Ability: Washing whole or part of the body.
Self Care
10000145 F Ability To Dress Ability: Putting on or taking off suitable clothes.
10000150 F Ability To Dress Ability
And Groom Self
10000166 F Ability To Feed Self Ability: Taking food and fluids by mouth.
10000178 F Ability To Groom Ability: Keeping skin, mouth, hair and nails clean.
Self
10000184 F Ability To Perform Ability: Taking care of keeping body clean and well-
Hygiene groomed.
10000197 F Ability To Toilet Self Ability: Carrying out toileting activities for urination and
defecation.
10000204 F Ability To Transfer Ability: Capacity to move and change body location
between one location and another.
10034568 F Ability To Shop Ability
10029524 F Ability To Prepare Ability
Food
10043061 F Ability To Procure Ability
Medication
10000215 F Ability To Protect Ability
10023468 F Ability To See Ability
10023475 F Ability To Smell Ability
10000227 F Ability To Socialise Ability
10000236 F Ability To Swallow Ability
10023481 F Ability To Taste Ability
10000243 F Ability To Thrive Ability
10000258 F Ability To Walk Ability
10000262 F Abortion Impaired Reproductive System Process: Interruption or
termination of pregnancy and expulsion of a foetus.
Interruption or termination of pregnancy and expulsion of
a nonviable foetus.
10042759 F Absence Of Response to Medication
Adverse Medication
Interaction
10041220 F Absence Of Response to Medication
Medication Side
Effect
10010981 J Positive Or State: Judged positively or judged negatively.
Negative
Judgement
10000270 J Absolute Level State
10000289 M Absorbing Or Device
Collecting Device
10000291 F Absorption Body Process: Food and fluid nutrients taken into the
body via the alimentary canal.
10000301 F Abstract Thinking Cognition: Thoughts using concepts, relationships and
problem solving.
10045566 F Abuse Violence
10029530 F Abuse Injury Injury
10000329 F Acceptance Coping: Reducing or eliminating barriers, apprehensions
or tensions.
10036294 F Acceptance Of Acceptance
Aging
10044273 F Acceptance Of Acceptance
Health Status
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10000340 F Access Status: Capacity to enter or use something.
10041306 F Access To Access
Transportation
10024821 F Access To Access
Treatment
10042609 A Accompanying Performing
10042613 IC Accompanying Accompanying
Patient
10000355 F Acculturation Assimilation: Modifications in a group or individual
resulting from contact with a different culture.
10000364 F Achievement Status: Completion or accomplishment.
10033491 F Acid Base Balance Effective Regulatory System Process
10029548 F Acid Base Impaired Regulatory System Process
Imbalance
10029553 F Acne Impaired Skin: Skin eruption due to inflammation of skin
glands or hair follicles.
10000386 A Action Intentional Process
10000393 M Active Range Of Muscle or Joints Exercise Technique: Movement of joints
Motion with or without assistance.
10000408 F Activity Intolerance Impaired Status: Lack of ability or energy to endure or
complete activities.
10000412 M Activity Therapy Therapy
10024878 F Activity Tolerance Positive Status
10000420 J Actual Potentiality: Existing in fact or reality.
10000653 DC Disorganised Infant Disorganised Behaviour
Behaviour
10025395 DC Increased Intracranial Pressure
Intracranial
Pressure
10000774 DC Interrupted Impaired Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding
10000788 DC Interrupted Family Dysfunctional Family
Process
10022473 DC Lack Of Family Family Support
Support
10023937 DC Medication Supply Medication Supply
Deficit
10050043 DC No Arterial Ulcer No Arterial Ulcer
10047369 DC Improved Hearing Impaired Hearing
10047266 DC Improved Ability To Impaired Self Toileting
Toilet Self
10047353 DC Improved Vision Impaired Vision
10033502 DC Improved Acid Base Acid Base Imbalance
Balance
10027843 DC Reduced Agitation Agitation
10027858 DC Reduced Anxiety Anxiety
10047348 DC Improved Balance Impaired Balance
10027794 DC Reduced Caregiver Caregiver Stress
Stress
10027862 DC Reduced Chronic Chronic Sadness
Sadness
10027098 DC Decreased Confusion
Confusion
10027804 DC Reduced Decisional Decisional Conflict
Conflict
10047232 DC Improved Dentition Impaired Dentition
10027901 DC Decreased Depressed Mood
Depressed Mood
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10047444 DC Decreased Despair Despair
10035621 DC Reduced Distortion Distorted Thinking Process
In Thinking
10033518 DC Improved Electrolyte Imbalance
Electrolyte Balance
10029390 DC Reduced Fatigue Fatigue
10027889 DC Reduced Fear Fear
10047330 DC Improved Fluid Impaired Fluid Intake
Intake
10047324 DC Improved Food Food Intake
Intake
10050027 DC Improved Mood Negative Mood Status
10035569 DC Improved Nutritional Impaired Nutritional Status
Status
10028586 DC Improved Disorientation
Orientation
10027917 DC Reduced Pain Pain
10047437 DC Improved Altered Perception
Perception
10027120 DC Decreased Powerlessness
Powerlessness
10027668 DC Improved Response Rape Trauma Response
To Rape Trauma
10027756 DC Decreased Relocation Stress
Relocation Stress
10035576 DC Improved Self Low Self Control
Control
10028517 DC Improved Skin Impaired Skin Integrity
Integrity
10050070 DC Decreased Social Social Isolation
Isolation
10027149 DC Decreased Spiritual Spiritual Distress
Distress
10027929 DC Decreased Stress Stress Overload
10027760 DC Improved Response Post Trauma Response
To Trauma
10033525 DC Decreased Unilateral Neglect
Unilateral Neglect
10047459 DC Decreased Withdrawn Behaviour
Withdrawn
Behaviour
10043953 DC Abdominal Pain Abdominal Pain
10000863 DC Impaired Ability To Adjust
Adjustment
10023370 DC Impaired Ability To Communicate
Communication
10025104 DC Impaired Verbal Ability To Communicate By Talking
Communication
10022619 DC Impaired Tactile Ability To Feel
Perception
10022544 DC Impaired Hearing Ability To Hear
10022592 DC Impaired Ability To Ability To Manage Regime
Manage Dietary
Regime
Manage Exercise
Regime
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Manage External
Continence Device
10034552 DC Impaired Ability to Ability To Manage Finances
Manage Finances
Manage Medication
Regime
Manage
Nephrostomy Care
Manage Peritoneal
Dialysis
Manage Regime
10000892 DC Impaired Impaired Ability To Manage Regime
Community Ability
To Manage Regime
10000902 DC Impaired Family Impaired Ability To Manage Regime
Ability To Manage
Regime
Manage Stoma
Care
Manage Urinary
Catheter
10001219 DC Impaired Mobility Ability to Mobilise
10029613 DC Impaired Ability To Ability To Monitor
Monitor Disease
10035134 DC Impaired Ability To Ability To Participate In Care Planning
Participate In Care
Planning
10029621 DC Impaired Ability To Ability To Perform Caretaking
Perform Caretaking
10035414 DC Impaired Ability Of Ability To Perform Caretaking By Caregiver
Caregiver To
Perform Caretaking
10043042 DC Poor Manual Ability to Perform Fine Motor Function
Dexterity
10000918 DC Impaired Health Ability To Perform Health Maintenance
Maintenance
10000925 DC Impaired Ability To Perform Homemaking
Homemaking
10000939 DC Impaired Parenting Ability To Parent
10000941 DC Impaired Role Ability To Perform Role
Performance
10000956 DC Impaired Ability To Ability To Bath
Bath
10023410 DC Self Care Deficit Ability To Perform Self Care
10027578 DC Impaired Ability To Ability To Dress
Dress
10000960 DC Impaired Dressing Ability To Dress And Groom Self
And Grooming
10000973 DC Impaired Self Ability To Feed Self
Feeding
10029632 DC Impaired Ability To Ability To Groom Self
Groom
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10000987 DC Impaired Ability To Ability To Perform Hygiene
Perform Hygiene
10029645 DC Impaired Ability To Impaired Ability To Perform Hygiene
Perform Oral
Hygiene
10000994 DC Impaired Self Ability To Toilet Self
Toileting
10001005 DC Impaired Ability To Ability To Transfer
Transfer
10034581 DC Impaired Ability To Ability to Shop
Shop
10029650 DC Impaired Ability To Ability To Prepare Food
Prepare Food
10043074 DC Problem with Ability to Procure Medication
Medication
Procurement
10001014 DC Impaired Protective Ability To Protect
Ability
10022748 DC Impaired Vision Ability To See
10022528 DC Impaired Sense Of Ability To Smell
Smell
10001022 DC Impaired Ability To Socialise
Socialisation
10001033 DC Impaired Ability To Swallow
Swallowing
10022814 DC Impaired Sense Of Ability To Taste
Taste
10022898 DC Failure To Thrive Ability To Thrive
10000465 DC Adult Failure To Ability To Thrive
Thrive
10001046 DC Impaired Walking Ability To Walk
10047191 DC Impaired Abstract Abstract Thinking
Thinking
10029678 DC Physical Injury from Abuse Injury
Abuse
10029480 DC Impaired Acceptance Of Health Status
Acceptance Of
Health Status
10033539 DC Acid Base Acid Base Imbalance
Imbalance
10040173 DC Impaired Active Active Joint Movement
Range Of Motion
10000431 DC Activity Intolerance Activity Intolerance
10000449 DC Acute Confusion Confusion
10029684 DC Acute Health Crisis Health Crisis
10000454 DC Acute Pain Pain
10022027 DC Impaired Adaptation
Adaptation
10023304 DC Impaired Adolescent Development
Adolescent
Development
10023315 DC Impaired Adult Adult Development
Development
10047087 DC Aggressive Aggressive Behaviour
Behaviour
10025705 DC Agitation Agitation
10001051 DC Impaired Airway Airway Clearance
Clearance
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10041347 DC Alcohol Alcohol Dependence
Dependence
10022234 DC Alcohol Abuse Alcohol Abuse
10027165 DC Impaired Alertness Alertness
10029697 DC Allergy Allergy
10039934 DC Allodynia Allodynia
10047209 DC Ambivalence Ambivalence
10045578 DC Anger Anger
10000477 DC Anxiety Anxiety
10035020 DC Apnoea Apnoea
10047041 DC Apraxia Apraxia
10029700 DC Arterial Ulcer Arterial Ulcer
10047104 DC Arthritis Pain Arthritis Pain
10027177 DC Aspiration Aspiration
10022281 DC Conflicting Attitude Attitude Toward Care
Toward Care
10024969 DC Conflicting Attitude Attitude Toward Dietary Regime
Toward Dietary
Regime
10023614 DC Conflicting Attitude Attitude Toward Exercise Regime
Toward Exercise
10022299 DC Conflicting Attitude Attitude Toward Medication Management
Toward Medication
Management
10025492 DC Impaired Attitude Attitude Toward Nutritional Status
To Nutritional
Status
10023622 DC Conflicting Attitude Attitude To Regime
Toward Treatment
10000496 DC Autonomic Autonomic Dysreflexia
Dysreflexia
10047170 DC Impaired Balance Balance
10001067 DC Impaired Mobility in Bed Mobility
Bed
10029716 DC Behaviour Problem Behaviour Problem
10022954 DC Altered Blood Blood Pressure
Pressure
10001079 DC Disturbed Body Body Image
Image
10001080 DC Impaired Tissue Impaired Tissue Integrity
Integrity
10026967 DC Impaired Oral Impaired Tissue Integrity
Mucous Membrane
10027718 DC Bowel Incontinence Bowel Incontinence
10027274 DC Bradycardia Bradycardia
10029728 DC Breast Breast Engorgement
Engorgement
10001098 DC Difficulty Performing Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding
10046676 DC Breast Tenderness Breast Pain
10029737 DC Burn Wound Burn Wound
10025557 DC Impaired Cardiac Cardiac Output
Output
10037305 DC Impaired Cardiac Impaired Cardiac Process
Function
10022949 DC Impaired Cardiovascular System
Cardiovascular
System
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10025629 DC Conflicting Caregiver Attitude
Caregiver Attitude
10027219 DC Impaired Caregiver Caregiver Child Attachment
Child Attachment
10027773 DC Caregiver Stress Caregiver Stress
10037806 DC Child Abandonment Child Abandonment
10023294 DC Impaired Child Child Development
Development
10000522 DC Chronic Confusion Confusion
10037593 DC Chronic Fever Fever
10000533 DC Chronic Low Self Chronic Low Self Esteem
Esteem
10000546 DC Chronic Pain Pain
10000551 DC Chronic Sadness Sadness
10047136 DC Impaired Circulatory Impaired Circulatory System Process
System Function
10022321 DC Impaired Cognition Cognition
10034817 DC Impaired Community Coping Process
Community Coping
10022983 DC Complex Complex Medication Regime
Medication Regime
10047189 DC Compulsive Compulsive Behaviour
Behaviour
10050456 DC Confined To Bed Confined To Bed
10023633 DC Confusion Confusion
10000567 DC Constipation Constipation
10025297 DC Contamination Contamination Exposure
Exposure
10029759 DC Continuity Of Care Continuity Of Care
Problem
10039910 DC Inadequate Pain Control Of Pain
Control
10029286 DC Lack Of Symptom Symptom Control
Control
10001120 DC Difficulty Coping Impaired Coping Process
10040731 DC Difficulty Coping Coping With Pain
With Pain
10047143 DC Cough Cough
10022384 DC Crime Crime
10022397 DC Conflicting Cultural Cultural Belief
Belief
10047115 DC Cutaneous Pain Cutaneous Pain
10041017 DC Death Anxiety Death Anxiety
10000579 DC Decisional Conflict Decisional Conflict
10022062 DC Impaired Impaired Defaecation
Defaecation
10041882 DC Dehydration Dehydration
10034926 DC Delayed Growth Delayed Growth
10037749 DC Delayed Physical Delayed Physical Recovery
Recovery
10037426 DC Delayed Surgical Delayed Surgical Recovery
Recovery
10022091 DC Delirium Delirium
10047002 DC Delusion Delusion
10000624 DC Denial Denial
10043850 DC Denial About Illness Denial About Illness Severity
Severity
10001131 DC Impaired Dentition Dentition
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10022402 DC Depressed Mood Depressed Mood
10029771 DC Depressed Mood Depressed Mood
During Post Partum
Period
10047056 DC Despair Despair
10042181 DC Diabetic Ulcer Diabetic Ulcer
10000630 DC Diarrhoea Diarrhoea
10023066 DC Discomfort Discomfort
10000669 DC Distorted Thinking Distorted Thinking
Process
10023097 DC Disuse Syndrome Disuse
10025209 DC Disuse Response Disuse Response
10045584 DC Dizziness Dizziness
10041381 DC Drug Dependence Drug Dependence
10022425 DC Drug Abuse Drug Abuse
10047073 DC Dry Skin Dry Skin
10047094 DC Dyspepsia Dyspepsia
10029802 DC Dysphasia Dysphasia
10029433 DC Dyspnoea Dyspnoea
10029818 DC Earwax Problem Earwax
10033541 DC Electrolyte Electrolyte Imbalance
Imbalance
10047162 DC Emaciated Emaciation
10029839 DC Emotional Problem Negative Emotion
10029841 DC Employment Employment Status
Problem
10022965 DC Impaired Endocrine Endocrine System Process
System Function
10001149 DC Disrupted Energy Energy Field
Field
10023959 DC Environmental Impaired Environmental Process
Problem
10029856 DC Environmental Environmental Safety
Safety Problem
10046735 DC Epistaxis Epistaxis
10047400 DC Negative Euphoria Negative Euphoria
10047060 DC Excoriation Excoriation
10022043 DC Impaired Exercise Exercise Behaviour
Behaviour
10047018 DC Expressive Aphasia Expressive Aphasia
10029405 DC Fall Fall
10022456 DC Conflicting Family Family Attitude
Attitude
10034789 DC Impaired Family Family Coping Process
Coping
10023078 DC Impaired Family Impaired Family Process
Process
10001165 DC Dysfunctional Impaired Family Process
Family Process
With Alcohol Abuse
10000695 DC Fatigue Fatigue
10000703 DC Fear Fear
10037823 DC Fear About Fear About Abandonment
Abandonment
10041671 DC Fear About Being A Fear About Being A Burden To Others
Burden To Others
10037921 DC Fear About Fear About Contagion
Contagion
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10037834 DC Fear About Death Fear About Death
10043222 DC Fear About Fear About Medication Side Effects
Medication Side
Effects
10041539 DC Fever Fever
10029860 DC Financial Problem Financial Problem
10042335 DC Fluid Imbalance Fluid Imbalance
10029873 DC Impaired Fluid Fluid Intake
Intake
10045597 DC Impaired Foetal Foetal Development
Development
10047158 DC Food Allergy Food Allergy
10047127 DC Fracture Pain Fracture Pain
10029414 DC Functional Functional Dyspnoea
Dyspnoea
10026778 DC Functional Functional Incontinence
Incontinence Of
Urine
10001177 DC Impaired Gas Gaseous Exchange
Exchange
10022931 DC Impaired Impaired Gastrointestinal System Process
Gastrointestinal
System Function
10043312 DC Gingivitis Gingivitis
10001183 DC Dysfunctional Grief Grief
10000726 DC Anticipatory Grief Grief
10043279 DC Haemorrhoid Haemorrhoid
10022500 DC Hallucination Hallucination
10022516 DC Conflicting Health Health Belief
Belief
10041283 DC Health Care Health Care Associated Complication
Associated
Complication
10022920 DC Impaired Health Health Seeking Behaviour
Seeking Behaviour
10039952 DC Helplessness Helplessness
10042319 DC Problem With High Complex Regime
Complexity Of
Treatment Regime
10042012 DC Hypervolaemia Impaired Fluid Volume
10000682 DC Excess Food Intake Food Intake
10025535 DC Impaired High Impaired Nutritional Intake
Nutritional Intake
10043331 DC Excess Vaginal Vaginal Discharge
Discharge
10029887 DC Homebound Homebound
10000742 DC Hopelessness Hopelessness
10029904 DC Housing Problem Housing Status
10023260 DC Impaired Human Human Development
Development
10039923 DC Hyperalgesia Hyperalgesia
10034990 DC Hyperbilirubinaemia Hyperbilirubinaemia
10046757 DC Hyperemesis Hyperemesis
10027550 DC Hyperglycaemia Hyperglycaemia
10000757 DC Hyperthermia Hyperthermia
10047221 DC Hyperventilation Hyperventilation
10027566 DC Hypoglycaemia Hypoglycaemia
10000761 DC Hypothermia Hypothermia
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10041103 DC Immunologic Impaired Immune System Process
Impairment
10021885 DC Faecal Impaction Faecal Impaction
10047025 DC Impressive Aphasia Impressive Aphasia
10023287 DC Impaired Infant Infant Development
Development
10001196 DC Impaired Infant Eating Pattern
Feeding Behaviour
10023032 DC Infection Infection
10029915 DC Urinary Tract Infection
Infection
10029927 DC Inflammation Inflammation
10029936 DC Injury Injury
10027430 DC Impaired Interactive Interactive Behaviour
Behaviour
10023169 DC Impaired Kidney Kidney Process
Function
10034886 DC Impaired Kinaesthesia
Kinaesthesia
10029943 DC Lactation Problem Lactation
10000790 DC Latex Allergy Latex Allergy
10022559 DC Literacy Problem Literacy
10040351 DC Impaired Ability To Ability To Perform Diversional Activity
Perform Leisure
Activity
10041323 DC Lack Of Access To Access To Transportation
Transportation
10033399 DC Lack Of Appetite Appetite
10046774 DC Lack of Community Community Service
Services
10042020 DC Hypovolaemia Impaired Fluid Volume
10000607 DC Deficient Food Food Intake
Intake
10022494 DC Lack Of Food Food Supply
Supply
10022563 DC Inadequate Income Income
10022571 DC Low Initiative Initiative
10000828 DC Decreased Intracranial Adaptive Capacity
Intracranial
Adaptive Capacity
10029958 DC Lack Of Knowledge Knowledge Of Breast Feeding
Of Breast Feeding
10045610 DC Lack Of Knowledge Knowledge Of Childbirth
Of Childbirth
10029962 DC Lack Of Knowledge Knowledge Of Child Development
Of Child
Development
10027371 DC Lack Of Knowledge Knowledge Of Community Service
Of Community
Services
10043907 DC Lack Of Knowledge Knowledge Of Contraception
Of Contraception
10021987 DC Lack Of Knowledge Knowledge Of Diagnostic Test
Of Diagnostic Test
10021939 DC Lack Of Knowledge Knowledge Of Dietary Regime
Of Dietary Regime
10022585 DC Lack Of Knowledge Knowledge Of Exercise Regime
About Exercise
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10040230 DC Lack Of Knowledge Knowledge Of Fall Prevention
Of Fall Prevention
10042123 DC Lack Of Knowledge Knowledge Of Fluid Regime
Of Fluid Regime
10045606 DC Lack Of Knowledge Knowledge Of Foetal Development
Of Foetal
Development
10024734 DC Lack Of Knowledge Knowledge Of Behaviour Change Process
Of Behaviour
Change Process
10045623 DC Lack Of Knowledge Knowledge Of Infant Care
Of Infant Care
10045634 DC Lack Of Knowledge Knowledge Of Infant Feeding
Of Infant Feeding
10025975 DC Lack Of Knowledge Knowledge Of Medication
Of Medication
10021941 DC Lack Of Knowledge Knowledge Of Medication Regime
Of Medication
Regime
10029970 DC Lack Of Knowledge Knowledge Of Oral Hygiene
Of Oral Hygiene
10040016 DC Lack Of Knowledge Knowledge Of Pain Management
Of Pain
Management
10043377 DC Lack Of Knowledge Knowledge Of Parenting
Of Parenting
10021994 DC Lack Of Knowledge Knowledge Of Pathological Process
Of Disease
10040028 DC Lack Of Knowledge Knowledge Of Patient Controlled Analgesia
Of Patient
Controlled
Analgesia
10029989 DC Lack Of Knowledge Knowledge Of Peritoneal Dialysis
Of Peritoneal
Dialysis
10039975 DC Lack Of Knowledge Knowledge Of Physical Therapy
Of Physical
Therapy
10045647 DC Lack Of Knowledge Knowledge Of Pregnancy
Of Pregnancy
10021925 DC Lack Of Knowledge Knowledge Of Regime
Of Treatment
Regime
10022015 DC Lack Of Knowledge Knowledge Of Safety Measure
Of Safety Measure
10029991 DC Lack Of Knowledge Knowledge Of Sexual Behaviour
Of Sexual
Behaviour
10039999 DC Lack Of Knowledge Knowledge Of Traditional Therapy
Of Traditional
Therapy
10043354 DC Lack Of Knowledge Knowledge Of Travel Health
Of Travel Health
10000837 DC Lack Of Knowledge Knowledge
10025519 DC Impaired Low Impaired Nutritional Intake
Nutritional Intake
10040783 DC Lack Of Play Play Behaviour
Activity
10025693 DC Lack Of Pride Pride
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10025601 DC Lack Of Privacy Privacy
10050439 DC Lack Of Resilience Negative Resilience
10033556 DC Lack Of Response Negative Response To Treatment
To Treatment
10037777 DC Low School School Attendance
Attendance
10027469 DC Low Self Control Self Control
10027131 DC Low Self Efficacy Self Efficacy
10029507 DC Low Self Esteem Low Self Esteem
10000844 DC Situational Low Self Low Self Esteem
Esteem
10041824 DC Sleep Deprivation Impaired Sleep
10022753 DC Lack Of Social Social Support
Support
10025947 DC Lack Of Trust Trust
10025952 DC Lack Of Trust In Lack of Trust
Health Care
Provider
10022867 DC Low Volition Impaired Volition
10038363 DC Inadequate Water Water Supply
Supply
10030003 DC Lymphatic Oedema Lymphatic Oedema
10030019 DC Malignant Wound Malignant Wound
10042728 DC Adverse Medication Adverse Medication Interaction
Interaction
10022626 DC Medication Side Medication Side Effect
Effect
10001203 DC Impaired Memory Impaired Memory
10045652 DC Labile Moods Mood Equilibrium
10025018 DC Moral Distress Moral Distress
10046719 DC Leg Cramps Muscle Cramp
10022642 DC Impaired Impaired Musculoskeletal System Process
Musculoskeletal
System Function
10000859 DC Nausea Nausea
10037322 DC Impaired Nervous Nervous System Process
System Function
10023273 DC Impaired Newborn Newborn Development
Development
10039968 DC Nightmare Nightmare
10001371 DC Non Adherence Non Adherence
10022101 DC Non Adherence To Non Adherence To Diagnostic Testing Regime
Diagnostic Testing
Regime
10022117 DC Non Adherence To Non Adherence To Dietary Regime
Dietary Regime
10022657 DC Non Adherence To Non Adherence To Exercise Regime
Exercise Regime
10022129 DC Non Adherence To Non Adherence To Fluid Regime
Fluid Regime
10030026 DC Non Adherence To Non Adherence To Immunszation Regime
Immunisation
Regime
10021682 DC Non Adherence To Non Adherence To Medication Regime
Medication Regime
10022155 DC Non Adherence To Non Adherence To Regime
Therapeutic
Regime
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10022140 DC Non Adherence To Non Adherence To Safety Regime
Safety Regime
10023009 DC Impaired Nutritional Nutrition
Intake
10025746 DC Impaired Nutritional Impaired Nutritional Status
Status
10023327 DC Impaired Older Older Adult Development
Adult Development
10001235 DC Disorientation Orientation
10026914 DC Overflow Overflow Incontinence
Incontinence Of
Urine
10027300 DC Overweight Overweight
10023130 DC Pain Pain
10022674 DC Paralysis Paralysis
10001242 DC Altered Perception Impaired Perception
10023111 DC Perioperative Perioperative Positioning Injury
Positioning Injury
10023153 DC Impaired Peripheral Impaired Neurovascular Process
Neurovascular
Function
10027482 DC Peripheral Oedema Peripheral Oedema
10044239 DC Impaired Peripheral Ineffective Tissue Perfusion
Tissue Perfusion
10001257 DC Disturbed Personal Personal Identity
Identity
10039906 DC Phantom Pain Phantom Pain
10030035 DC Impaired Physiological Status
Physiological Status
10030042 DC Polypharmacy Polypharmacy
10021761 DC Postnasal Drip Postnasal Drip
10001578 DC Powerlessness Powerlessness
10025798 DC Pressure Ulcer Pressure Ulcer
10043982 DC Proteinuria Proteinuria
10038411 DC Impaired Negative Psychological Status
Psychological
Status
10025087 DC Impaired Impaired Psychomotor Activity
Psychomotor
Activity
10043298 DC Heartburn Heartburn
10001597 DC Rape Trauma Rape Trauma Response
Response
10026784 DC Reflex Incontinence Reflex Incontinence
Of Urine
10023358 DC Impaired Impaired Regulatory System Process
Regulatory System
Function
10035744 DC Relationship Relationship Problem
Problem
10021757 DC Conflicting Negative Religious Belief
Religious Belief
10021788 DC Relocation Stress Relocation Stress
10023362 DC Impaired Impaired Respiratory System Process
Respiratory System
Function
10033415 DC Negative Response Response To Enteral Nutrition
To Enteral Nutrition
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10001261 DC Impaired Ventilatory Response To Ventilatory Weaning
Weaning
10029422 DC Resting Dyspnoea Resting Dyspnoea
10025722 DC Restlessness Restlessness
10040662 DC Sadness Sadness
10038316 DC Sanitation Problem Sanitation
10040160 DC Sedated Sedation
10045668 DC Seizure Seizure
10029451 DC Lack Of Self Self Awareness
Awareness
10029479 DC Lack Of Awareness Self Awareness
Of Symptoms
10027424 DC Self Destructive Self Destructive Behaviour
Behaviour
10041663 DC Inappropriate Self Self Disclosure
Disclosure
10022724 DC Negative Self Negative Self Image
Image
10001623 DC Self Mutilation Self Mutilation
10022730 DC Sensory Deficit Sensory Ability
10001274 DC Problematic Sexual Sexual Behaviour
Behaviour
10001288 DC Impaired Sexual Sexual Process
Functioning
10046761 DC Shame Shame
10001290 DC Impaired Skin Skin Integrity
Integrity
10027226 DC Impaired Sleep Impaired Sleep
10001647 DC Social Isolation Social Isolation
10040141 DC Somnolence Somnolence
10022769 DC Conflicting Spiritual Spiritual Belief
Belief
10001652 DC Spiritual Distress Spiritual Distress
10023336 DC Impaired Spiritual Spiritual Status
Status
10001316 DC Impaired Breathing Spontaneous Ventilation
10022782 DC Stigma Stigma
10021742 DC Stress Overload Stress
10026797 DC Stress Incontinence Stress Incontinence
Of Urine
10022268 DC Substance Abuse Substance Abuse
10025588 DC Suffering Suffering
10022795 DC Suicidal Ideation Suicidal Ideation
10023148 DC Surgical Wound Surgical Wound
10022805 DC Suspicion Suspicion
10039947 DC Withdrawal Withdrawal Symptom
Symptom
10027288 DC Tachycardia Tachycardia
10001675 DC Tendency To Tendency To Wander
Wander
10033560 DC Impaired Impaired Thermoregulation
Thermoregulation
10037847 DC Thirst Thirst
10001344 DC Ineffective Tissue Tissue Perfusion
Perfusion
10022247 DC Tobacco Abuse Tobacco Abuse
10026807 DC Total Urinary Total Urinary Incontinence
Incontinence
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10030074 DC Transfer Injury Transfer Injury
10001699 DC Post Trauma Trauma Response
Response
10030088 DC Traumatic Wound Traumatic Wound
10022833 DC Treatment Treatment Exhaustion
Exhaustion
10022846 DC Tremor Tremor
10027316 DC Underweight Underweight
10033573 DC Unilateral Neglect Unilateral Neglect
10042357 DC Unrealistic Unrealistic Expectation
Expectation About
Treatment
10026811 DC Urge Incontinence Urge Incontinence
Of Urine
10046695 DC Urinary Frequency Urinary Frequency
10025686 DC Urinary Urinary Incontinence
Incontinence
10034654 DC Urinary Retention Urinary Retention
10001359 DC Impaired Urinary Impaired Urinary System Process
System Function
10021790 DC Impaired Urination Impaired Urination
10045675 DC Altered Uterine Uterine Contraction
Contractions
10043930 DC Vaginal Bleeding Vaginal Bleeding
10030100 DC Venous Ulcer Venous Ulcer
10042199 DC Victim Of Child Victim Of Child Abuse
Abuse
10044410 DC Victim Of Child Victim Of Child Neglect
Neglect
10042229 DC Victim Of Elder Victim Of Elder Abuse
Abuse
10044468 DC Victim Of Elder Victim Of Elder Neglect
Neglect
10042293 DC Victim Of Intimate Victim Of Intimate Partner Violence
Partner Violence
10042255 DC Victim Of Sexual Victim Of Sexual Assault
Assault
10035480 DC Violent Behaviour Violence
10025981 DC Vomiting Vomiting
10030116 DC Weeping Oedema Weeping Oedema
10027290 DC Body Weight Impaired Weight
Problem
10001363 DC Impaired Wheelchair Mobility
Wheelchair Mobility
10030128 DC Wheeze Wheeze
10040765 DC Withdrawn Withdrawn Behaviour
Behaviour
10022332 DC Communication Communication Barrier
Barrier
10022880 DC Weakness Weakness
10021828 DC Able To Adjust Ability To Adjust
10025025 DC Able To Effective Ability To Communicate
Communicate
10028230 DC Able To Ability To Communicate By Talking
Communicate
Verbally
10028540 DC Effective Tactile Ability To Feel
Perception
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10034547 DC Able To Manage Ability To Manage Finances
Finances
10029272 DC Able To Manage Ability To Manage Regime
Medication Regime
10043866 DC Able To Manage Able To Manage Medication Regime
Medication Regime
Using Memory
Technique
10001407 DC Able To Manage Ability To Manage Regime
Regime
10028461 DC Able To Mobilise Ability To Mobilise
10035123 DC Able To Participate Ability To Participate In Care Planning
In Care Planning
10035904 DC Family Able To Family Ability To Participate In Care Planning
Participate In Care
Planning
10025655 DC Able To Perform Ability To Perform Caretaking
Caretaking
10035405 DC Caregiver Able To Ability To Perform Caretaking By Caregiver
Perform Caretaking
10040367 DC Able To Perform Able To Perform Diversional Activity
Leisure Activity
10023452 DC Able To Perform Ability To Perform Health Maintenance
Health Maintenance
10028248 DC Able To Perform Ability To Perform Homemaking
Homemaking
10027955 DC Effective Parenting Ability To Parent
10027940 DC Effective Role Ability To Perform Role
Performance
10028224 DC Able To Bath Ability To Bath
10025714 DC Able To Perform Positive Ability To Perform Self Care
Self Care
10028211 DC Able To Dress Ability To Dress
10028207 DC Able To Dress And Ability To Dress And Groom Self
Groom
10028253 DC Able To Feed Self Ability To Feed Self
10028269 DC Able To Groom Self Ability To Groom Self
10028708 DC Able To Perform Ability To Perform Hygiene
Hygiene
10028749 DC Able To Perform Able To Perform Hygiene
Oral Hygiene
10028314 DC Able To Toilet Self Ability To Toilet Self
10028322 DC Able To Transfer Ability To Transfer
10034575 DC Able To Shop Ability To Shop
10030137 DC Able To Prepare Ability To Prepare Food
Food
10043088 DC Able To Procure Ability To Procure Medication
Medication
10028276 DC Effective Protective Ability To Protect
Ability
10027344 DC Effective Sense Of Ability To Smell
Smell
10028282 DC Able To Socialise Ability To Socialise
10028295 DC Able To Swallow Ability To Swallow
10028538 DC Effective Sense Of Ability To Taste
Taste
10028305 DC Able To Thrive Ability To Thrive
10028333 DC Able To Walk Ability To Walk
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10035645 DC No Aggressive No Aggressive Behaviour
Behaviour
10028765 DC No Alcohol Abuse No Alcohol Abuse
10047492 DC No Allergy No Allergy
10028783 DC No Aspiration No Aspiration
10028806 DC No Bleeding No Bleeding
10033587 DC No Chemical Injury No Chemical Injury
10042467 DC No Postpartum No Complication
Complication
10042414 DC No Perinatal No Complication
Complication
10042422 DC No Complication No Complication
During Childbirth
During Child
Delivery
During Pregnancy
10042390 DC No Stoma No Complication
Complication
10028847 DC No Confusion No Confusion
10047297 DC No Cough No Cough
10036406 DC No Deep Vein No Deep Vein Thrombosis
Thrombosis
10044260 DC No Denial No Denial
10040063 DC No Diarrhoea No Diarrhoea
10045681 DC No Dizziness No Dizziness
10028868 DC No Drug Abuse No Drug Abuse
10050062 DC No Dyspepsia No Dyspepsia
10029264 DC No Dyspnoea No Dyspnoea
10033594 DC No Electrical Injury No Electrical Injury
10034696 DC No Elopement No Elopement
10047428 DC No Euphoria Positive Euphoria
10034704 DC No Fall No Fall
10038545 DC No Fall-Related No Fall Injury
Injury
10034727 DC No Fatigue No Fatigue
10042451 DC No Hospital No Complication
Acquired
Complication
10028945 DC No Infection No Infection
10028966 DC No Injury No Injury
10033616 DC No Laser Injury No Laser Injury
10042991 DC No Adverse No Adverse Medication Interaction
Medication
Interaction
10040295 DC No Medication Side No Medication Side Effect
Effect
10028984 DC No Nausea No Nausea
10029008 DC No Pain No Pain
10029374 DC No Perioperative No Perioperative Injury
Injury
10033628 DC No Perioperative No Perioperative Positioning Injury
Positioning Injury
10029020 DC No Peripheral No Peripheral Oedema
Oedema
10029049 DC No Poisoning No Poisoning
10029065 DC No Pressure Ulcer No Pressure Ulcer
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10033637 DC No Radiation Injury No Radiationl Injury
10040823 DC No Sedation No Sedation
10047311 DC No Seizure No Seizure
10029083 DC No Self Destructive No Self Destructive Behaviour
Behaviour
10029106 DC No Self Mutilation No Self Mutilation
10029123 DC No Substance No Substance Abuse
Abuse
10033644 DC No Thermal Injury No Thermal Injury
10029147 DC No Tobacco Abuse No Tobacco Abuse
10038858 DC Previous Tobacco Smoking Cessation
Use
10033659 DC No Transfer Injury No Transfer Injury
10029168 DC No Violence No Violence
10029181 DC No Vomiting No Vomiting
10029201 DC No Wandering No Wandering
10023499 DC Acceptance Of Acceptance Of Health Status
Health Status
10041310 DC Access To Access To Transportation
Transportation
10033663 DC Effective Acid Base Acid Base Balance
Balance
10040305 DC Active Range Of Active Joint Movement
Motion Within
Normal Limits
10027634 DC Effective Activity Activity Tolerance
Tolerance
10022210 DC Adherence Adherence
10030144 DC Adherence To Adherence To Diagnostic Test
Diagnostic Test
10030159 DC Adherence To Adherence To Dietary Regime
Dietary Regime
10030163 DC Adherence To Adherence To Exercise Regime
Exercise Regime
10030171 DC Adherence To Fluid Adherence To Fluid Regime
Regime
10030185 DC Adherence To Adherence To Immunisation Regime
Immunisation
Regime
10030192 DC Adherence To Adherence To Medication Regime
Medication Regime
10030205 DC Adherence To Adherence To Regime
Therapeutic
Regime
10033671 DC Adherence to Adherence to Rehabilitation Regime
Rehabilitation
Regime
10030214 DC Adherence To Adherence To Safety Precautions
Safety Precautions
10027964 DC Effective Airway Airway Clearance
Clearance
10028346 DC Alert Alertness
10040333 DC Positive Appetite Appetite
10022275 DC Positive Attitude To Attitude Toward Care
Care
10029240 DC Able To Move In Bed Mobility
Bed
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10035054 DC Serum Bilirubin Effective Bilirubin Level
Within Normal
Limits
10033685 DC Blood Glucose Effective Blood Glucose Level
Within Normal
Limits
10027647 DC Blood Pressure Blood Pressure
Within Normal
Limits
10028564 DC Positive Body Body Image
Image
10027652 DC Body Temperature Body Temperature
Within Normal
Limits
10028555 DC Tissue Integrity Tissue Integrity
10028488 DC Tissue Integrity Of Tissue Integrity
Oral Mucous
Membrane
10027741 DC Bowel Continence Bowel Continence
10001411 DC Effective Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding
10028689 DC Effective Cardiac Cardiac Output
Output
10035077 DC Effective Cardiac Effective Cardiac Process
Function
10033692 DC Effective Cardiovascular Status
Cardiovascular
Status
10025638 DC Positive Caregiver Caregiver Attitude
Attitude
10028658 DC Effective Caregiver Caregiver Child Attachment
Child Attachment
10034838 DC Effective Caregiver Effective Caregiver Coping
Coping
10030222 DC Effective Child Child Development
Development
10028380 DC Effective Circulatory Positive Circulatory System Process
System Function
10028367 DC Cognition Within Positive Cognition
Normal Limits
10025574 DC Comfortable Comfortable
10034801 DC Effective Effective Community Coping
Community Coping
10035507 DC Effective Continuity Continuity Of Care
Of Care
10045699 DC Anger Control Control of Anger
10025831 DC Pain Control Control Of Pain
10025820 DC Symptom Control Symptom Control
10040085 DC Withdrawal Withdrawal Symptom Control
Symptom Control
10022378 DC Effective Coping Effective Coping
10040749 DC Coping With Pain Coping With Pain
10028731 DC Effective Decision Effective Decision Making
Making
10028403 DC Effective Effective Defaecation
Defaecation
10036370 DC Diet Tolerance Diet Tolerance
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10033709 DC Effective Electrolyte Electrolyte Balance
Balance
10033713 DC Effective Endocrine Endocrine Status
Status
10028037 DC Effective Endocrine Endocrine System Process
System Function
10030233 DC Effective Environmental Safety
Environmental
Safety
10047395 DC Positive Euphoria Positive Euphoria
10039503 DC Exclusive Exclusive Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding
10047250 DC Faeces Within Faeces
Normal Limits
10034770 DC Effective Family Effective Family Coping
Coping
10038482 DC Family Grief Family Grief
10037658 DC Family Knowledge Family Knowledge Of Disease
Of Disease
10025232 DC Effective Family Effective Family Process
Process
10045702 DC Positive Family Family Support
Support
10033721 DC Fluid Balance Fluid Balance
Within Normal
Limits
10045718 DC Effective Foetal Foetal Development
Development
10045725 DC Adequate Food Food Supply
Supply
10027993 DC Effective Gas Gaseous Exchange
Exchange
10033732 DC Effective Gastrointestinal Status
Gastrointestinal
Status
10028016 DC Effective Positive Gastrointestinal System Process
Gastrointestinal
System Function
10033745 DC Effective Genitourinary Status
Genitourinary
Status
10022345 DC Grief Grief
10028419 DC Growth Within Growth
Normal Limits
10040881 DC Healthcare Healthcare Satisfaction
Satisfaction
10000735 DC Health Seeking Health Seeking Behaviour
Behaviour
10029229 DC Heart Rate Within Heart Rate
Normal Limits
10025780 DC Hope Hope
10028572 DC Effective Human Human Development
Development
10042065 DC Adequate Hydration Adequate Hydration
10047471 DC Effective Immune Effective Immune System Process
System Function
10028059 DC Effective Infant Eating Pattern
Feeding Behaviour
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10035524 DC Effective Information Processing
Information
Processing
10028063 DC Effective Interactive Interactive Behaviour
Behaviour
10028071 DC Effective Intracranial Adaptive Capacity
Intracranial
Adaptive Capacity
10028490 DC Effective Kidney Kidney Process
Function
10034893 DC Effective Positive Perception
Kinaesthesia
10045739 DC Knowledge Of Knowledge Of Childbirth
Childbirth
10028627 DC Knowledge Of Knowledge Of Community Service
Community
Services
10043911 DC Knowledge Of Knowledge Of Contraception
Contraception
10023764 DC Knowledge Of Knowledge Of Diagnostic Test
Diagnostic Test
10023772 DC Knowledge Of Knowledge Of Dietary Regime
Dietary Regime
10023786 DC Knowledge Of Knowledge Of Exercise Regime
Exercise
10040276 DC Knowledge Of Fall Knowledge Of Fall Prevention
Prevention
10042110 DC Knowledge Of Fluid Knowledge Of Fluid Regime
Regime
10045760 DC Knowledge Of Knowledge Of Foetal Development
Foetal Development
10024723 DC Knowledge Of Knowledge Of Behaviour Change Process
Behaviour Change
Process
10045741 DC Knowledge Of Knowledge Of Infant Care
Infant Care
10045756 DC Knowledge Of Knowledge Of Infant Feeding
Infant Feeding
10025968 DC Knowledge Of Knowledge Of Medication
Medication
10023819 DC Knowledge Of Knowledge Of Medication Regime
Medication Regime
10042569 DC Knowledge Of Knowledge Of Alcohol Abuse
Alcohol Abuse
10042582 DC Knowledge Of Drug Knowledge Of Drug Abuse
Abuse
10030246 DC Knowledge Of Oral Knowledge Of Oral Hygiene
Hygiene
10033750 DC Knowledge Of Pain Knowledge Of Pain Management
Management
10043383 DC Knowledge Of Knowledge Of Parenting
Parenting
10023826 DC Knowledge Of Knowledge Of Pathological Process
Disease
10040037 DC Knowledge Of Knowledge Of Patient Controlled Analgesia
Patient Controlled
Analgesia
10039981 DC Knowledge Of Knowledge Of Physical Therapy
Physical Therapy
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10045773 DC Knowledge Of Knowledge Of Pregnancy
Pregnancy
10033766 DC Knowledge Of Knowledge Of Psychosocial Response To Procedure
Psychosocial
Response To
Procedure
10025733 DC Knowledge Of Knowledge Of Regime
Treatment Regime
10033778 DC Knowledge Of Knowledge Of Response To Procedure
Response To
Procedure
10028643 DC Knowledge Of Knowledge Of Safety Measure
Safety Measure
10030251 DC Knowledge Of Knowledge Of Sexual Behaviour
Sexual Behaviour
10040000 DC Knowledge Of Knowledge Of Traditional Therapy
Traditional Therapy
10033784 DC Knowledge Of Knowledge Of Wound Care
Wound Care
10027112 DC Adequate Adequate Knowledge
Knowledge
10028435 DC Effective Memory Effective Memory
10035792 DC Mood Equilibrium Mood Equilibrium
10050015 DC Good Mood Positive Mood Status
10033807 DC Effective Musculoskeletal Status
Musculoskeletal
Status
10028092 DC Effective Positive Musculoskeletal System Process
Musculoskeletal
System Function
10027675 DC Effective Nervous Nervous System Process
System Function
10033811 DC Effective Effective Neurological Status
Neurological Status
10037572 DC Nutritional Intake Nutrition
Within Normal
Limits
10025002 DC Positive Nutritional Positive Nutritional Status
Status
10035498 DC Effective Older Older Adult Development
Adult Development
10035106 DC Organized Infant Organized Infant Behaviour
Behaviour
10040118 DC Pain Management Satisfaction With Pain Management
Satisfaction
10028125 DC Effective Peripheral Positive Neurovascular Process
Neurovascular
Function
10028139 DC Effective Peripheral Positive Vascular Process
Vascular Function
10025664 DC Positive Personal Personal Identity
Identity
10036389 DC Effective Physiological Status
10025779 DC Positive Pride Pride
10025590 DC Privacy Privacy
10038430 DC Positive Psychological Status
Psychological
Status
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10040875 DC Quality Of Life Quality Of Life
10035666 DC Readiness for Readiness for Discharge
Discharge
10001453 DC Readiness For Readiness
Effective
Community Coping
Effective Coping
Effective Decision
Making
Positive Family
Process
10001521 DC Readiness for Readiness
Effective Parenting
Effective Spiritual
Status
10042498 DC Ready To Learn Readiness To Learn
10035479 DC Effective Recovery Recovery
from Abuse
10045787 DC Effective Recovery Recovery Status
from Sexual Assault
10027827 DC Effective Effective Reproductive System Process
Reproductive
System Function
10050441 DC Resilient Resilience
10033830 DC Effective Respiratory Status
Respiratory Status
10028160 DC Effective Positive Respiratory System Process
Respiratory System
Function
10033427 DC Effective Response Response To Enteral Nutrition
To Enteral Nutrition
10028670 DC Effective Response Response To Medication
To Medication
10036423 DC Effective Response Response To Therapy
To Therapy
10028141 DC Effective Ventilatory Response To Ventilatory Weaning
Weaning
10038328 DC Effective Sanitation Sanitation
10029446 DC Self Awareness Self Awareness
10029467 DC Awareness Of Self Awareness
Symptoms
10041659 DC Appropriate Self Self Disclosure
Disclosure
10025672 DC Self Efficacy Self Efficacy
10025751 DC Positive Self Self Esteem
Esteem
10027108 DC Positive Self Image Positive Self Image
10028173 DC Effective Sensory Sensory Perception
Perception
10028187 DC Effective Sexual Sexual Behaviour
Behaviour
10028194 DC Effective Sexual Sexual Process
Functioning
10028501 DC Effective Skin Skin Integrity
Integrity
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10024930 DC Adequate Sleep Adequate Sleep
10045794 DC Effective Social Social Support
Support
10028529 DC Effective Spiritual Spiritual Status
Status
10041334 DC Effective Breathing Spontaneous Ventilation
10028691 DC Effective Surgical Surgical Recovery
Recovery
10033848 DC Effective Effective Thermoregulation
Thermoregulation
10028593 DC Effective Tissue Tissue Perfusion
Perfusion
10027836 DC Urinary Continence Urinary Continence
10028615 DC Effective Urinary Effective Urinary System Process
System Function
10047245 DC Effective Urination Positive Urination
10043969 DC Uterine Uterine Contraction
Contractions Within
Normal Limits
10027392 DC Weight Within Effective Weight
Normal Limits
10035096 DC Effective Wound Wound Healing
Healing
10033853 DC Effective Wound Wound Perfusion
Perfusion
10023423 DC Lack Of Meaning Meaninglessness
10001385 DC Parental Stress Stress
10042621 M Acupressure Therapy
Therapy
10001739 T Acute Onset: Occurring abruptly, over a short time interval.
10001741 F Adaptation Coping: Managing new situations.
10024866 F Adaptation Adaptation
Techniques For
Sensory Deficit
10030298 F Adherence Positive Status: Self-initiated action to promote wellness,
recovery and rehabilitation, following directions without
deviation, devoted to a set of actions or behaviours.
Compliant with treatment regimen, taking medicine as
instructed, behaviour change for the better, signs of
healing, collection of medicine on due date,
internalisation of the value of health care behaviour and
obeying instructions regarding treatment. (Often
associated with support from family and significant
others, knowledge about supplied drugs and the disease
process, client motivation, client health worker
relationship.)
10030308 F Adherence To Adherence To Regime
Diagnostic Test
Dietary Regime
Exercise Regime
10030331 F Adherence To Fluid Adherence To Regime
Regime
Immunisation
Regime
Medication Regime
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10030365 F Adherence To Adherence
Therapeutic
Regime
Rehabilitation
Regime
Safety Precautions
10001760 A Adjusting Organizing: Changing to fit, adapting.
10001773 A Administering Distributing: Providing or applying something.
10023084 IC Administering Pain Administering
Medication
10030383 IC Administering Administering
Antibiotic
Antipyretic
Insulin
Medication
Medication After
Interpreting Arterial
Blood Gas Result
Medication And
Solution
10046579 IC Administering Administering Medication
Inhalant Medication
Intracutaneous
Medication
Intramuscular
Medication
Intravenous
Medication
Subcutaneous
Medication
Vaginal Medication
Nutritional
Supplement
Prophylactic
Treatment
Vaccine
Vitamin
Vitamin B12
10001843 T Admission Event or Episode
10001858 T Adolescence Developmental Period
10001862 C Adolescent Individual
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10001870 C Adolescent Group: Group members are teenagers.
Community
10023343 F Adolescent Human Development
Development
10001889 C Adult Individual
10023512 F Adult Development Human Development
10001891 T Adulthood Developmental Period
10036452 IC Advancing Mobility Advancing
10001901 A Advancing Enhancing: Making progress, improving, moving ahead.
10036447 IC Advancing Dietary Advancing
Regime
10030440 IC Advising About Advising
Employment
10030455 IC Advising About Advising
Housing
10001917 A Advising Guiding: Suggesting that the course of action being
promoted should be followed.
10001929 A Advocating Supporting: Recommending somebody or something by
argument.
10039542 IC Advocating For Advocating
Breastfeeding
10001938 IC Advocating For Advocating: Facilitating a plea on behalf of the patient.
Patient
10001940 M Aerosol Material
10001955 T Afternoon Time Point Or Time Interval
10001972 F Ageism Discrimination: Partiality or prejudice based on age.
10001986 F Collection Of Acts Action
10001993 F Collection Of Body Body Process
Processes
10002003 F Collection Of Entity
Things
10002019 F Collection Of Process
Processes
10002026 F Aggressive Impaired Behaviour: Forceful, self-assertive action or
Behaviour attitude expressed verbally, physically or symbolically.
10036287 F Aging Body Process
10002035 F Agitation Hyperactivity: Condition of purposeless psychomotor
excitement, restless activity, pacing, releasing of nervous
tension associated with anxiety, fear or mental stress.
10002042 F Agnosia Distorted Thinking: Total or partial loss of the ability to
recognise familiar objects or persons resulting from brain
damage associated with auditory, visual, olfactory,
gustatory or tactile senses.
10002057 F Agricultural Environmental Entity: Land used for raising foods,
Development farming, frequently associated with soil cultivation, crop
production, raising livestock.
10002061 F Air Material: Invisible gaseous substance surrounding the
earth and necessary for survival of most plants and
animals.
10002074 L Airport Construction: Facility for aircraft, passengers and support
services.
10002088 M Air Ring Supporting Device
10002090 F Airway Clearance Respiratory System Process: Keeping air passage open
from mouth to lung alveoli through ability to clear
secretions or obstructions from the respiratory tract.
10002100 L Airway Route Body Route
10041491 M Alarm Monitoring Device
10002116 M Alarm System Communication Device
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10041375 F Alcohol Negative Dependence
Dependence
10002128 A Alcoholic Life Style Protecting
Prevention
10035839 F Alcohol Abuse Recovery
Recovery
10002144 F Alertness Status: Level of watchfulness or vigilance, paying
attention to something, ready to take action.
10002159 F Alexia Impressive Aphasia: Inability to comprehend written
words.
10045862 F Allergic Reaction Impaired Immune System Process
10041119 F Allergy Impaired Immune System Process: Immune response to
a foreign antigen.
10002171 A Alleviating Treating: Making something easier to bear.
10038870 F Allodynia Pain
10002185 A Altering Regulating: Making changes in something or making
something different.
10002192 T Always Frequency
10002205 F Ambivalence Emotion: State of experiencing contradictory and
opposite feelings about the same object.
10002214 M Ambulance Vehicle
10002222 M Ambulation Technique
Technique
10002233 F Amnesia Impaired Memory: Loss of mental recall associated with
brain damage or emotional crisis.
10002246 M Amputation Surgery
10002251 L Amputation Stump Body Region
Region
10002312 F Anaesthesia Effect Medication Effect
10002267 F Analgesia Effect Medication Effect
10002279 M Analgesic Drug
10002280 L Anal Sphincter Gastrointestinal System Component
10002298 A Analysing Evaluating: Synthesizing information about something.
10002308 F Anaphylactic Shock Shock: Rapid circulatory failure due to a hypersensitive
or allergic reaction to allergens found in foods, drugs,
chemicals or other agents.
10002320 F Anger Negative Emotion: Feelings ranging from displeasure to
rage rising from mental or physical response to internal
or external stimuli.
10041750 M Anger Management Therapy
Therapy
10002331 F Animal Organism: Living being with the capability of sensation
and the power of voluntary motion.
10002349 M Animal Assisted Therapy
Therapy
10002354 L Ankle Joint Joint
10002365 L Anterior Anterior Posterior Position
10002377 L Anterior Posterior Position
Position
10002383 M Antibiotic Drug
10002396 F Antibiotic Effect Medication Effect
10002401 A Anticipatory Guiding: Directing persons on health related subjects in
Guidance advance of event.
10030464 M Anticoagulation Therapy
Therapy
10037253 M Antipyretic Drug
10002417 L Anus Body Opening
10002429 F Anxiety Negative Emotion: Feelings of threat, danger or distress.
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10002438 F Aphasia Impaired Cognition: Defective or absent language
function of using and understanding words.
10002440 F Apical Heart Rate Heart Rate
10035012 F Apnoea Impaired Respiratory System Process
10002455 F Appetite Status: Sensation of desire to satisfy bodily need for
nutrients or particular types of food.
10002464 A Applying Distributing: Making practical use of something.
10036468 IC Applying Cold Pack Applying
10030472 IC Applying Applying
Compression
Bandage
10030486 IC Applying Elastic Applying
Stockings
10039617 IC Applying Hot Pack Applying
10050350 IC Applying Ointment Applying
10036182 IC Applying Physical Applying
Restraint
10002472 IC Applying Safety Applying
Device
10002486 T Appointment Event or Episode
10047039 F Apraxia Nervous System Process
10002493 L Areole Body Region
10002504 L Arm Body Region
10002515 M Aromatherapy Therapy
10002527 A Arranging Coordinating: Putting something into required order.
10024171 IC Arranging Arranging
Transportation
Service
10030493 IC Arranging Transport Arranging
Of Device
10002536 F Arrhythmia Impaired Cardiac Process: Variation of normal rhythm of
atrial and ventricular myocardial contraction.
10002591 M Artefact Entity
10030504 F Arterial Blood Flow Blood Flow Rate
10002543 F Arterial Blood Gas Laboratory Result: Levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide
Result in arterial blood.
10045870 F Arterial Blood Specimen
Specimen
10002558 F Arterial Ulcer Ulcer: Lesion due to decreased or absent arterial
circulation.
10002562 L Artery Blood Vessel
10002570 F Arthritis Pain Musculoskeletal Pain: Mild to severe discomfort from an
inflammatory condition, possibly including swollen joints.
10002589 M Clothing Covering Device
10002602 M Artificial Limb Prosthetic Device
10002618 M Art Therapy Therapy
10041946 F Ascites Fluid Retention
10002639 M Aseptic Technique Technique
10050268 IC Assisting With Assisting
Dressing
10002641 A Aspirating Suctioning: Suctioning or drawing of a substance.
10002656 F Aspiration Impaired Respiratory System Process: Inhaling gastric or
external substances into the trachea or lungs.
10002660 F Assertive Behaviour Behaviour: Expressing personal thoughts in a direct and
confident way.
10026040 IC Assessing Assessing
Capabilities
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10030515 IC Assessing Ability To Assessing
Communicate By
Talking
10050140 IC Assessing Hearing Assessing
Manage Stress
10030527 IC Assessing Mobility Assessing
Perform Caretaking
10021844 IC Assessing Self Assessing
Care
Feed Self
Prepare Food
10050138 IC Assessing Vision Assessing
Swallowing
Walk
Acceptance Of
Health Status
10002673 A Assessing Evaluating: Estimating the size, quality or significance of
something.
10040044 IC Assessing Active Assessing
Range of Motion
10037945 IC Assessing Activity Assessing
Tolerance
Adherence
10044481 IC Assessing Assessing Adherence
Adherence To Diet
Adherence To Fluid
Regime
Adherence To
Immunisation
Regime
Adherence To
Medication Regime
Adherence To
Therapeutic
Regime
Adherence To
Safety Regime
Aggressive
Behaviour
10038891 IC Assessing Allodynia Assessing Pain
10041745 IC Assessing Anxiety Assessing
10038901 IC Assessing Appetite Assessing
10030543 IC Assessing Arterial Assessing
Blood Flow Using
Ultrasound
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10040636 IC Assessing Attitude Assessing
Toward Health
Status
Toward Medication
Management
Toward Nutritional
Status
Toward Operation
Toward Disease
Toward Treatment
Regime
10037457 IC Assessing Balance Assessing
Behaviour
10046800 IC Assessing Beliefs Assessing
10045891 IC Assessing Body Assessing
Image
10050223 IC Assessing Body Assessing
Movement
10030558 IC Assessing Bowel Assessing
Continence
10036475 IC Assessing Bowel Assessing
Status
Breastfeeding
10039395 IC Postpartum Assessing Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding
Assessment
10039526 IC Prenatal Assessing Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding
Assessment
10036738 IC Assessing Cardiac Assessing
Status
10002706 IC Assessing Cardiac Assessing
Status Using
Monitoring Device
Caregiver
Caregiver
Behaviours
Caregiver Beliefs
Caregiver
Knowledge Of
Instructional
Material
10033876 IC Assessing Assessing Caregiver
Caregiver
Knowledge
Caregiver Stress
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10044021 IC Assessing Assessing Injury
Chemical Injury
10030570 IC Assessing Child Assessing
Development
Circulatory System
Cognition
Consciousness
Exposure to
Contagion
Contraceptive Use
10002710 IC Assessing Control Assessing
Of Pain
Symptom Control
10002723 IC Assessing Coping Assessing
10024233 IC Assessing Cultural Assessing
Beliefs
10038014 IC Assessing Death Assessing
Tradition
Decisional Conflict
10040689 IC Assessing Decision Assessing
Making
10050129 IC Assessing Delirium Assessing
10024246 IC Assessing Denial Assessing
10045108 IC Assessing Denture Assessing
Care
Depressed Mood
10002734 M Assessment Device Device
10042802 IC Assessing Diabetic Assessing
Foot Ulcer
Diarrhoea
10037875 IC Assessing Dietary Assessing
Need
Discomfort
Dizziness
10045120 IC Assessing The Ears Assessing
10002747 IC Assessing Eating Assessing
Or Drinking
Behaviour
10044032 IC Assessing Electrical Assessing Injury
Injury
Emotional Support
Environment
Environmental
Safety
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10024251 IC Assessing Exercise Assessing
Behaviour
Expectations
10037059 IC Assessing The Assessing
Eyes
10050172 IC Assessing Faeces Assessing
10026600 IC Assessing Family Assessing
Coping
Knowledge Of
Disease
Process
Readiness For Self
Management
10026086 IC Assessing Fatigue Assessing
10024267 IC Assessing Fear Assessing
About Being A
Burden To Others
About Death
10037950 IC Assessing Financial Assessing
Status
10050210 IC Assessing Fine Assessing
Motor Function
10037881 IC Assessing Fluid Assessing
Balance
10044176 IC Assessing Fluid Assessing
Intake
10050091 IC Assessing Food Assessing
Intake
10037899 IC Assessing Food Assessing
Supply
10042927 IC Assessing Foot Assessing
Pressure
Gestational Age
10026103 IC Assessing Grief Assessing
10030618 IC Assessing Health Assessing
And Social Care
Needs
10030625 IC Assessing Housing Assessing
Condition
10037909 IC Assessing Hygiene Assessing
Pattern
10038889 IC Assessing Assessing Pain
Hyperalgesia
Information
Processing
10042943 IC Assessing Injury Assessing
Knowledge Of
Cross Infection
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Knowledge Of
Environmental
Safety
Knowledge Of Fall
Prevention
Knowledge Of
Instructional
Material
10039039 IC Assessing Assessing Knowledge of Regime
Knowledge Of
Medication Regime
Knowledge About
Pain
Knowledge Of Pain
Management
Knowledge Of
Disease
Knowledge Of
Patient Controlled
Analgesia
Knowledge Of
Physical Therapy
Knowledge Of
Treatment Regime
Knowledge Of
Traditional Therapy
Knowledge Of
Wound Care
Knowledge Of
Wound Healing
Knowledge
10044169 IC Assessing Laser Assessing Injury
Injury
Medication Side
Effect
Medication Supply
10043775 IC Assessing Memory Assessing
10038938 IC Assessing Mood Assessing
10043694 IC Assessing Nausea Assessing
10050234 IC Assessing Necrosis Assessing
10033368 IC Assessing Needs Assessing
10044107 IC Assessing Alcohol Assessing
Abuse
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10045929 IC Assessing Drug Assessing
Abuse
Substance Abuse
10038606 IC Assessing Tobacco Assessing
Use
10030656 IC Assessing Urinary Assessing
Retention Using
Ultrasound
Neurological Status
Neurological Status
Before Operation
Neurovascular
Function
Nutritional Status
10024214 IC Assessing Barriers Assessing
To Adherence
10045177 IC Assessing Oedema Assessing
10037913 IC Assessing Oral Assessing
Hygiene Pattern
10044202 IC Assessing Oral Assessing
Status
Orientation
Pacemaker
10026119 IC Assessing Pain Assessing
10030673 IC Assessing During Assessing
Encounter
10030687 IC Admission Assessing
Assessment
10042873 IC Assessing Assessing Neurovascular Function
Peripheral
Neurovascular
Function
10042856 IC Assessing Assessing Tissue Perfusion
Peripheral Tissue
Perfusion
Peristomal Skin
10036740 IC Assessing Risk For Assessing
Apnoea
Stoma Complication
Dehydration
Depressed Mood
During Post Partum
Period
Diabetic Foot Ulcer
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Falls
10037435 IC Assessing Risk For Assessing Risk for Falls
Falls On Admission
Hospital Acquired
Complication
Hyperthermia
Hypothermia
Adverse Medication
Interaction
Impaired Nutritional
Status
Disease
Pressure Ulcer
Negative
Thermoregulation
Ineffective Tissue
Perfusion
Transfer Injury
Violence
Preferences
10040847 IC Assessing Pressure Assessing
Ulcer
Psychological
Response To
Ostomy
Psychological
Response To Pain
Response To
Teaching
Psychological
Status
10040658 IC Assessing Quality Assessing
Of Life
Radiation Exposure
10044045 IC Assessing Assessing Injury
Radiation Injury
Readiness For
Discharge
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Readiness For
Smoking Cessation
Readiness For
Disclosure Of
Health Status
Readiness For Self
Management
Readiness To
Learn
Respiratory Status
Respiratory Status
Using Monitoring
Device
10026142 IC Assessing Roles Assessing
10038940 IC Assessing Sadness Assessing
Sanitation
10038079 IC Assessing School Assessing
Health Service
10038177 IC Assessing School Assessing
Performance
Efficacy
Esteem
Image
Care Of Skin
10038022 IC Assessing Sexual Assessing
Behaviour
10037295 IC Assessing For Sign Assessing
Of Discomfort
10044182 IC Assessing Signs Assessing
And Symptoms Of
Infection
10041126 IC Skin Assessment Assessing
10033922 IC Assessing Skin Assessing
Integrity
10033933 IC Assessing Skin Assessing
Integrity Before
Operation
10036764 IC Assessing Sleep Assessing
10030752 IC Assessing Social Assessing
Status
10024298 IC Assessing Social Assessing
Support
10024308 IC Assessing Spiritual Assessing
Beliefs
Beliefs Of Family
Status
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10050206 IC Assessing Sputum Assessing
10040529 IC Assessing Stoma Assessing
10043809 IC Assessing Stress Assessing
Level
Susceptibility To
Infection
Tendency To
Wander
10030775 IC Assessing Tissue Assessing
Perfusion
10024320 IC Assessing Use Of Assessing
Traditional
Therapies
10044050 IC Assessing Transfer Assessing Injury
Injury
Continence
Status
10050164 IC Assessing Urine Assessing
10037997 IC Assessing Waste Assessing
Service
10037932 IC Assessing Water Assessing
Supply
Withdrawal
10030799 IC Assessing Wound Assessing
10002832 M Assessment Tool Assessment Device
10002845 F Assimilation Coping: Process of receiving new facts, responding to
new situations, or incorporating newly perceived
information and experiences into one's existing reality.
10002850 A Assisting Attending: Doing part of the work with or for somebody.
10030809 IC Assisting Health Assisting
Care Provider
10045964 IC Assisting Child With Assisting
Toileting
10002866 IC Assisting Surgeon Assisting
During Operation
Anger Control
Eating Or Drinking
Grooming
Hygiene
Mobility In Bed
Mobility
10035763 IC Assisting With Self Assisting
Care
Toileting
Walking
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Walking Using
Device
10002878 M Assistive Device Therapy
Therapy
10002884 M Atomiser Respiratory Device
10002897 F Attachment Behaviour: A tie or bond of affection.
10002907 F Attempted Suicide Self Destructive Behaviour: Trying to kill one's self.
10037754 F Attendance Status
10002911 A Attending Action: Being concerned about, waiting on, or looking
after somebody or something.
10034612 A Attending Attending
Intervention
10002924 F Attention Concentration: Purposeful intake and processing of
information.
10002930 F Attitude Psychological Process: Mental models and opinions.
10002948 F Attitude Toward Attitude: Opinion about treatment and health care
Care provider.
10022418 F Attitude Toward Attitude
Dietary Regime
Exercise Regime
Health Status
10041029 F Attitude Toward Attitude: Opinion about treatment provided in the home.
Home Care
10002953 F Attitude Toward Attitude: Opinion about medication regime and treatment.
Medication
Management
10002976 F Attitude Toward Attitude: Opinion about health and weight in relation to
Nutritional Status food intake.
10002982 F Attitude Toward Attitude: Opinion about surgery planned or completed.
Operation
10002995 F Attitude Toward Attitude: Opinion about amount and quality of pain.
Pain
10024747 F Attitude To Attitude
Pathological
Process
10024752 F Attitude To Regime Attitude
10003008 L Auricular Route Body Route
10003012 A Auscultating Examining: Listening for sounds within the body.
10003020 A Authorising Managing: Giving permission, granting authority.
10003031 M Autogenic Training Technique: Teaching related to self-suggestions to
Technique induce relaxation.
10003049 F Autonomic Impaired Reflex
Dysreflexia
10003054 F Autonomy Patient Right: Self-governing and self-directing status.
10003065 J Average Size Size
10003077 A Avoiding Preventing: Keeping or getting away from something.
10003083 F Awareness Cognition
10003096 L Axillary Region Body Region
10003106 L Back Body Region
10003110 F Balance Status: Steadiness of the body and co-ordination of
muscles, bones and joints to move, stand, sit or lie down.
10003123 M Bandage Wound Dressing
10003134 A Bathing Hygiene: Applying water or cleansing material to
something.
10003147 M Bathing Device Device
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10045986 IC Bathing The Patient Bathing
10003152 F Bearing Down Pain Labour Pain: Mild to severe discomfort during second
stage of labour with duration of discomfort being constant
as cervix fully dilates.
10003168 M Bed Supporting Device
10003175 M Bed Linen Covering Device
10003181 F Mobility in Bed Ability to Mobilise
10003199 M Bed Pan Absorbing or Collecting Device
10003201 M Bed Rail Immobilising Device
10039018 F Bedtime Routine Routine
10003217 F Behaviour Intentional Process: Actions
10038993 F Behavioural Regime
Regime
10003229 F Belief Attitude: Opinions, convictions, and faith.
10003238 F Belonging Psychosocial Structure
10003240 M Bibliotherapy Therapy
10003255 M Bicycle Vehicle
10027597 L Bilateral Unilateral Bilateral Position
10041443 F Bilirubin Body Substance
10003264 M Bio Feed Back Feed Back Technique
Technique
10003272 F Birth Rate Rate: Relative rate of births per selected population and
specified geographic area.
10041644 F Bladder Routine Routine
10003286 M Bladder Training Technique
Technique
10003293 M Blanket Bed Linen
10003303 F Bleeding Impaired Vascular Process: Loss of blood externally or
internally, associated with damage to blood vessels or
defective clotting factors.
10003319 F Blood Body Substance
10003326 F Blood Flow Rate Rate: Measure of blood circulated through the heart or
blood vessels.
10030832 F Blood Glucose Body Substance
10045993 F Blood Levels Physical Dimension
10030845 F Blood Oxygen Status
Saturation
10003335 F Blood Pressure Pressure: Force of circulating blood on blood vessel
walls.
10003342 F Blood Pressure Blood Pressure: Measurement of blood pressure in mm
Sign Hg.
10003357 M Blood Product Body Substance
10003361 M Blood Therapy Therapy
10003374 L Blood Vessel Cardiovascular System Component
10003388 L Body Body Structure
10003390 L Body Cavity Body Structure
10003405 F Body Image Self Image: Mental picture of one's own body in whole or
in part, or of one's physical appearance.
10003414 F Body Movement Musculoskeletal System Process: Spontaneous,
voluntary or involuntary motion of muscles and joints.
10003422 L Body Opening Body Structure
10003433 L Body Position Status
10003446 F Body Process Process
10003451 L Body Region Body Structure
10003467 L Body Route Body Structure
10003479 F Body Substance Material
10003480 F Body System Body Structure
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10003498 L Body System Body Structure
Component
10003507 F Body Temperature Temperature: Internal body heat related to body
metabolism.
10003511 F Body Temperature Body Temperature
Degrees
10003524 F Body Tissue Body Substance
10003530 F Tissue Integrity Integrity
10003548 F Bonding Parenting: Attachment between an infant and parent(s);
formation of affectionate ties.
10003553 L Bone Musculoskeletal System Component
10003569 F Bone Pain Musculoskeletal Pain: Mild to severe discomfort from the
periosteum of bone.
10003582 F Bottle Feeding Eating or Drinking Pattern
10027699 F Bowel Continence Bowel Status
10041637 F Bowel Routine Routine
10037207 F Bowel Motility Bowel Status
10027681 F Bowel Status Status
10003609 M Bowel Training Technique
Technique
10003613 F Bradycardia Arrhythmia: A slow heartbeat, pulse rate below 60 beats
per minute in adults.
10003621 L Brain Nervous System Component
10043137 M Branded Medication Medication
10030850 F Breast Care Regime
Regime
10003632 F Breast Impaired Engorgement: Swelling of breasts with pain and
Engorgement heaviness of breasts occurring with milk accumulation
after child delivery.
10003645 F Breastfeeding Eating or Drinking Pattern: Nurturing infant by providing
milk from the breasts.
10039463 M Breastfeeding Health Education Service
Education
10038597 F Breastfeeding Plan Plan
10039471 M Breastfeeding Support Group Therapy
Support Group
10046611 F Breast Pain Pain
10003650 L Breast Body Region
10003666 M Breathing Or Technique
Coughing
Technique
10003684 M Breathing Breathing or Coughing Technique
Technique
10003697 L Bridge Construction: Structure carrying a road, path, railway etc.
across a stream, ravine, road railway etc.
10003700 L Bronchus Respiratory System Component
10021648 C Brother Sibling
10003716 F Brother Role Sibling Role
10003728 M Brush Grooming Device
10003737 A Brushing Grooming: Stroking the hair or skin with a brush or
cleanse the teeth with a brush.
10003744 L Building Construction: Structures designed and constructed for
human use.
10003759 F Bulimia Compulsive Eating Behaviour: Behaviours related to
insatiable craving for food, excessive appetite, episodes
of binge eating followed by self induced vomiting,
associated with depression, self-deprivation.
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10003763 F Burn Traumatic Wound: Disruption and loss of outer or deeper
layers of tissue of the body surface due to heat lesions
from exposure to thermal, chemical, electrical, or
radioactive agents, coagulation of protein in cells,
increased metabolism, breakdown of nutrient reserves in
muscles and adipose tissue, loss of protein and nitrogen,
severe pain, discomfort and stress, risk for life-
threatening shock, tissue necrosis, wound infections,
contractures, hypotrophic scarring with thickening rigidity
of scar and profound disfigurement; 1st degree burn, 2nd
degree burn, 3rd degree burn.
10003771 F Burn Out Impaired Coping Process: Energy depletion due to
unrelieved stress, lack of support and relationships,
conflict between expectation and reality.
10030866 F Burn Wound Wound
10003785 F Burping Gastrointestinal System Process: Bring up stomach air
through the mouth.
10003792 L Buttock Body Region
10003802 F Cachexia Malnutrition: Condition of leanness, muscle wasting,
weakness and emaciation usually associated with
general ill health or diseases such as cancer or
tuberculosis.
10003818 A Calculating Evaluating: Ascertaining by reckoning or by mathematics.
10003825 M Call System Device Communication Device
10003839 M Calming Technique Technique
10003841 F Cancer Pain Pain: Concurrently sensations of acute and chronic pain
of different levels of intensity associated with invasive
spreading of cancer cells in the body; consequences of
cancer treatment including chemotherapy, or conditions
related to cancer such as wound pain; cancer pain is
usually reported as dull, hurting, aching, frightful or
unbearable pain sensation with attach of intensive
sensations of pain accompanied by sleep difficulties,
irritability, depression, suffering, isolation hopelessness
and helplessness.
10038578 IC Cancer Screening Screening
10041249 A Cancer Screening Screening
10003856 M Cannula Tube
10003860 L Capillary Blood Vessel
10046006 F Capillary Blood Specimen
Specimen
10003873 M Cardiac Monitor Monitoring Device
10003887 F Cardiac Output Cardiac Status: Amount of blood is ejected from the left
ventricle per minute.
10003894 F Cardiac Process Circulatory System Process: Pumping of blood through
heart.
10043706 F Cardiac Rehabilitation Regime
Rehabilitation
Regime
10044078 IC Chest Cardiac Resuscitating
Compressions
10003904 F Cardiac Rhythm Rhythm
10003915 F Cardiac Shock Shock: Circulatory failure due to decreased cardiac
output.
10003927 F Cardiac Status Status
10044066 A Cardiac Resuscitation
Resuscitation
10043019 A Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Resuscitation
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10042962 IC Cardiopulmonary Cardiopulmonary Resuscitating
Resuscitation
10033946 F Cardiovascular Status
Status
10003936 F Cardiovascular Body System
System
10003943 L Cardiovascular Body System Component
System Component
10003958 C Caregiver Individual: Assists with identification, prevention, or
treatment of illness or disability, attends to the needs of a
dependent.
10025617 F Caregiver Attitude Attitude
10027183 F Caregiver Child Attachment: Establishing close relationship between
Attachment caregiver and child.
10034758 F Caregiver Coping Coping
10003962 F Caregiver Role Individual Role: Interacting according to responsibilities
of caring for somebody; internalising expectation held by
the health care institutions and health professionals,
family members, and society regarding appropriate or
inappropriate role behaviours of a caregiver; expressing
these expectations as behaviours and values; primarily in
relation to caring for dependent family member.
10024775 F Caregiver Stress Stress
10030878 F Care Need Status
10003970 M Care Plan Plan
10035915 IC Care Planning Action
10003989 M Health Care Individual
Provider
10003991 F Health Care Individual Role
Provider Role
10004002 F Caretaking Attending: Providing care when needed.
10035388 A Caretaking by Action
Caregiver
10004039 M Cast Immobilising Device
10043472 IC Cast Care Action
10004041 F Cataract Impaired Body Process
10046010 IC Cataract Care Action
10004056 F Catatonia Hypoactivity: Conspicuous motor disturbance manifested
usually as immobility with extreme muscular rigidity or
excessive impulse activity, associated with mental
disorders such as schizophrenia.
10004060 A Categorising Evaluating: Placing in a category, classifying.
10004073 IC Categorising Categorising
Surgical Wound
10004087 M Catheter Tube
10004094 A Catheterising Inserting: Placing a catheter into the body to introduce or
remove fluids.
10030884 IC Catheterising Catheterising
Urinary Bladder
10004104 L Central Central Peripheral Position
10004115 M Central Line Venous Cannula
10004127 L Central Peripheral Position
Position
10030897 F Cervical Cell Body Substance
10004136 F Cervical Dilation Labour Pain: Mild to severe discomfort during the first
Pain stage of labour.
10004143 M Cesarean Section Surgery
10004158 M Chamber Pot Absorbing or Collecting Device
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10004162 A Changing Performing: Substituting one thing for another.
10050332 IC Changing Diaper Changing
10045131 IC Wound Dressing Changing
Change
10004170 F Characteristic Phenomenon
10004189 A Checking Observing: Establishing the accuracy, quality or condition
of something.
10030907 IC Checking Inhalation Checking
Technique
10030911 IC Checking Patient Checking
Identity
10030924 IC Checking Device Checking
Safety
10004191 F Chemical Injury Injury
10004209 M Chemotherapy Therapy
10036803 F Chest Physical Dimension
Circumference
10046023 M Chest Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy
10004213 L Chest Body Region
10004221 M Chest Therapy Therapy
10004232 M Chest Tube Tube
10004245 L Chest Wall Body Region
10004250 F Chewing Eating or Drinking: Mechanical decomposition of food in
mouth by grinding teeth and movement of tongue.
10004266 C Child Individual
10037796 F Child Abandonment Abandonment
10004284 F Child Bearing Parenting: Behaviours focusing on adjusting to
pregnancy and taking actions to prepare for being
parent(s); internalising expectation held by families,
friends, and society regarding appropriate or
inappropriate role behaviours of parents.
10004297 F Childbearing Family Family Role
Role
10004307 T Child Birth Event or Episode: Giving birth to a child by bringing a
new person into the world.
10042744 F Childbirth Care Regime
Regime
10004311 T Child Delivery Event or Episode: Perinatal body processes from
beginning of cervical dilation through delivery of placenta.
10004324 F Child Development Human Development: Progressive physical, mental, and
social growth and development from birth through
childhood.
10025400 F Child Gender Gender Discrimination: Predisposition toward valuing one
Discrimination gender more than another, discriminating between
children by gender.
10022036 M Child Health Health Service
Service
10004348 T Childhood Developmental Period
10004353 F Child Labour Law Law: Existence of standards that dictate the minimum
age at which a person may be employed and the
conditions of work for minors.
10004376 F Child Rearing Parenting: Socialising and educating of child, providing
basic and individual needs of child, performing
behaviours supporting the transmission of culture and
traditions from older generations to new generation.
10037156 F Child Safety Regime
Regime
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10004382 L Chin Body Region
10004395 T Chronic Onset: Occurring over time, long-standing.
10004416 F Circulatory System Body Process
Process
10035175 T Circumcision Procedure
10035181 IC Circumcision Care Action
10004428 F Civil Disobedience Social Process: Opposition to the law in a non-violent
manner.
10004437 A Clamping Performing: Gripping, joining or compressing something,
i.e. tissue or vessel.
10004444 A Cleaning Performing: Removing dirt or contaminating agents,
disposing of garbage.
10004459 L Clinic Health Care Facility
10004463 M Clinical Pathway Plan
10004471 L Clitoris Female Reproductive Body Part
10044928 F Closed Wound Wound
10046034 IC Care Of Closed Wound Care
Wound
10039686 F Cluster Care Regime
Regime
10004485 F Cognition Psychological Process: An intellectual process involving
all aspects of perception, thinking, reasoning and
remembering.
10004492 F Cognitive Learning Learning: Acquisition of knowledge associated using
conscious thought and intelligence.
10004503 M Cold Food Food
10004519 M Cold Pack Heating Cooling Device
10004526 F Cold Weather Weather: Low ambient temperature.
10004535 F Colic Visceral Pain: Mild to severe discomfort from spasm of
smooth muscle in hollow organs such as intestine,
ureters, or bile duct.
10004542 A Collaborating Relating: Working jointly with one or more people.
10030930 IC Collaborating In Collaborating
Electrolyte Therapy
Fluid Therapy
Initiating Nurse
Controlled
Analgesia
Initiating Patient
Controlled
Analgesia
10026190 IC Collaborating On Collaborating
Dietary Regime
10039831 IC Collaborating On Collaborating
Pain Management
Plan
10043163 IC Collaborating With Collaborating
Caregiver On
Managing
Medication Regime
Health Care
Provider
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Health Care
Provider On
Medication
Procurement
Health Care
Provider On
Medication Regime
10043562 IC Collaborating With Collaborating with Care Provider
Health Care
Provider On
Medication
Reconciliation
Education Service
Family
Family On
Medication
Procurement
Interprofessional
Team
Interprofessional
Team On Wound
Care
Legal Service
Nutritionist
Pain Specialist
Patient
Patient On
Breastfeeding Plan
Pharmacist
Pharmacist On
Medication
Procurement
Physician
Physiotherapist
Religious Service
Social Worker
10004574 A Collecting Obtaining: Bringing something together, assembling.
10046052 IC Collecting Arterial Collecting Specimen
Blood Specimen
10046068 IC Collecting Capillary Collecting Specimen
Blood Specimen
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10030969 IC Collecting Cervical Collecting
Cells
10004588 IC Collecting Collecting
Specimen
10044633 IC Collecting Venous Collecting Specimen
Blood Specimen
10004590 L Colostomy Stoma
10004601 M Colostomy Bag Absorbing or Collecting Device
10046075 IC Colostomy Care Action
10004617 L Colostomy Route Body Route
10004629 F Coma Impaired Consciousness: Deep unconsciousness without
physiological responses including without pain
responses.
10004638 M Comb Grooming Device
10004640 A Combing Grooming: Stroking the hair with a comb.
10039672 F Comfort Care Regime
Regime
10004664 A Comforting Relating: Consoling somebody in time of need.
10004655 F Comfort Status: Sensation of physical ease and bodily well-being.
10004672 L Commercial Building: Structure constructed for commerce.
Building
10004693 M Commode Absorbing or Collecting Device
10004686 F Communicable Incidence of Disease: Numerical proportion of individuals
Disease Rate with an infection capable of being transmitted from one
person or animal to another.
10004705 F Communication Interactive Behaviour: Giving and receiving information
using verbal and nonverbal behaviours face to face or
with technology supported synchronous or asynchronous
means.
10004714 M Communication Device
Device
10004722 F Communication Service: Provision of technology and equipment
Service supporting delivery and receipt of messages.
10004733 C Community Group: Human beings as a social unit or collective whole,
connected by shared geography, conditions or interests.
10004746 F Community Based Community Process: Activities and interactions of
Group Process members in a community group.
10034743 F Community Coping Coping
10004751 F Community Developing: Planned growth brought about by the
Development community.
10004767 F Community Health Health: Relative levels of health and illness in the
community.
10004779 L Community Health Health Care Facility
Centre
10004780 F Community Leading: Persons or groups who are influential in
Leadership bringing about change, achieving goals, managing
conflicts and queries, and providing guidance.
10004798 F Community Managing: Process or act of handling, controlling,
Management regulating or operating community affairs.
10004808 M Community Meals Service
Service
10004812 F Community Participation: Involvement in planning, organising,
Participation implementing, and problem solving for the community.
10004820 F Community Process Process: Ongoing interactions and patterns of relating
among community members.
10004831 F Community Role Group Role
10027359 F Community Service Service
10004849 J Completed Progress: Concluded, ended.
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10004854 A Completing Managing: Bringing to a final stage or end.
10023583 J Complex Complexity
10023605 J Complexity State
10022206 F Complex Medication Regime
Medication Regime
10023596 F Complex Regime Regime
10025459 F Complication Phenomenon
10004865 F Complication Role Process Role
10040593 F Peristomal Skin Complication
Complication
10040442 F Stoma Complication Complication
10004877 A Compressing Manipulating: Squeezing something together.
10030976 M Compression Bandage
Bandage
10030982 M Compression Therapy
Therapy
10004883 F Compulsive Impaired Behaviour: Repeated behaviour that interferes
Behaviour with every day functioning, repetitive acts conducted to
reduce anxiety or obsessive thoughts.
10004896 F Compulsive Eating Impaired Eating Behaviour: Repeated eating, irresistible
Behaviour urge to eat food despite not being hungry.
10004906 M Computer Communication Device
10004910 F Concentration Cognition: Focused attention and mental activity to store
and recall knowledge.
10004923 F Concrete Thinking Cognition: Thoughts become increasingly logical and
coherent with capability to sort, order and classify facts
without being able to generalise and deal in abstractions;
problem solving is accomplished in a concrete systematic
way based on what is perceived, keeping literally to
meaning of words and to applying of words to particular
examples of species and not to species in general; a
stage in development of the cognitive thought process of
a child from approximately 7-11 years old.
10040966 T Conference Event Or Episode
10004934 F Confidentiality Patient Right
10050397 F Confined To Bed Status
10004947 F Confusion Distorted Thinking: Memory impairment with
disorientation in relation to person, place or time.
10004952 F Congestion Impaired Status: Excessive accumulation of blood or
other fluid in a particular part of the body.
10004968 L Conjunctiva Sensory System Component
10004975 F Consciousness Status: Mental responsiveness to impressions from a
combination of the senses, keeping the mind alert and
sensitive to the external environment.
10004981 F Consent Status
10004999 F Constipation Impaired Gastrointestinal System Process: Decrease in
the frequency of defecation accompanied by difficulty or
incomplete passage of stool; passage of excessively
hard, dry stool.
10005001 L Construction Artefact
10005017 A Consulting Relating: Seeking advice, obtaining information, sharing
ideas and considering jointly.
10005029 IC Consulting Health Consulting
Care Provider
10043233 IC Consulting Health Consulting
Care Provider
About Medication
Side Effects
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10021816 IC Consulting Home Consulting
Care Service
10024331 IC Consulting For Pain Consulting
Management
10043159 IC Consulting Consulting
Pharmacist About
Generic Medication
10005038 A Contacting Relating: Getting in communication with others with the
purpose of getting information, establishing relations and
networking.
10005040 M Contact Lens Orthotic Device
10044009 F Contagion Pathological Process
Exposure
10025369 F Contamination Environmental Process
10025324 F Contamination Pathological Process
Exposure
10005055 A Contamination Protecting: Preventing pollution or infection.
Prevention
10005072 F Continuity Of Care Continuity
10005064 F Continuity Status
10005086 T Continuous Time Sequence: Occurring without stopping, an
uninterrupted sequence.
10041208 M Continuous Positive Therapy
Airway Pressure
10005093 IC Continuous Surveillance: Non-stop monitoring.
Surveillance
10025428 F Contraceptive Entity
10005103 IC Contraceptive Use Pregnancy Prevention: Taking action to prevent
conception using devices or medication.
10005119 A Contracting Relating: Making an agreement with somebody.
10024349 IC Contracting For Contracting
Adherence
10035771 IC Contracting For Contracting
Positive Behaviour
10005126 M Contraction Monitor Monitoring Device
10005142 A Controlling Organizing: Structuring or maintaining functions or
actions.
10031015 F Anger Control Control
10035700 F Impulse Control Control
10005157 F Control Of Pain Control
10025812 F Symptom Control Control
10040071 F Withdrawal Symptom Control
Symptom Control
10005135 F Control Status: Exert strong influence over a situation.
10005161 F Contusion Traumatic Wound: Bruise of skin and underlying tissue.
10005188 F Cooking Food Preparation: Taking care of providing food and
meals in terms of quantity and quality, preparation of
food, storing of food, serving and distribution of food
necessary for maintaining daily life.
10005190 A Coordinating Organizing: Putting or bringing something into proper
relation.
10031027 IC Coordinating Care Coordinating
Plan
10046081 IC Coordinating Coordinating
Conference
10040984 IC Coordinating Family Coordinating
Conference
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10005208 F Coping Attitude: Managing stress and having a sense of control
and increased psychological comfort.
10040720 F Coping With Pain Coping
10005212 L Cornea Sensory System Component
10005220 M Correction Shoe Orthotic Device
10005231 M Corrective Device Device
10005249 F Cough Impaired Respiratory System Process: Sudden expulsion
of air from lungs to clear airway.
10031036 IC Counselling About Counseling
Alcohol Use
Breastfeeding
Drug Abuse
10026208 IC Counselling About Counselling
Fears
10026212 IC Counselling about Counselling
Hopes
10026231 IC Counselling About Counselling
Spiritual Distress
Tobacco Use
10005254 A Counselling Guiding: Enabling somebody to come to their own
decision through dialogue.
10031062 IC Counselling Patient Counselling
10005265 A Counting Observing: Using numbers to determine quantity.
10034506 IC Counting Surgical Counting
Device And Wound
Dressing
10033951 IC Counting Surgical Counting
Device And Wound
Dressing During
Operation
10021611 C Couple Family
10005283 F Couple Role Family Role
10005296 A Covering Performing: Placing something over some or all of the
body.
10005306 M Covering Device Device
10031070 F Cradle Cap Impaired Skin: Areas of scaling on head, usually with
infants.
10005323 L Cranial Cavity Body Cavity
10005334 F Craving Impaired Volition: Irresistible urge to consume
substances especially food, drugs or other stimulants.
10005347 F Crawling Mobilising: Moving from one place to another on hands
and knees, close to the ground.
10005352 M Cream Material
10005368 F Crime Social Process: Illegal act punishable by law.
10005375 F Crime Rate Rate: Relative rate of crimes per selected population and
10005381 F Crisis Impaired Status: Temporary tension with inefficient
communication, problem solving difficulty, and inability to
recognise or access resources.
10005399 M Crisis Therapy Therapy
10005404 F Cross Infection Infection
10005415 F Crying Communication: Voluntary or involuntary actions from
tears to sobbing, in response to pain, fear or grief.
10005427 F Cultural Belief Belief: Personal conviction based on the values of one's
own culture.
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10005436 A Cultural Brokerage Negotiating: Linking the local health care system's
processes and expectations with patient and family of a
different culture.
10046099 IC Cultural Brokerage Cultural Brokerage
10005443 F Cultural Diversity Status: Different groups, each with their own beliefs,
values, traditions, and behavioural norms.
10005458 F Culture Psychosocial Structure: Beliefs, values, traditions and
behavioural norms of a group.
10005462 F Cut Traumatic Wound: Minor tear or slash of the skin and
dermis.
10005470 F Cutaneous Pain Pain: Mild to severe discomfort from injury or disease of
the skin.
10005489 L Cutaneous Route Body Route
10005491 A Cutting Performing: Shortening, removing, or dividing something.
10005502 T Day Time Point Or Time Interval
10005518 L Day Centre Social Structure
10005525 L Adult Day Centre Day Centre
10005539 L Child Day Centre Day Centre
10005541 L Elderly Day Centre Adult Day Centre
10005556 L Dead Body Body
10005560 F Death Event or Episode
10041001 F Death Anxiety Anxiety
10005573 F Death Rate Rate: Relative rate of deaths per selected population and
10038005 F Death Tradition Tradition
10036225 A Debriefing Action
10036239 IC Debriefing Patient Debriefing
After Restraint
10005587 F Decisional Conflict Impaired Cognition
10005594 F Decision Making Cognition: Mental processes to determine course of
Process action based on relevant information, potential
consequences of each alternative, and resources.
10005600 A Decreasing Altering: Adjusting something to get a lessor or lower
result.
10050384 IC Decreasing Noise Decreasing
10027495 F Deep Vein Impaired Vascular Process
Thrombosis
10036195 M De-escalation Technique
Technique
10005628 F Defaecation Gastrointestinal System Process: Movement and
evacuation of stool through the bowel.
10005659 A Defibrillating Stimulating: Delivering an electric shock through the
chest wall to the myocardium for treatment of cardiac
arrhythmia.
10005663 J Degree Status
10022089 J Delayed Progress: Happening more slowly than expected.
10034919 F Delayed Growth Impaired Growth
10037731 F Delayed Physical Impaired Physical Recovery
Recovery
10037403 F Delayed Surgical Negative Surgical Recovery
Recovery
10005692 F Delirium Distorted Thinking
10005709 F Delusion Impaired Belief: False sense of reality that cannot be
corrected by reason, argument or persuasion or by
evidence of one's own senses.
10039307 M Delusion Therapy
Management
10031091 F Dementia Distorted Thinking
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10005713 A Demonstrating Performing: Showing in publicly observable behaviour.
10024354 IC Demonstrating Demonstrating
Medication
Administration
10040248 IC Demonstrating Falls Demonstrating
Prevention
Relaxation
Technique
Subcutaneous
Injection Technique
10005721 F Denial Impaired Coping Process: Avoiding or disavowing
knowledge or meaning of an event in order to minimise
anxiety or conflict.
10043845 F Denial About Illness Denial
Severity
10005732 L Dental Clinic Clinic: Facility in which dental care is provided.
10005745 F Dentition Body Process
10005750 M Denture Prosthetic Device
10045098 IC Denture Care Action
10026671 J Dependence Status
10005784 F Depressed Mood Negative Emotion: Feelings from sadness to melancholy
with decreased concentration, loss of appetite and
insomnia.
10005797 A Describing Informing: Stating verbally or in writing the characteristics
of somebody or something.
10005807 F Desolation Impaired Status: Feelings of being abandoned with
despair, depressed or anguished behaviour, and
expression of desperation or hopelessness.
10005811 F Despair Negative Emotion: Feelings of profound hopelessness,
discouragement, worthlessness or emptiness.
10005824 A Determining Action: Finding out or establishing something precisely.
10034620 A Determining Determining
Intervention
10005848 A Developing Promoting: Fostering of growth of an idea, person, or
group/community.
10005853 T Developmental Situation: Time period related to development.
Period
10005869 M Device Artefact
10005876 F Diabetes Impaired Regulatory System Process
10042650 F Diabetic Foot Ulcer Diabetic Ulcer
10042894 M Diabetic Foot Ulcer Therapy
Prevention
10031101 F Diabetic Ulcer Ulcer
10031117 IC Diabetic Ulcer Care Ulcer Care
10005882 L Diagnostic Health Care Department
Department
10005895 F Diagnosis And Phenomenon
Outcome
Phenomenon
10031138 F Diagnostic Test Event Or Episode
10031140 IC Diagnostic Testing Action
10023651 F Diagnostic Testing Regime
Regime
10005905 M Dialysis Technique Medication Administration Technique
10005914 M Diaper Absorbing or Collecting Device
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10005922 F Diaper Rash Rash: Erythema localised to skin area in contact with
diaper.
10005933 F Diarrhoea Impaired Defecation: Passage of loose, liquid, unformed
stools, increased frequency of elimination accompanied
by increased bowel sounds, cramping and urgency of
defecation.
10005946 F Dietary Need Need
10005951 F Dietary Regime Regime
10036362 F Diet Tolerance Positive Status
10037517 F Dignified Dying Dying
10005979 F Dignity Patient Right
10005980 F Disability Process Role: Decreased or absent physical or mental
fitness or capacity.
10006000 T Discharge Event or Episode
10006016 IC Discharge Planning Planning
10006028 IC Discharge Planning Discharge Planning
By Family
Caregiver
10023835 F Discomfort Impaired Status
10036651 A Discontinuing Performing: Ceasing to administer or use
10036667 IC Discontinuing Discontinuing
Intravenous
Therapy
Urinary Catheter
Wound Drain
10006037 F Discrimination Impaired Belief: Partiality or prejudice toward a group
with common attributes.
10043591 M Faecal Technique
Disimpaction
Technique
10006044 A Disinfecting Cleaning: Making something free of pathogenic
microorganisms.
10006059 F Disorganised Impaired Behaviour: Actions that lack order or are
Behaviour confusing, and that are not integrated in response to
environmental cues.
10006063 A Disposing Removing: Getting rid of something.
10034942 F Disproportionate Impaired Growth
Growth
10006085 L Distal Proximal Distal Position
10006092 F Distorted Thinking Impaired Cognition
10006102 M Distraction Technique
Technique
10006118 F Distress Negative Emotion: Feelings of intense and severe pain,
sorrow and anguish.
10006125 A Distributing Managing: To deliver, give out, or dispense.
10006139 F Disuse Hypoactivity: Lack of activity.
10025127 F Disuse Response Impaired Physical Response
10026637 M Diversional Therapy Therapy
10006141 F Diversion Role Process Role
10006156 A Diverting Performing: Providing enjoyment or entertainment to
change one's own mood or that of others.
10006160 F Dizziness Impaired Perception: Sensation of faintness or feeling of
inability to maintain normal balance in standing or seated
positions. Associated with confusion, nausea, and
weakness.
10006173 A Documenting Describing: Accumulating and recording information.
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10006187 F Domestic Animal Animal: Tamed animal belonging to an owner.
10006207 M Drain Transporting Device
10046109 M Drainage Tube Tube
10046113 IC Drainage Tube Action
Care
10006211 A Draining Cleaning: Causing something to run or flow away.
10006224 A Draping Covering: Putting on pieces of cloth or material.
10006230 A Drawing Removing: Extracting fluids.
10006248 M Draw Sheet Absorbing or Collecting Device
10006253 A Dressing Covering: Putting on or removing clothes.
10031164 IC Dressing Patient Dressing
10006269 M Drink Nutrient
10006276 F Drinking Eating or Drinking: Taking fluids during meals and during
the day or when thirsty.
10006282 F Drinking Pattern Eating or Drinking Pattern
10006295 M Drip Transporting Device
10006305 F Drought Natural Disaster: Prolonged dryness, lack of rain.
10006314 M Drug Material
10041811 F Drug Dependence Negative Dependence
10035841 F Drug Abuse Recovery
Recovery
10006351 F Dry Mucous Impaired Mucous Membrane: Decreased moisture due to
Membrane dehydration or illness.
10006367 F Dry Skin Impaired Skin: Rough, scaly epidermis, with risk of
cracking in especially in hands, feet and over bony
prominences.
10006380 T Duration Of Duration
Operation
10006379 T Duration Status: The period of time during which something
occurs.
10006398 F Dust Material: Small, light, visible or invisible particles in the
air and on surfaces, easily displaced by wind and
movement of objects.
10006403 F Dying Body Process: Gradual or sudden decrease in body
processes leading to the end of life.
10006419 F Dysgraphia Expressive Aphasia: Inability to express words in writing.
10006426 F Dyslexia Impressive Aphasia: Disturbed ability to read, letters and
words perceived as reversed, difficulty in determining left
from right.
10006435 F Dyspareunia Visceral Pain: Painful sexual intercourse associated with
forcible coitus, incomplete sexual arousal or genital
damage associated with diseases, ulcerations of genitals
and adjacent tissue due to child births or female genital
mutilation.
10006442 F Dyspepsia Impaired Gastrointestinal System Process: Sensation of
epigastric discomfort after eating, abdominal feeling of
fullness and pain, nausea, loss of appetite.
10006457 F Dysphasia Expressive Aphasia: Inability to express words orally.
10006461 F Dyspnoea Impaired Respiratory System Process: Laboured
movement of air in and out of the lungs, shortness of
breath, associated with insufficient oxygen in the
circulating blood, feelings of discomfort and anxiety.
10006488 L Ear Sensory System Component
10045033 IC Ear Care Action
10006490 F Earthquake Natural Disaster
10006501 F Earwax Secretory Substance
10006517 F Eating Eating or Drinking
10006529 F Eating Pattern Eating or Drinking Pattern
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10006538 F Eating Or Drinking Performing
10006540 F Eating Or Drinking Behaviour
Pattern
10031172 F Eczema Impaired Skin: Skin eruption with red, itching skin and
vesicles, and oedema.
10006564 A Educating Teaching: Giving knowledge of something to somebody.
10006572 F Education Service Service: Operations concerned with knowledge
acquisition, maintenance and improvement, and
developing professional, vocational, or artistic skills.
10006586 M Elastic Stocking Device
10006593 L Elbow Joint Joint
10006604 C Elder Individual
10006636 F Elder Rate Rate: Relative rate of elderly per selected population and
10006643 F Electrical Injury Injury
10006658 M Electric Blanket Blanket
10006662 M Electric Milk Pump Device
10036111 M Electroconvulsive Therapy
Therapy
10036124 IC Electroconvulsive Action
Therapy Care
10033967 F Electrolyte Balance Effective Regulatory System Process
10031186 F Electrolyte Impaired Regulatory System Process
Imbalance
10006670 F Electrolyte Effect Medication Effect
10031193 M Electrolyte Therapy Therapy
10006689 L Elementary School School
10006691 A Elevating Positioning: Lifting up or raising the entire body or parts
of the body.
10006708 A Eliciting Communication: Educing, drawing out, or calling forth.
10006720 F Elimination Body Process
10027407 F Elopement Event or Episode
10006749 F Emaciation Underweight: Condition of excessive leanness due to
lack of nutrition, starvation, excessive dieting or exercise,
or disease.
10006754 L Emergency Health Care Department
Department
10031206 M Emergency Service Health Service
10006765 F Emotion Psychological Process: Conscious or subconscious
feelings, pleasurable or painful, expressed or
unexpressed, may increase with stress or disease.
10006777 F Emotional Recovery Recovery
10027022 F Emotional Support Phenomenon
10027005 F Emotional Support Support Role
Role
10006783 F Employment Service: Provision of job opportunities or other
Service possibilities for earning wages.
10031210 F Employment Status Status
10006796 A Empowering Promoting: Enabling people to realize their ability to
influence their own health.
10027725 F Encopresis Bowel Incontinence: Voluntary inappropriate passage
and defecation of stool, incontinence of stool not due to
organic defect or illness.
10006810 T Encounter Event or Episode
10006823 A Encouraging Supporting: Giving confidence or hope to somebody.
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10006834 IC Encouraging Encouraging
Breathing Or
Coughing
Technique
10024377 IC Encouraging Encouraging
Positive
Affirmations
10041415 IC Encouraging Rest Encouraging
10006847 L Endocervical Route Body Route
10033979 F Endocrine Status Status
10025041 F Endocrine System Body System
10025060 L Endocrine System Body System Component
Component
10023045 F Endocrine System Regulatory System Process
Process
10006852 L Endosinusial Route Body Route
10006868 M Endo Tracheal Tube
Tube
10006875 F Endurance Status: Disposition to keep, concentrate and restore
energy over time and withstand prolonged strain.
10006881 M Enema Material
10006899 F Energy Material: Usable power source.
10006909 F Energy Regulatory System Process: Active management of
Conservation energy to initiate and sustain activity.
10006913 F Energy Field Entity: The flow of energy or energy patterns surrounding
a person's being
10006921 F Energy Service Service: Act of supplying power for use by people.
10006932 F Engorgement Body Process
10006945 A Enhancing Promoting: Heightening, intensifying, or improving
something already of good quality.
10006950 A Ensuring Organizing: Making certain or sure.
10006966 IC Ensuring Continuity Ensuring
Of Care
10031223 F Enteral Feeding Regime
Regime
10046121 M Enteral Tube Gastrointestinal Tube
10044679 IC Enteral Tube Care Action
10040403 M Enterostomal Nurse
Therapy Nurse
10006978 F Entity Phenomenon: Something that exists as a particular and
discrete unit; the existence of something apart from its
properties.
10026824 F Enuresis Urinary Incontinence: Involuntary loss of urine during
sleep.
10006997 F Environmental Artefact: The complex of physical, chemical, biotic,
Entity social, and cultural entities that influence the life of an
individual or community.
10031234 F Environmental Injury
Injury
10007009 F Environmental Process
Process
10031247 F Environmental Safety
Safety
10007013 F Envy Negative Emotion: Feeling discontented or resentful due
to the better fortune of another person, group or
community.
10007021 L Epidural Route Body Route
10046726 F Epistaxis Bleeding
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10024813 A Establishing Communication
10023738 IC Establishing Establishing
Rapport
10038827 IC Establishing Establishing
Smoking Cessation
Date
10024396 IC Establishing Trust Establishing
10007045 F Ethnicity Status: Classification and documentation of individuals
by nation, heritage, customs and language.
10007050 F Euphoria Emotion: Feeling elated, joyful, and optimistic with
exaggerated sense of physical and emotional well-being
not based in reality and not proportionate to the situation.
10007066 A Evaluating Determining: Continuous process to measure progress or
the extent to which set goals have been met.
10044153 IC Evaluating Evaluating
Adherence To
Treatment Regime
Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding Plan
10007078 IC Evaluating Cardiac Evaluating
Status After
Operation
10031252 IC Evaluating Care Evaluating
Plan
10033980 IC Evaluating Count Of Evaluating
Surgical Device
And Gauze
Dressing
Endocrine Status
10037540 IC Post-Fall Evaluation Evaluating
Gastrointestinal
Status
Genitourinary
Status
Satisfaction With
Health Care
10041038 IC Evaluating Home Evaluating
Before Home Care
Immunisation
Status
Management Of
Specimen
Musculoskeletal
Status
Neurological Status
After Operation
10034048 IC Evaluating Risk For Evaluating
Infection After
Operation
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Psychosocial
Response To
Instruction
Psychosocial
Response To
Instruction About
Exercise
Psychosocial
Response To
Instruction About
Medication
Psychosocial
Response To
Instruction About
Nutrition
Psychosocial
Response To
Instruction About
Pain
Psychosocial
Response To
Instruction About
Wound
Psychosocial
Response To Plan
Of Care
Treatment Regime
Respiratory Status
After Operation
Response To
Anaesthesia After
Operation
Response To Fluid
Therapy
Response To
Medication
Response To Pain
Management
Response To
Thermoregulation
Response To
Treatment
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10034069 IC Evaluating Signs Evaluating
And Symptoms Of
Infection After
Operation
10007202 IC Evaluating Tissue Evaluating
Perfusion After
Operation
10034076 IC Evaluating Tubes Evaluating
And Drains
10007218 IC Evaluating Wound Evaluating
Healing
10007225 T Evening Time Point Or Time Interval
10007239 T Event Or Episode Situation: An occurrence, something that takes place.
10007241 T Examination Event or Episode
10007256 A Examining Observing: Inquiring into or looking closely at something
or somebody to establish presence, absence, or
characteristics of something.
10007260 F Exanthema Rash: Skin eruption with erythema, warmth, itching and
soreness due to allergy or infectious disease.
10007273 F Exclusive Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding
10007287 F Excoriation Traumatic Wound: Abrasion of the skin and dermis with
pain, bleeding and soreness until crusted over.
10007294 F Exercise Behaviour Behaviour
10023667 F Exercise Regime Regime
10007304 F Exercise Role Process Role
10007315 F Exercising Performing: Physical and voluntary working of
musculoskeletal and cardiorespiratory systems for
fitness, mobility and strength.
10007327 F Exhaustion Fatigue: Excessive loss of strength or endurance, feeling
worn out and increasingly irritable, due to strenuous
physical activity or severe psychological stress.
10041502 M Exit Alarm Alarm
10007336 F Expanded Family Family Role: Interactions of member(s) of an extended
Unit Role family.
10023679 F Expectation Belief
10041040 F Expectation About Expectation
Home Care
10007343 J Expected Level Absolute Level: Average, likely or probable amount,
intent, or intensity.
10007358 F Expectorant Effect Medication Effect
10007362 F Expectoration Airway Clearance: Expulsion of mucus, sputum or fluids
from trachea, bronchi and lungs by coughing or spitting.
10007370 A Explaining Informing: Making something plain or clear to somebody.
10007391 IC Explaining Patient Explaining
Right
10007406 F Expressive Aphasia Aphasia: Partial or complete inability to form or express
words orally or in writing, not necessarily accompanied
by a disturbance in understanding words and language.
10007410 C Extended Family Family: Group consisting of more than just parents and
their children.
10007423 J Extent State
10042511 M External Device
Continence Device
10042524 F External Regime
Continence Device
Regime
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10007434 L Extraamnional Body Route
Route
10007447 F Extrovert Personality: Composite of traits and attitudes directed
Personality away from one's self and concerned with external reality,
and displayed as highly sociable, assertive, outgoing,
talkative and emotionally expressive.
10007452 L Eye Sensory System Component
10031275 IC Eye Care Action
10031281 F Eye Care Regime Regime
10007468 L Eyelid Body Region
10007475 M Eye Patch Covering Device
10007481 L Face Body Region
10026265 IC Facilitating Ability Facilitating
To Talk About
Dying Process
To Communicate
Feelings
To Communicate
Needs
To Participate In
Care Planning
10035927 IC Facilitating Family Facilitating
Ability To
Participate In Care
Plan
To Perform Role
10036304 IC Facilitating Facilitating
Acceptance Of
Aging
10024401 IC Facilitating Access Facilitating
To Treatment
10007499 A Facilitating Assisting: Making something easier for somebody.
Adherence To
Regime
10035856 IC Facilitating Alcohol Facilitating
Abuse Recovery
10035716 IC Facilitating Impulse Facilitating
Control
10035860 IC Facilitating Drug Facilitating
Abuse Recovery
Financial Recovery
10035958 IC Facilitating Grief Facilitating
10007764 F Faeces Body Substance
10007508 F Faint Impaired Consciousness: Sudden loss of mental
awareness with physical weakness.
10007512 F Fall Event or Episode
10007520 F Falling Performing: Descent of a body from higher to lower level
due to imbalance, faintness, or inability to bear weight
and remain upright.
10038513 F Fall-Related Injury Injury
10037712 F Fall Injury Rate Injury Rate
10040187 M Fall Prevention Therapy
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10037708 F Fall Rate Rate
10041518 M Fall Safety Alarm Alarm
10007549 F False Labour Pain Labour Pain: Lower abdominal discomfort with
pregnancy that mimics uterine contractions but does not
increase in strength and duration and does not dilate the
cervix.
10007554 C Family Group: A social unit or collective whole composed of
people connected through blood, kinship, emotional or
legal relationships, with the unit or whole being seen as a
system, greater than the sum of its parts.
10023646 F Family Attitude Attitude
10007565 C Family Caregiver Caregiver: Responsible for prevention and treatment of
family member's illness or disability.
10040978 T Family Conference Conference
10034736 F Family Coping Coping
10007577 F Family Crisis Crisis: An imbalance in the mental, social or economic
stability of the group, with alteration in its normal
functions and difficulty in problem solving and
communication, in acknowledging change, and in
recognizing and using internal and external resources.
to acknowledge change situations, to acknowledge

internal resources, to acknowledge external support
networks, tensional environment, inefficient family
communication.
10026556 F Family Decision Decision Making Process
Making Process
10038476 F Family Grief Grief
10007583 F Family Income Income: Wages and other sources of money used to
cover family expenses.
10041616 F Family Knowledge Family Knowledge
Of Disease
10041600 F Family Knowledge Knowledge
10007596 C Family Member Individual
10007605 F Family Member Individual Role
Role
10007614 F Family Mourning Mourning: Experienced by a family after the loss of a
loved one or of some other tangible or intangible asset,
manifestation of suffering with physical and emotional
symptoms in more than one family member, family
atmosphere of grief and suffering, shared sadness and
temporary disorganization of the family routine.
10007622 F Family Planning Family Process: Behavioural process of regulating
number and spacing of children in a family, taking into
account custom, law, the ideal or acceptable number of
children and adults in the family or the valuing of one
gender for another.
10007633 M Family Planning Service
Service
10007646 F Family Process Process: Ongoing interactions or patterns of relating
among family members.
10007651 F Family Role Group Role
10023680 F Family Support Phenomenon
10026998 F Family Support Support Role
Role
10007667 M Family Therapy Therapy
10007679 F Famine Natural Disaster: Acute or chronic shortage or lack of
food for people in a specified geographic area.
10007680 M Fan Heating Cooling Device
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10007698 F Farming Performing: Raising animals and growing crops to feed
people and animals.
10027261 C Father Parent
10007701 F Father Role Parent Role: Carrying out the responsibilities of being the
male parent in the family according to one's social group
and culture.
10007717 F Fatigue Negative Emotion: Feelings of decreased strength or
endurance, weariness, mental or physical tiredness, and
listlessness with lower capacity of physical or mental
work.
10007729 F Fatty Tissue Body Tissue
10007738 F Fear Negative Emotion: Feeling threatened, endangered or
distressed due to known or unknown causes, and
sometimes accompanied by physiologic fight or flight
response.
10037810 F Fear About Fear
Abandonment
10026594 F Fear About Being A Fear
Burden To Others
Contagion
10026541 F Fear About Death Fear
Medication Side
Effects
10007740 M Feather Bed Cover Bed Linen
10007755 M Feather Mattress Mattress
10007772 M Feed Back Technique
Technique
10007786 A Feeding Performing: Giving food or fluids to somebody.
10007793 M Feeding Bottle Feeding Device
10007803 M Feeding Device Device
10035168 IC Feeding Infant With Feeding
A Bottle
10046150 IC Feeding Patient Feeding
10007819 M Feeding Technique Technique
10007826 F Female Fertility Fertility: Female capacity to conceive and carry a foetus
to delivery as a viable child.
10007835 F Female Genital Genital Mutilation: Excision of part or all of external
Mutilation genitalia and sex organs of the female infant, child, or
adult, interfering with sexual function, pregnancy and
child delivery.
10007842 C Female Headed Single Parent Family: Mother, grandmother or another
Single Parent woman with sole responsibility for children or other
Family dependents.
10007857 L Female Reproductive System Component
Reproductive Body
Part
10007861 F Female Reproductive System
Reproductive
System
10007874 F Female Urinary Urinary System
System
10007888 F Fertility Ability: Capacity to participate in the conception of a live
foetus that delivers as a viable child.
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10007916 F Fever Impaired Thermoregulation: Abnormal elevation of body
temperature, change in the set point of the internal
thermostat, associated with increased respiratory rate,
increased metabolic activity, tachycardia with a full
bounding or weak pulse, restlessness, headache or
confusion; rapid elevation of fever is accompanied by
shivering, trembling, chills, pale and dry skin; crisis or
drop in fever is accompanied by warm flushed skin and
sweating.
10007928 F Financial Recovery Recovery
10038235 F Financial Service Service
10031299 F Financial Status Status
10043026 F Fine Motor Function Body Movement
10007937 L Finger Body Region
10007944 M First Aid Therapy
10007959 F Fishing Performing: Obtaining food necessary for maintaining
daily life through obtaining food by fishing and methods.
10007963 F Fissure Wound: Cracking, slit or splitting of cover tissue of the
body surface accompanied by decreased skin elasticity
and ability to stretch, red stretch marks though which
tissue of dermis is showing.
10007971 L Flank Body Region
10007985 F Flatulence Gastrointestinal System Process: Presence of excessive
amount of air or gas in stomach and intestinal tract,
increased flatus, swollen abdomen associated with
distension of the organs and mild to moderate pain.
10007992 F Flatus Body Substance: Passage of gas and wind formed in
alimentary canal through rectum or colostomy usually
passed 12-14 times during day and night under ordinary
dietary conditions.
10008004 F Flood Natural Disaster: Overflow of a body of water onto land
influencing life and development of human beings.
10034114 F Fluid Balance Effective Regulatory System Process
10031309 F Fluid Imbalance Impaired Regulatory System Process
10008015 F Fluid Intake Nutrition: Process of taking in liquids of nutrients and
water necessary for growth, normal functioning and
maintaining life.
10041848 F Fluid Output Regulatory System Process
10023701 F Fluid Regime Regime
10031321 M Fluid Therapy Therapy
10008070 A Flushing Washing: Cleaning or washing with a flush of water with
pressure.
10031332 IC Flushing Earwax Flushing
10007890 F Foetal Development Human Development: Growth of a foetus in a female
uterus up to the point of delivery.
10043396 F Foetal Heart Rate Heart Rate
10043417 F Foetal Movement Movement
10007900 C Foetus Animal
10038739 T Follow Up Appointment
Appointment
10008089 M Food Nutrient
10008091 F Food Allergy Allergy: Immune response resulting from contact with
food to which a person has become sensitized.
10008101 F Food Intake Nutrition: Process of taking in nutrients such as proteins,
minerals, carbohydrates, fat vitamins necessary for
growth, normal functioning and maintaining of life.
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10008117 F Food Preparation Performing: Taking care of providing food and meals in
terms of quantity and quality, processing of food, storing
of food, serving and distribution of food necessary for
maintaining daily life.
10008129 F Food Storage Performing: Food is stored at the correct temperature, in
a hygienic covered container; which is in a clean a room
or space; which is properly built, located, ventilated,
protected and maintained.
10008138 F Food Supply Supply: Availability of affordable substance, liquid or
solid, that can be used as human nourishment.
10042818 IC Foot Care Action
10008140 F Foot Drop Impaired Musculoskeletal System Process: Plantar
flexion of the foot, bending of the ankle joint in the
direction of sole, sole of foot falls downwards, dragging of
foot, failing to touch ground if attempting to walk, walking
on toes, foot can not be held in normal or dorsiflexion
position associated with prolonged bed rest without
proper alignment and pressure from heavy bed clothes
on the foot.
10042915 F Foot Pressure Pressure
10008155 L Foot Body Region
10008164 L Forearm Body Region
10008172 L Forehead Body Region
10008186 L Foreskin Body Region
10008193 M Fork Feeding Device
10008206 F Foul Odour Impaired Status: Offensive to the sense of smell.
10008210 F Fracture Impaired Musculoskeletal System Process: Lack of
movement of part of the body apparatus associated with
traumatic injury to a bone, disrupted continuity of the
tissue of the bone, severity of the fracture is associated
with bone structure, bone part and nature of the break.
10043464 IC Fracture Care Action
10008223 F Fracture Pain Bone Pain: Sensation of pain stemming from acute bone
fractures usually reported as sharp, cutting, hot itching,
stinging pain, worsened by movements of fractures;
sensations are not present during rest periods and while
being immobile.
10008234 T Frequency State: The number of occurrences within a given period
of time, the number of repetitions per unit time.
10008247 F Frost Bite Traumatic Wound: Disruption and loss of outer and
deeper layers of tissue of the body surface due to
exposure to cold conditions over time, thrombosing of
tissue capillaries and freezing of extracellular fluid
especially in body parts with less tissue perfusion e.g.
fingers; stages are graded according to severity
associated with duration of exposition and degree of
coldness from superficial damage of skin with white
spots, feeling of pricking and sticking; progressing to
severe pain due to damage to superficial nerve end (1.
degree of frost bite) to profound damage of tissue with
white frozen skin, hard but moveable in relation to
underlying tissue structure, loss of feelings and pain due
to nerve damages (2. degree of frost bite)and finally to
destruction of tissue structure with necrotic or black skin,
loss of feelings and pain due to nerve damages with high
risk for wound infections, loss of peripheral body parts
such as toes, fingers (3. degree of frost bite).
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10008252 F Frustration Negative Emotion: Feelings of being discontent and
disappointed in achieving oneâ€™s desire due to
external boundaries, lack of external support; resistance
or wrong, dishonourable and foolish behaviours from
others; feelings of frustration are directed towards others
instead of directed towards oneself.
10008268 F Functional Dyspnoea: Shortness of breath associated with physical
Dyspnoea activity such as exercising and walking.
10026830 F Functional Urinary Incontinence: Bladder contractions sufficiently
Incontinence strong to result in loss of urine before reaching an
appropriate receptacle.
10008281 F Funeral Service Service
10008299 T Future Time Point Or Time Interval
10008309 F Gaseous Exchange Respiratory System Process: Alveolar exchange of
oxygen and carbon dioxide, balance in ventilatory
perfusion associated with effect on breathing, skin colour
and energy level.
10008313 F Gastric Substance Secretory Substance
10046132 M Gastric Tube Enteral Tube
10046145 IC Gastric Tube Care Action
10008321 L Gastrointestinal Body Route
Route
10034122 F Gastrointestinal Status
Status
10008332 F Gastrointestinal Body System
System
10008345 L Gastrointestinal Body System Component
System Component
10008366 F Gastrointestinal Body Process
System Process
10008350 M Gastrointestinal Tube
Tube
10008378 M Gauze Dressing Wound Dressing
10017920 F Gender Discrimination: Partiality or prejudice based on gender.
Discrimination
10008384 F Gender Identity Personal Identity: Composite of ideas, feelings and
attitudes about own gender identity taking into account
oneâ€™s personal or inner sense of maleness or
femaleness.
10008397 F Gender Role Individual Role: Interacting according to identity of being
one sex or the other, internalising expectation held by
individuals and society regarding appropriate or
inappropriate role behaviours of men and of women,
expressing these expectations as behaviours and values.
10043144 M Generic Medication Medication
10034523 IC Genetic Counselling Counselling
10008418 F Genital Mutilation Mutilation: Excision of parts or all of external genitalia of
male or female infant, child or adults associated with rites
of passage and as such justified by cultural habits or
religious beliefs or torture.
10034133 F Genitourinary Status
Status
10037063 T Gestational Age Time Point Or Time Interval
10008425 A Getting Dressed Or Hygiene
Undressed
10008439 L Gingival Route Body Route
10043308 F Gingivitis Inflammation
10008441 A Giving Distributing: Transferring something.
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10008456 L Gland Body System Component: Collection of similar
specialised cells in organs secreting or excreting material
not related to their ordinary metabolism.
10008460 M Glasses Orthotic Device
10008473 M Glass Eye Prosthetic Device
10008487 M Glove Clothing
10021624 C Grandfather Family Member
10008494 F Grandfather Role Family Member Role: Conducting interactions according
to the responsibility of being a grandfather. Reflecting
expectations by family members, friends and society on
appropriate or inappropriate role behaviours for a
grandfather, and manifesting such expectations in actual
behaviour and sense of values. The term is used mainly
in relation to promoting the optimum growth and
development of grandchildren.
10021630 C Grandmother Family Member
10008500 F Grandmother Role Family Member Role: Conducting interactions according
to the responsibility of being a grandmother. Reflecting
expectations by family members, friends and society on
appropriate / inappropriate role behaviors for a
grandmother, and manifesting such expectations in
actual behavior and sense of values. The term is used
mainly in relation to promoting the optimum growth /
development of grandchildren.
10008516 F Grief Emotion: Feelings of sorrow associated with anticipatory
or actual significant loss and death; Shock and disbelief,
(Stage of Shock); Exhaustion, extreme tiredness and
lethargy, mental anguish, reactions of bereavement and
mourning, crying or sobbing, alarm, disbelief, denial,
anger (Stage of Reaction); Adjustment, acceptance,
reorientation, express feelings of loss, accept reality of
loss, absence of somatic stress, express positive
expectations about the future (Stage of Acceptance).
10008528 A Grooming Hygiene: Brushing and in other ways look after and clean
the hair and nails.
10008537 M Grooming Device Device
10008544 C Group Collection of Things: An assemblage of human beings
seen as a social unit or collective whole. The social unit
constituted by the group as a whole is seen as something
in addition to the individuals and their relationships
making up the parts of the group.
10008559 M Group Therapy Therapy
10008563 F Growth Body Process: Normal progressive physical development
with distinctive physical changes from infancy to
adulthood as a result of the gradual and normal process
of accretion and assimilation according to approximate
age and stages of growth and development such as
prenatal period, infancy, early childhood including toddler
and pre-school child, middle childhood and adolescence
with two periods of accelerated growth being first 12
months and months around puberty.
10008571 M Guided Imagery Technique
Technique
10008585 M Guideline Plan
10008592 A Guiding Informing: Directing somebody towards a decision on
health related subjects.
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10008603 F Guilt Negative Emotion: Feelings of having done wrong,
internal conflicting values or tensions when one falls
below standard set for oneself, feelings of guilt are
directed towards oneself instead of directed towards
others.
10008619 F Gunshot Wound Traumatic Wound: Wound caused by a gunshot, and
classified into entrance wounds, exit wounds and wound
tracks. Entrance wounds have varying effects on
tissues, e.g. impact of the bullet alone or burns from
gunpowder, according to the range at which the gun is
fired. A bullet may pierce through a human body, stop
inside the body, injure the body surface or scrape over
the skin surface, depending on the shooting range, bullet
angle and body angle.
10008949 M Haemodialysis Dialysis Technique
10042374 F Haemodialysis Regime
Regime
10008954 F Haemorrhaging Bleeding: Loss of a large amount of blood in a short
period of time, either externally or internally associated
with arterial, venous or capillary bleeding.
10043267 F Haemorrhoid Systemic Vein Problem
10008965 M Haemostasis Technique
Technique
10008983 M Haemostatic Agent Drug
10008996 F Haemostatic Effect Medication Effect
10008626 L Hair Integumentary System Component: Fine threadlike
strands growing from surface of the body such as scalp
hair, facial hair including beard and body hair; each
single hair is a filament of keratin with a root and a shaft
formed in a specialised follicle in epidermis; intactness
and function of especially scalp and facial hair relates to
elasticity, texture and thickness; length, colour,
appearance including cleanness, presence or absence of
hair.
10008635 F Hallucination Impaired Perception: Apparent registration of sensory
stimuli which are not actually present, classified
according to the senses, such as auditory, visual,
olfactory, gustatory or tactile hallucinations.
10039278 M Hallucination Therapy
Management
10008642 A Hand Holding Touching: Grasping another's hand, personal support
and reassurance.
10041190 F Hand Hygiene Hygiene Pattern
10041830 A Handling Managing
10040708 IC Medication Handling
Handling
10008657 M Hand Rail Mobilising Device
10008661 L Hand Body Region
10008674 L Harbour Construction: Facility that provides space and shelter for
boats and ships.
10035446 F Head Physical Dimension
Circumference
10031345 F Head Lice Infestation
Infestation
10008688 L Head Body Region
10008707 F Healing Body Process: To restore to health.
10046166 M Health Aide Service Health Service
10031350 F Health And Social Care Need
Care Need
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10022058 F Health Belief Belief
10041277 F Health Care Complication
Associated
Complication
10008724 L Health Care Structure
Department
10041265 T Health Care Encounter
Episode
10008730 L Health Care Facility Social Structure: Structure designed and constructed to
support the provision of health care services, frequently
associated with hospital, clinical.
10040092 F Health Care Status
Satisfaction
10008748 F Health Committee Structure
10031366 F Health Crisis Crisis
10039459 M Health Education Health Service
Service
10008753 F Health Knowledge Knowledge: Awareness about common health problems,
healthy practices and available health services, ability to
recognize signs and symptoms of ill health and sharing of
information amongst significant others.
10008769 F Health Policy Policy: A broad documented statement, which outlines
guidelines that govern decision making in the delivery of
health services.
10008776 M Health Promotion Health Service: Educate and provide information to
Service enhance a healthy lifestyle; and prevent disease by
aiming to meet health needs; using available resources
and intersectoral collaboration; actively involving the
individual/ community in setting priorities, making
decisions and planning strategies.
10008782 F Health Seeking Behaviour: Predictable manner for identifying, using,
Behaviour managing and securing health care resources,
expectations related to acceptable ways to request and
attain assistance from others.
10008795 M Health Service Service: Provision of institutions e.g. clinics and
hospitals, as well as qualified persons charged with tasks
of preventing and treating illness and promoting and
maintaining health.
10008711 F Health Status: A dynamic process of adapting to and coping with
the environment, satisfying needs and attaining the
maximum potential of physical mental, spiritual and
social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity.
10008805 M Hearing Aid Orthotic Device
10008814 F Hearing Sensory Perception: Faculty of hearing due to responses
to stimuli from auditory organs, capacity to hear
10008822 L Heart Cardiovascular System Component
10008833 F Heart Rate Rate
10008846 F Heart Rate Vital Heart Rate
Sign
10008851 F Heat Exhaustion Impaired Thermoregulation: Decreased ability to change
internal thermostat when exposed to intense heat or
inability to acclimatise to heat, weakness, vertigo, cool
skin, damp skin, pale skin, muscle cramps, body
temperature near normal, low blood pressure returning to
normal in recumbent position, loss of consciousness
accompanied by depletion of body fluid and electrolyte
and collapse.
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10008867 M Heating Cooling Device
Device
10008879 M Heating Lamp Heating Cooling Device
10008880 F Heat Rash Rash: Skin eruption of erythema localised to areas
covered with tight and warm clothes or in areas exposed
to warmth and heat.
10008898 F Heat Stroke Impaired Thermoregulation: Failure in regulation of
internal thermostat when exposed to the sun or high
temperatures over a longer period of time, reduced
sweating, extreme high body temperature, tachycardia,
hot and dry skin, headache, confusion, convulsion,
unconsciousness and collapse.
10040997 M Heel Protector Covering Device
10008908 L Heel Body Region
10008912 F Height Physical Dimension
10008920 F Helplessness Negative Emotion: Feelings of inability to take control
and to act independent without help, defencelessness,
accompanied by disabling coping abilities or learned
helplessness, submission to authorities, such as
caregivers, associated with development of sick-role
behaviour.
10008931 F Hematoma Bleeding: Collection and accumulation of blood trapped
within tissue, skin or organs associated with trauma or
incomplete haemostatis after surgery, palpable mass,
sore upon touch, painful discoloured dark blue-green or
yellow skin.
10034510 F Heredity Process: The genetic transmission of characteristics from
ancestors to descendants.
10009007 J High Absolute Level: Above average or of more than normal
amount, intent or intensity.
10009011 L High School School
10009024 L Hip Joint Joint
10041573 M Hip Protector Covering Device
10009030 L Home Psychosocial Structure
10031378 F Homebound Status
10009053 M Home Care Service Service
10009069 F Homelessness Status: Individuals or Families with no fixed abode often
associated with: lack of resources necessary to provide
adequate shelter, inadequate nutrition, social isolation,
limited access to cleaning facilities and vulnerability to
risks e.g. diseases, violence and substance abuse.
10009076 F Homemaking Performing: Practice of care for or proper attention to
making environment or dwelling place comfortable, cosy;
making oneself and others feel at home; providing a
secure and well managed household.
10009082 T Home Visit Visit
10009095 F Hope Emotion: Feelings of having possibilities, trust in others
and in future, zest for life, expression of reasons and will
to live, inner peace, optimism, associated with setting
goals and mobilisation of energy.
10009105 F Hopelessness Negative Emotion
10044370 M Hospice Service Health Service
10009114 L Hospital Health Care Facility
10009122 T Hospitalisation Event or Episode
10009133 L Hospital Ward Health Care Department
10009146 F Hostility Aggressive Behaviour: Demonstrating bitterness, hatred,
actively threatening or harming others.
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10009151 F Hot Flush Impaired Reproductive System Process: Sudden
sensation of heat referred to upper portion of the body,
sudden vasodilatation, sweating and perspiration
associated with hormone changes or onset of
menopause.
10009167 M Hot Pack Heating Cooling Device
10009179 F Hot Weather Weather: External temperature much higher than that of
the human body and thus influencing life and
development of human beings.
10031397 F House Safety Safety
10009180 F Housing Service Service: Provision of appropriate shelters, dwellings, flats
and houses needed to sustain public need.
10031402 F Housing Status Status
10009198 A Hugging Touching: Squeezing tightly in ones arms.
10009200 F Human Body Process: Progressive process of physical, mental
Development and social growth and development across the lifespan.
10009216 F Human Right Status
10009228 M Humidifier Respiratory Device
10009237 F Humid Weather Weather
10009244 M Humour Therapy Therapy
10009259 F Hunger Perception: Sensation of strong desire for food,
sensation is often referred to the mouth and stomach;
pain or discomfort, exhausted condition due to lack of
food; hand to mouth movements, sucking movement,
rotation and mouthing movements in infants.
10009263 F Hunting Performing: Obtaining food necessary for maintaining
daily life through obtaining food by hunting methods.
10009271 F Hurricane Natural Disaster: Violent cyclone with fast-moving winds
usually accompanied by rain, thunder, and lightning
influencing life and development of human beings.
10039266 M Hydrotherapy Therapy
10009285 A Hygiene Performing: Bathing, changing clothes, personal turnout,
associated with cultural patterns and socio-economic
level.
10009292 F Hygiene Pattern Behaviour
10009302 F Hyperactivity Impaired Status: Abnormal increased physical activity of
the body apparatus, tremor, restlessness, difficulty
staying in one position, associated with diseases such as
hyperthyroidism or mental disorders.
10038862 F Hyperalgesia Pain
10034988 F Hyperbilirubinaemia Impaired Regulatory System Process
10031418 F Hypercalcemia Electrolyte Imbalance
10046742 F Hyperemesis Vomiting
10027521 F Hyperglycaemia Impaired Regulatory System Process
10009339 A Hyperinflating Inflating: Overfilling something with a substance.
10031425 F Hyperkalaemia Electrolyte Imbalance
10041055 F Hyperlipidaemia Impaired Regulatory System Process
10031439 F Hypermagnesia Electrolyte Imbalance
10031441 F Hypernatremia Electrolyte Imbalance
10031456 F Hyperphosphatemia Electrolyte Imbalance
10009387 F Hypersomnia Impaired Sleep: Abnormal long duration of sleep of
excessive depth of sleep, confusion on awakening,
extreme drowsiness, lethargy associated with
psychological rather than physical factors.
10009394 F Hypertension Impaired Circulatory System Process: Pumping of blood
through blood vessels with pressure more than normal.
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10009409 F Hyperthermia Impaired Thermoregulation: Decreased ability to change
internal thermostat accompanied by increased body
temperature, warm dry skin, drowsiness and headache
associated with dysfunction of the central nervous
system or endocrine system, heat stroke, artificial
introduction of high body temperature for therapeutic
reasons.
10041905 F Hypertonic Dehydration:
Dehydration
10041979 F Hypertonic Overhydration
Overhydration
10041352 F Hyperventilation Ventilation: Increased frequency of breathing rate,
increased depth of inspiration and strength of expiration,
increased tidal volume with hypocapnia and respiratory
alkalosis accompanied by dizziness, faintness,
numbness of fingers and toes.
10009445 F Hypervitaminosis Impaired Regulatory System Process: Condition of
accumulation of toxic amount of one or more vitamins
over a long period of time associated with overdoses of
vitamins A, D, E or K but seldom water-soluble B and C
vitamins.
10009450 A Hypnotising Performing: Inducing a sleep like state by hypnosis.
10009466 F Hypoactivity Impaired Status: Abnormal decreased physical activity of
the body, slow motion, stiffness of muscles, facial mask
associated with neurological or mental diseases.
10031473 F Hypocalcaemia Electrolyte Imbalance
10027513 F Hypoglycaemia Impaired Regulatory System Process
10031487 F Hypokalaemia Electrolyte Imbalance
10031494 F Hypomagnesia Electrolyte Imbalance
10031500 F Hyponatremia Electrolyte Imbalance
10031516 F Hypophosphatemia Electrolyte Imbalance
10009534 F Hypotension Impaired Circulatory System Process: Pumping of blood
through blood vessels with pressure less than normal.
10009547 F Hypothermia Impaired Thermoregulation: Decreased ability to change
internal thermostat, reduced body temperature, cool, pale
and dry skin, shivering, slow capillary refill, tachycardia,
cyanotic nail beds, hypertension, piloerection associated
with prolonged exposure to cold, dysfunction of the
central nervous system or endocrine system under cold
conditions or artificial introduction of an abnormal low
body temperature for therapeutic reasons.
10041914 F Hypotonic Dehydration
Dehydration
10041980 F Hypotonic Overhydration
Overhydration
10041368 F Hypoventilation Ventilation: Decreased breathing rate, decreased depth
of inspiration and strength of expiration accompanied by
cyanosis, increased partial pressure of carbon dioxide
(pCO2).
10009581 F Hypovitaminosis Impaired Regulatory System Process: Conditions of
deficiency of one or more essential vitamins in diet.
10009599 F Hypovolemic Shock Shock: Rapid peripheral circulatory failure in response to
blood loss, serious dehydration and other significant
conditions affecting blood volume.
10009608 F Hypoxia Impaired Respiratory System Process: Reduced tension
of cellular oxygen associated with cyanosis, tachycardia,
peripheral vasoconstriction, decreased breathe sounds,
dizziness and mental confusion.
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10009631 A Identifying Evaluating: Establishing the identity of somebody or
something systematically.
10009649 IC Identifying Attitude Identifying
Toward Care
10009654 IC Identifying Attitude Identifying
Toward Pain
10009665 IC Identifying Cardiac Identifying
Status Before
Operation
10034146 IC Identifying Identifying
Endocrine Status
Before Operation
Expectation About
Home Care
Gastrointestinal
Status Before
Operation
Genitourinary
Status Before
Operation
Musculoskeletal
Status Before
Operation
10035697 IC Identifying Altered Identifying
Perceptions
10027154 IC Identifying Non Identifying
Normal Body Part
Before
Perioperative
Positioning
Obstruction To
Communication
10009696 IC Identifying Risk For Identifying
Haemorrhaging
Psychological
Status
Respiratory Status
Before Operation
10009704 IC Identifying Tissue Identifying
Perfusion Before
Operation
10009715 F Identity Status
10009727 L Ileostomy Stoma
10009736 M Ileostomy Bag Absorbing or Collecting Device
10009743 L Ileostomy Route Body Route
10009758 F Illusion Impaired Perception: False interpretation of registered
sensory stimuli, misinterpretation of external objects or
stimuli.
10039535 F Immobilisation Regime
Regime
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10009762 A Immobilising Restraining: Keeping somebody or something restricted
in movement.
10009770 M Immobilising Device Device
10025056 F Immune System Body System
10025073 L Immune System Body System Component
Component
10009789 F Immune System Body Process: Biochemical complex protecting the body
Process against pathogenic organisms and other foreign bodies
by creating local barriers and inflammation; humoral
immune response is especially effective against bacterial
and viral invasions.
10009791 F Immunisation Rate Rate: Relative rate of immunisation of individuals for
specific diseases.
10031537 F Immunisation Medication Regime
Regime
10009801 F Immunisation Effect Medication Effect: Function, use, or effect of an
immunisation.
10035201 F Immunisation Status
Status
10009817 F Faecal Impaction Constipation: Absence of passage of stool, painful
defecation, rectal pressure and fullness, palpable mass
in rectum or collection of hardened stool in rectum.
10009829 M Implantable Cardiac Implantable Device
Device
10009838 M Implantable Device Device
10009840 A Implementing Managing: Using knowledge and skills to put plans into
action.
10042763 IC Implementing Implementing
Childbirth Care
Cluster Care
Comfort Care
Enteral Feeding
Haemodialysis
Regime
Immobilisation
Regime
Immunisation
Regime
Ventilator Care
Nothing By Mouth
Regime
10009872 IC Implementing Pain Implementing
Guideline
Parenteral Feeding
Postpartum Care
Prenatal Care
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Physical Restraint
Regime
Safety Regime
Seclusion Regime
Seizure
Management
Regime
Suicide Precautions
10009886 F Impotence Impaired Reproductive System Process: Inability to
achieve penile erection or less commonly to ejaculate
having achieved erection associated with psychological
or physiological factors such as age, fatigue, poor health,
drug use or diseases.
10009893 F Impressive Aphasia Aphasia: Disturbance of the understanding of written ans
spoken words.
10009903 F Impulse Volition: Driving force, urge, motivating force.
10009926 F Incidence Of Rate: Relative rate of individuals with a given disease.
Disease
10009935 A Incising Cutting: Making a cut in something.
10031563 F Income Financial Status: Taking care of money equivalence as a
scheduled resource to a household; household financial
resources predicted in a time period such as week,
month, or year, money periodically received for labour or
services as means of providing stability and security and
fulfilment of basic needs.
10009957 M Incontinence Technique
Training Technique
10009961 A Increasing Altering: Adjusting something to get the desired result:
Higher.
10024884 A Increasing Activity Increasing
Tolerance
10009988 M Incubator Device
10009990 F Indecent Exposure Impaired Sexual Behaviour: Sexually motivated actions
of exposing genitals in front of one or more persons in
order to violate of othersâ€™ privacy and decency, to
exercise power and to arouse own sexual feelings.
10010018 C Individual Animal: One human being.
10010025 F Individual Playing Individual
Role
10010039 A Inducing Promoting: Helping to bring something about.
10010041 F Industrial Conflict Problematic Action: Disagreement between the two sides
of industry, i.e. management and labour, with regard to
working conditions, including giving notice and wages.
10010056 F Industrial Environmental Entity: Land used for mining,
Development manufacturing, storing, and distributing goods.
10010060 C Infant Individual
10037102 IC Infant Care Action
10010073 F Infant Death Rate Death Rate: Relative rate of death of infants.
10023740 F Infant Development Human Development
10037125 A Infant Feeding Action
10010087 T Infanthood Developmental Period
10042147 F Infanticide Violence
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10010104 F Infection Pathological Process: Invasion of the body by pathogenic
microorganisms that reproduce and multiply, causing
disease by local cellular injury, secretion of toxin or
antigen-antibody reaction.
10031571 F Infestation Pathological Process
10010127 F Inflammation Pathological Process
10010136 A Inflating Performing: Filling something with a substance.
10010143 F Informal Settlement Construction: Temporary residential structures, erected
with limited or no formal infrastructure; densely
populated; no secure tenure for occupants; no property
demarcations; often associated with overcrowding /
limited or no privacy, low standard of living, being
situated in high risk areas with an increased risk for
disease and disasters.
10010158 F Information Cognition
Processing
10010162 A Informing Action: Telling somebody about something.
10010170 F Infrastructure Artefact: Basic facilities e.g. roads, bridges, sewers
regarded as the economic foundation of a society.
10033352 M Infusion Device Device
10010189 M Infusion Technique Medication Administration Technique
10010191 M Infusion Therapy Therapy
10031585 L Inhalation Route Body Route
10010209 M Inhalation Technique
Technique
10010213 M Inhalation Therapy Therapy
10010221 A Initiating Regulating: Beginning to make changes in something or
to make something different.
10039428 IC Initiating Initiating
Breastfeeding
10039808 IC Initiating Nurse Initiating
Controlled
Analgesia
10010245 IC Initiating Patient Initiating
Controlled
Analgesia
10010250 F Initiative Volition: Disposition to take action and to introduce ideas
or make decisions and act accordingly.
10010266 A Injecting Inserting: Driving or forcing a needle into a part of the
body to introduce substances.
10010278 M Injection Technique Medication Administration Technique
10010284 F Injury Trauma
10010297 F Injury Rate Rate: Frequency of incidents of intentional or accidental
physical harm or damage to tissues in a defined
population over a specified period of time.
10010307 F Insect Bite Allergy Allergy
10010311 F Insecurity Negative Emotion: Feelings of uncertainty, lack of
confidence, inadequacy, shy, awkward behaviour, giving
in or changing opinions confronted with opinions of
others.
10010324 A Inserting Performing: Putting, fitting or placing something in or into
a part of the body.
10034200 IC Inserting Vascular Inserting
Access Device
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10010330 F Insomnia Impaired Sleep: Chronic inability to sleep or to remain
asleep throughout night or planned sleeping period
despite comfortable positioning in a suitable
environment, wakefulness, sleeplessness; frequently
associated with psychological or physical factors such as
emotional stress, anxiety, pain, discomfort, tension,
disturbance in cerebral function and drug abuse.
10010348 A Inspecting Monitoring: Looking closely in a systematic way at
somebody or something.
10010353 A Installing Performing: Placing or fixation of an apparatus in position
for use.
10010369 A Instilling Inserting: Putting a liquid into something gradually in
drops.
10010376 A Instructing Teaching: Giving systematic information to somebody
about how to do something.
10010395 M Instructional Communication Device
Material
10010400 M Insulin Body Substance
10010416 F Integrity Status: Being whole, entire, undiminished, or intact.
10010428 F Integumentary Body System: Covering of body surface: Skin, outer
System epidermis, mucous membranes, tissue i.e. inner
connective layer, dermas including sweat and sebaceous
glands and hair and nails with functions to maintain body
temperatures; to protect underlying tissue from physical
abrasion, bacterial invasion, dehydration and ultraviolet
radiation; to cool body when temperature rises, to detect
by sense organs stimuli related to temperature, touch,
pressure and pain, to perspire water salts and organic
compounds by excretory organs, to secrete sweat and
sebaceous, to synthesis vitamin D and to activate
immunity components of the immune system.
10010437 L Integumentary Body System Component
System Component
10021607 F Integumentary Body Process
System Process
10010444 L Intensive Therapy Health Care Department
Department
10010459 F Intentional Process Process
10010463 F Interactive Relating: To act on each other.
Behaviour
10010471 M Interaction Technique
Technique
10010485 T Intermittent Time Sequence: Stopping or pausing at intervals,
stopping and starting at intervals.
10010492 A Interpreting Evaluating: Understanding or explaining something.
10010503 IC Interpreting Arterial Interpreting
Blood Gas Result
10039400 M Interprofessional Group
Team
10010519 J Interrupted Progress: Discontinued temporarily.
10010526 A Interrupting Altering: Stopping to make something or to make
something different.
10010535 OC Intervention Action
10034216 OC Non Body Process Action
And Non
Psychological
Process
Intervention
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10034228 OC Body Process Action
Intervention
10034237 OC Psychological Action
Process
Intervention
10010542 A Interviewing Determining: Examining by asking questions and eliciting
spoken responses.
10010557 L Intestine Gastrointestinal System Component
10046197 M Intimate Partner Therapy
Violence Therapy
10010561 L Intraamnional Body Route
Route
10010574 L Intraarterial Route Body Route
10010588 L Intraarticular Route Body Route
10010590 L Intrabuccal Route Body Route
10010601 L Intracardiac Route Body Route
10010617 L Intracavitary Route Body Route
10010629 L Intracervical Route Body Route
10010638 L Intracoronary Route Body Route
10010640 F Intracranial Physical Dimension
Adaptive Capacity
10010655 F Intracranial Pressure
Pressure
10010664 L Intracutaneous Body Route
Route
10010672 L Intraductal Route Body Route
10010686 L Intralesional Route Body Route
10010693 L Intraluminal Route Body Route
10010705 L Intramuscular Body Route
Route
10010714 L Intraocular Route Body Route
10027623 T Intraoperative Event or Episode
Period
10010733 M Intraperitoneal Tube
Tube
10010746 M Intraspinal Cannula Cannula
10010751 L Intrasternal Route Body Route
10010767 L Intrathecal Route Body Route
10010779 L Intrauterine Route Body Route
10010780 F Intravenous Access Access: Entering a vein; into a vein.
10010798 L Intravenous Route Body Route
10010808 M Intravenous Therapy
Therapy
10010812 L Intravesical Route Body Route
10010820 F Introvert Personality Personality: Composite of traits and attitudes which are
directed inwards towards the oneself accompanied by
passive, shy, withdrawn emotionally reserved and self-
absorbed.
10010831 A Intubating Inserting: Putting, fitting or placing a tube in or into
trachea for ventilation.
10034244 M Invasive Device Device
10010854 L Invasive Device Body Region
Site
10031592 IC Invasive Device Action
Site Care
10010865 M Invasive Insertion Technique
Technique
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10010877 A Involving Interactive Behaviour: Action of being engaged and
showing interest in other individuals and willingness to
help others.
10026323 IC Involving In Involving
Decision Making
Process
10010883 A Irrigating Washing: Washing out something with a constant flow of
liquid.
10040474 IC Irrigating Colostomy Irrigating
10041188 IC Irrigating Bladder Irrigating
10045290 IC Irrigating Urostomy Irrigating
10010896 F Ischemic Pain Vascular Pain: Sensation of pain stemming from reduced
peripheral blood supply, associated with peripheral
vascular disease decreased blood flow associated with
constricting orthopaedic casts or other constricting
objects, insufficient blood supply such as occlusive
arterial diseases, surgical trauma; ischemic pain is often
reported as severe and excruciating pain.
10010906 A Isolating Restricting: Keeping barriers between, separate
somebody from others.
10037380 M Isolation Technique Technique
10041922 F Isotonic Dehydration
Dehydration
10041998 F Isotonic Overhydration
Overhydration
10010934 F Itching Impaired Perception: Sensation of annoying tingling,
cutaneous feeling followed by impulse to scratch skin or
scalp.
10010947 L Jaw Body Region
10010952 F Jealousy Negative Emotion: Feeling of suspicious or resentful of
rivalry in love or affection, feelings of jealousy are
directed towards others instead of directed towards
oneself associated with jealousy among siblings.
10025382 F Job Satisfaction Status
10010968 L Joint Musculoskeletal System Component
10010975 F Joint Contracture Impaired Musculoskeletal System Process: Reflexion of
joint, fibrosis of connective tissue in joint capsule
preventing normal mobility of hand, finger, elbow,
shoulder, foot, knee or toe, limited movement or inability
to move, abnormal alignment of joint, associated with
atrophy and shortening of muscle fibres due to lack of
passive and active joint movements or associated with
loss of normal elasticity of the skin due to formation of
extensive scar tissue over joint.
10022439 L Kidney Urinary System Component
10024163 F Kidney Process Urinary System Process
10034872 F Kinaesthesia Perception: Faculty of noticing and being aware of body
position and movements due to responses to stimuli from
sensory nerves in muscles and joints.
10011003 L Knee Joint Joint
10011019 M Knife Feeding Device
10031619 F Knowledge Of Knowledge
Breast Feeding
Childbirth
10031626 F Knowledge Of Child Knowledge
Development
Community Service
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Contraception
Cross Infection
Diagnostic Test
10021902 F Knowledge Of Knowledge Of Regime
Dietary Regime
Environmental
Safety
Exercise Regime
10039779 F Knowledge Of Fall Knowledge
Prevention
10042106 F Knowledge Of Fluid Knowledge Of Regime
Regime
Foetal Development
Behaviour Change
Process
Infant Care
Infant Feeding
Instructional
Material
Medication
Medication Regime
Alcohol Abuse
10042576 F Knowledge Of Drug Knowledge
Abuse
10031635 F Knowledge Of Oral Knowledge
Hygiene
10039094 F Knowledge Of Pain Knowledge
10034259 F Knowledge Of Pain Knowledge
Management
Parenting
Pathological
Process
Patient Controlled
Analgesia
Peritoneal Dialysis
Physical Therapy
Pregnancy
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Psychosocial
Response To
Procedure
Regime
Response To
Procedure
Safety Measure
Sexual Behaviour
Traditional Therapy
Wound Care
Wound Healing
10011042 F Knowledge Status: Specific content of thinking based upon acquired
wisdom or learned information or skills, cognisance and
recognition of information.
Travel Health
10011057 F Kwashiorkor Malnutrition: Condition of severe protein deficiency
without calorie deficiency primarily in children, retarded
grow without dramatic weight loss accompanied by
changes in skin and hair pigment, diarrhoea, loss of
appetite, nervousness, irritability, oedema, anaemia,
dermatitis or vitamin deficiencies.
10011061 F Labile Personality Personality: Composite of traits and attitudes which are
rapidly shifting, unstable, liable to displacement,
accompanied by tendency to change emotionally and
mood swings.
10011074 F Laboratory Result Result
10011088 F Labour Pain Pain: Sensation of pain of increasing severity and
frequency, associated with contractions of uterus and
cervical dilatation occurring during labour.
10011090 F Laceration Traumatic Wound: Torn, jagged wound associated with
intensive sometimes life-threatening tissue damage and
loss of blood and serum accompanied with risk for shock.
10011100 F Lactation Secretory Process: Process of synthesis and secretion of
human milk from mature female mammary glands in
breasts containing carbohydrate, protein, suspended fat,
vitamins and minerals; human milk serves as basic food
to nourish infant or child.
10011116 J Large Size: Above average in size.
10011128 L Laryngeal Cavity Body Cavity
10011137 L Larynx Respiratory System Component
10011144 M Laser Surgical Device
10011159 F Laser Injury Injury
10011171 L Laterality Of Laterality
Surgery
10011163 L Laterality Status
10011185 F Latex Allergy Allergy: Immune response resulting from contact with
products derived from the rubber tree.
10011192 F Laughing Communication: Act of using facial and verbal
expressions to indicate the feelings of joy, amusement.
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10011205 A Laundering Washing: Taking care of washing, drying, ironing or
tidying clothes.
10011214 F Law Psychosocial Structure: Authoritative declarations of
legal rules, guidelines or orders applicable to state
agencies and officials or to citizens with regard to some
aspect of social life.
10011222 M Lead Gown Clothing
10011233 A Leading Managing: Going in advance, showing the way,
purposefully proceeding to elicit a desired response.
10011246 F Learning Thinking: Process of acquiring knowledge or skill by
means of systematic study, instruction, practice, training
or experience.
10011251 M Learning Material Communication Device
10011267 L Left Left Right Position
10011279 L Left Right Position Position
10027610 C Legal Guardian Individual
10027606 F Legal Guardian Individual Role
Role
10011280 F Legal Service Service
10011298 L Leg Body Region
10011308 F Leisure Role Process Role
10011312 F Length Physical Dimension
10011320 F Level Of Poverty Rate: Relative rate of the number of members of a
community or society who lack the financial or material
resources to meet an expected level of basic needs.
10011331 F Life Expectancy Status: Average age at death in a given population of
those born alive.
10011349 M Lifting Apparatus Mobilising Device
10041778 M Light Therapy Therapy
10011354 A Limit Setting Restricting: Limiting or constraining behaviour.
10011365 M Liniment Material
10011377 L Lip Body Region
10011383 A Listening Communication: Making an effort to hear other,
attentively hearing what others say, take notice of and
respond to others.
10023857 F Literacy Ability
10011396 F Literacy Rate Rate: Relative rate of individuals being able to read or
write within a community or population.
10011401 L Lithotomic Body Position
10011417 F Loneliness Negative Emotion: Feelings lack of belonging, emotional
isolation, feeling of being excluded, feeling of melancholy
and sadness associated with lack of companions,
sympathy and friendship accompanied by feelings of
meaninglessness, emptiness, withdrawal and low self-
esteem.
10011429 F Long Term Memory Memory: Ability to recall past events or experiences.
10011438 J Low Absolute Level: Lack; deficit; below average or below
normal amount, intent, or intensity.
10011440 L Lower Lower Upper Position
10029303 L Lower Body Body Region
10011455 A Lowering Positioning: Letting or bring down the entire body or parts
of the body.
10011464 L Lower Upper Position
Position
10011486 L Lung Respiratory System Component
10031661 F Lymphatic Oedema Oedema
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10011493 F Maceration Wound: Extensive abrasion of cover tissue of the body
surface associated with continuous presence of moisture
and wet skin.
10011504 A Maintaining Regulating: Keeping something up, retaining something
or continuing something.
10037351 IC Maintaining Airway Maintaining
Clearance
10031674 IC Maintaining Airway Maintaining
10011527 IC Maintaining Dignity Maintaining
And Privacy
10041525 IC Maintaining Fall Maintaining
Safety Alarm
10046580 F Maintaining Health Maintaining
10036577 IC Maintaining Maintaining
Intravenous Access
Intravenous
Therapy
Isolation Technique
Prosthetic Device
10041556 IC Maintaining Raised Maintaining
Edge Mattress
10035293 IC Maintaining Skin Maintaining
Integrity
Ventilation
10046258 IC Maintaining MaintainingVentilation
Ventilation With A
Mechanical
Ventilator
10036596 IC Maintaining Wound Maintaining
Drain
10011543 M Make Up Material
10011558 F Male Fertility Fertility: Fertility of male in reproductive age of production
of spermatozoa and sex hormones relating to capacity to
beget and make female become pregnant.
10011562 F Male Genital Genital Mutilation: Excision of parts or all of external
Mutilation genitalia of male infant or adult associated with rites of
passage and as such justified by cultural habits or
religious beliefs excluded is male genital circumcision.
10011570 L Male Reproductive Reproductive System Component
Body Part
10011589 F Male Reproductive Reproductive System
System
10011591 F Male Urinary Urinary System
System
10031688 F Malignant Wound Wound
10031690 IC Malignant Wound Wound Care
Care
10042077 F Malnutrition Impaired Nutritional Status
10011618 L Mammary Gland Female Reproductive Body: One of two discoid
hemispheric glands i.e. female breasts on chest of
mature females, present in rudimentary form in males
and in undeveloped form in female children; containing
elements that secrete human milk for nourishment of
infants; female breasts are usually regarded as part of
female sexuality.
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10011625 A Managing Action: Being in charge of and bringing order to
somebody or something.
10035970 IC Managing Managing
Aggressive
Behaviour
10031711 IC Managing Anxiety Managing
10046262 IC Managing Blood Managing
Glucose
10046270 IC Managing Blood Managing
Levels
10043723 IC Managing Cardiac Managing
Rehabilitation
Regime
10031724 IC Managing Central Managing
Line
Specimen
Collection
Defaecation
10035989 IC Managing Delirium Managing
10031769 IC Managing Post Managing
Partum Depressed
Mood
10031776 IC Managing Device Managing
Diarrhoea
10023861 IC Managing Dietary Managing
Regime
Encopresis
10035991 IC Managing Energy Managing
Conservation
10031795 IC Managing Enteral Managing
Feeding
10031805 IC Managing Enuresis Managing
10042507 IC Environmental Managing
Safety Management
Excoriation
10023890 IC Managing Exercise Managing
Regime
10042530 IC Managing External Managing
Continence Device
Regime
10046289 IC Managing Fatigue Managing
10041721 IC Managing Fever Managing
10034608 IC Managing Financial Managing
Status
10042096 IC Managing Fluid Managing
Therapy
Haemodialysis
10031822 IC Managing Health Managing
Status After
Hospitalisation
Hyperglycaemia
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Hypoglycaemia
Management of
Specimen
Medication
Medication Regime
Medication Side
Effect
10036256 IC Managing Mood Managing
10043673 IC Managing Nausea Managing
10031833 IC Managing Negative Managing
Behaviour
10046301 IC Managing Bowel Managing
Incontinence
10031846 IC Managing Impaired Managing
Coping Process
Dehydration
Emotion
Response To
Situation
Response to
Treatment
Inappropriate
Sexual Behaviour
10031879 IC Managing Urinary Managing
Incontinence
Nephrostomy Care
Nutritional Status
10036793 IC Managing Oedema Managing
10011660 IC Managing Pain Managing
Parenteral Feeding
10031912 IC Managing Disease Managing
10044971 IC Managing Patient Managing
Activity
Peritoneal Dialysis
10046317 IC Managing Hydration Managing
Postpartum Care
10031949 IC Managing Prenatal Managing
Care
10011673 IC Managing Regime Managing
Screening Follow
Up
10044512 IC Managing Sedation Managing
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Specimen
10031954 IC Managing Stoma Managing
Care Regime
10044111 F Managing Stress Managing
10031965 IC Managing Symptom Managing
Withdrawal
Symptom
Transporting
10031977 IC Managing Urinary Managing
Catheter
10035238 IC Managing Urination Managing
10045430 IC Managing Vaginal Managing
Bleeding
10036605 IC Managing Managing Device
Vasopneumatic
Device
10046329 IC Managing Vomiting Managing
Wandering
10011706 F Manic State Impaired Neurological Status: State of emotion filled with
positive vitality, negating concerns and losing inhibition.
A person in this state experiences ego exaltation, sense
of fulfilment, exhilaration, becomes garrulous,
hyperactive, and develops psychomotor excitement, flight
of ideas.
10011710 A Manipulating Performing: Manually moving a part of the body.
10011723 A Manual Aspirating Aspirating: Manual Suctioning.
10011734 F Marasmus Malnutrition: Condition of severe malnutrition and
starvation primarily in children, severe protein and
calories deficiency, accompanied by severe tissue and
muscle wasting, dehydration, loss of subcutaneous fat,
lethargy and growth retardation.
10011747 F Marital Satisfaction Status: Ongoing fulfilment of desires, gratified emotions
or ratification between marriage partners or couples in
the family.
10011752 M Mask Covering Device
10041766 M Massage Therapy Therapy
10011768 A Massaging Manipulating: Pressing and rubbing the body or parts of
body.
10031983 IC Massaging Infant Massaging
10011775 M Material Entity
10011781 F Maternal Death Death Rate: Relative rate of death of women during
Rate childbirth.
10011799 M Mattress Supporting Device
10011809 M Meal Artefact
10023900 F Meaninglessness Impaired Status
10011813 A Measuring Evaluating: Ascertaining numbers to the attributes of
something.
10041212 IC Measuring Blood Measuring
Glucose
10031996 IC Measuring Blood Measuring
Pressure
10032006 IC Measuring Body Measuring
Temperature
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10036819 IC Measuring Chest Measuring
Circumference
10039245 IC Measuring Fluid Measuring
Intake
10039250 IC Measuring Fluid Measuring
Output
10043440 IC Measuring Foetal Measuring
Heart Rate
10043455 IC Measuring Foetal Measuring
Movement
10035451 IC Measuring Head Measuring
Circumference
10036826 IC Measuring Heart Measuring
Rate
10037000 IC Measuring Height Measuring
10044740 IC Measuring Radial Measuring
Pulse
10046338 IC Measuring Measuring
Respirations
10011821 A Mechanical Aspirating: Mechanical Suctioning.
Aspirating
10044959 M Mechanical Heart Device
Support Device
10011832 F Mechanical Injury Injury
10044842 M Ventilator Respiratory Device
10044857 F Ventilated Patient Regime
Care Regime
10011845 A Mediating Negotiating: Resolving or setting differences, bring about
or settlement.
10011850 M Medical Service Health Service
10011866 M Medication Drug
10006322 M Medication Technique
Administration
Technique
10011878 F Medication Allergy Allergy
10042716 F Adverse Medication Response To Medication
Interaction
10042700 F Medication Complication Role
Interaction Role
10042684 M Medication List Instruction Material
10043057 A Medication Obtaining
Procurement
10011884 F Medication Regime Regime
10006333 F Medication Effect Role Of Entity: Function, use or result of drug.
10043171 M Medication Instruction Material
Schedule
10023916 F Medication Side Response To Medication
Effect
10023928 F Medication Supply Supply
10011897 F Meditation Spiritual Behaviour
10011907 F Memory Psychological Process: Mental acts by which sensations,
impressions and ideas are stored and recalled; mental
registration, retention and recall of past experience,
knowledge, ideas, sensation, and thought.
10043192 M Memory Device Device
10011911 M Memory Technique Technique
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10011924 T Menarche Developmental Period: Commencement of cyclic
menstrual function usually beginning between the age of
9 and 17.
10011930 T Menopause Developmental Period: Cessation of the female
reproductive ability, climacteric, by the end of menstrual
cycle and hormone production usually beginning
between the age of 45 and 60, but may stop earlier in life
due to illness or the surgical removal of the uterus and
both ovaries.
10011948 F Menorrhagia Bleeding: Menstrual bleeding that is excessive in number
of days or amount of blood.
10011953 F Menstrual Cramp Visceral Pain: Sensation of pain stemming from spasm in
uterus muscles, sensation of pain is usually reported as
intense cramping contractions, throbbing and sensations
of restlessness in abdomen and lower back.
10011969 F Menstrual Body Substance
Discharge
10011976 F Menstruation Reproductive System Process: Recurring cycle of
shedding, re-growth and proliferating of the endometrium
of the uterus as menstruation; average length of the
menstrual cycle from first day of bleeding to first of
another is 28 days; length; duration and quantity vary;
menstrual cycle begins at menarche and ends at the
menopause.
10032010 F Metabolic Acidosis Acid Base Imbalance
10032023 F Metabolic Alkalosis Acid Base Imbalance
10012005 F Metabolism Collection of Body Processes: Sum of all chemical
processes resulting in growth, generation of energy,
elimination of waste and regulation of bodily functions
relating to distribution of nutrients in the blood after
digestion, increase of metabolic rate associated with
exercise, elevated body temperature, hormone activity or
digestion.
10012014 F Microorganism Organism: Microscopic organism influencing life and
10012022 L Middle Lower Upper Position
10012033 L Midwifery Clinic Clinic
10012046 F Migraine Vascular Pain: Sensation of pain stemming from
recurring unilateral vascular headache where onset of
pain is triggered by external stimuli such as light, noise
and odour as well as internal stimuli such as food
intolerance, stress and other types of pain; sensation of
pain may be foregone by prodomes of flashing light and
aura; sensation of pain is usually reported as pressing,
crushing pounding splitting excruciating unilateral
sensations accompanied by nausea, vomiting, thirst and
mood changes.
10012051 F Migration Rate Rate: Number of people moving into or out of a certain
area per 1000 population in a given year.
10025854 J Mild Severity
10012067 M Milieu Therapy Therapy
10012079 A Milking Manipulating: Using manual pressure and rubbing the
breast with hands to withdraw milk from the breast.
10012080 A Minimising Altering: Reducing to a smaller amount, size or degree.
10039221 IC Minimising Minimising
Stimulation
10012120 A Mobilising Performing: Rendering something movable.
10012131 M Mobilising Device Device
10012112 F Mobility Pattern Behaviour
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10025865 J Moderate Severity
10012149 F Moist Skin Impaired Skin
10012154 A Monitoring Determining: Scrutiny of somebody or something on
repeated or regular occasions.
10036622 IC Monitoring Activity Monitoring
Tolerance
10043878 IC Monitoring Monitoring
Medication
Adherence
10036992 IC Monitoring Bilirubin Monitoring
Level
10032034 IC Monitoring Blood Monitoring
Glucose
Oxygen Saturation
Using Pulse
Oximeter
Pressure
10012165 IC Monitoring Body Monitoring
Temperature
10037211 IC Monitoring Bowel Monitoring
Motility
10034285 IC Monitoring Cardiac Monitoring
Status
Confusion
10012177 M Monitoring Device Device
10032068 IC Monitoring For Monitoring
Impaired Family
Coping
10040852 IC Monitoring Fluid Monitoring
Balance
Intake
Output
10046340 IC Monitoring Foetal Monitoring
Development
10036614 IC Monitoring Food Monitoring
Intake
10032075 IC Monitoring For Monitoring
Child Abuse
10032081 IC Monitoring Height Monitoring
Intracranial
Pressure
Laboratory Result
Mechanical Heart
Support Device
Medication Side
Effect
Neurological Status
10036032 IC Monitoring Nutrition Monitoring
10038929 IC Monitoring Pain Monitoring
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10023944 IC Monitoring Using Monitoring
An Exit Alarm
10036633 IC Monitoring Pedal Monitoring
Pulse
10037442 IC Monitoring Fall Risk Monitoring
10039896 IC Monitoring Risk For Monitoring
Negative Response
To Nurse-
Controlled
Analgesia
10039883 IC Monitoring Risk For Monitoring
Negative Response
To Patient-
Controlled
Analgesia
Respiratory Status
Respiratory
Therapy
Response To
Treatment
10012203 IC Monitoring Signs Monitoring
And Symptoms Of
Infection
10035335 IC Monitoring Tissue Monitoring
Perfusion
10044667 IC Monitoring Uterine Monitoring
Contractions
10046372 IC Monitoring Vaginal Monitoring
Discharge
10032113 IC Monitoring Vital Monitoring
Signs
10032121 IC Monitoring Weight Monitoring
Withdrawal
10042936 IC Monitoring Wound Monitoring
Healing
10012219 T Month Time Point Or Time Interval
10035785 F Mood Equilibrium Mood
10036241 F Mood Psychological Status
10025542 F Moral Distress Decisional Conflict
10026685 J Deteriorated Relative Judged State
10026692 J Improved Relative Judged State
10012226 T Morning Time Point Or Time Interval
10027257 C Mother Parent
10012235 F Mother Role Parent Role: Interacting according to responsibilities of
being mother; internalising expectation held by family
members, friends, and society regarding appropriate or
inappropriate role behaviours of pregnant women and
mothers.
10012242 A Motivating Promoting: Causing somebody to act in a particular way
or to stimulate the interest of somebody in an activity.
10038634 M Motivational Technique
Interviewing
Technique
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10012257 F Motor Reflex Reflex: Involuntary movement of body part or organ in
response to particular stimulus, involuntary action
occurring immediately following stimuli, movement
without involvement of the will or consciousness.
10012261 F Mourning Psychological Response: Process of resolving grief,
emotional reaction to assist in overcoming great personal
loss, feelings of extreme sorrow or loss processed
through mourning and bereavement, consciously working
with grief reactions and emotions.
10012274 F Movement Body Process
10012288 L Mucous Membrane Integumentary System Component: Thin keratine free
sheets of natural cover of the inner surface of the body,
lining cavities or canals opening to outside of body
including the linings of mouth, nose, vagina, digestive
tube, respiratory passages and genitourinary tract;
mucous membrane protects the underlying structure,
secrete mucus that lubricates associated structures,
absorbs water, salts and other solutes.
10012290 L Muscle Musculoskeletal System Component
10046703 F Muscle Cramp Musculoskeletal Pain
10012300 M Muscle Or Joint Technique
Exercise Technique
10012316 F Muscle Pain Musculoskeletal Pain: Sensation of pain stemming from
muscle tensions and strain associated with exercise,
infections and musculoskeletal disease; sensation of pain
is usually reported as cramping, squeezing and throbbing
pain often accompanied by referred pain.
10012328 F Muscle Twisting Impaired Musculoskeletal System Process: Painful
Process involuntary contraction of a single muscle or group of
muscles associated with strenuous physical activity,
over-exercising of a single or several muscles in
positioning body in an adequate position such as trying to
avoid falling.
10012337 F Musculoskeletal Pain: Sensation of pain stemming from muscles, bones
Pain joints or teeth; sensation is usually reported as deep,
dump and aching, activated by movements of body parts
or whole body but also present during rest periods.
10034292 F Musculoskeletal Status
Status
10012344 F Musculoskeletal Body System
System
10012359 L Musculoskeletal Body System Component
System Component
10012363 F Musculoskeletal Body Process
System Process
10012371 M Music Therapy Therapy
10042152 F Mutilation Violence
10012392 L Nail Integumentary System Component: Flattened, elastic
structure with a honey texture at the end of a finger or a
toe comprised of a root, body and free edge at the distal
extremity; intactness and function of fingernails and
toenails relates to texture, length and thickness in order
to protect end of fingers and toes and to help in picking
up small objects; length, colour, appearance including
cleanness.
10012407 M Nail Polish Material
10040379 F Napping Behaviour
10012424 L Nasal Cavity Body Cavity
10012430 L Nasal Route Body Route
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10012448 F Natural Disaster Impaired Environmental Process
10012453 F Nausea Impaired Perception: Sensation of feeling sick with an
inclination to vomit, unpleasant sensation vaguely
referred to the epigastrium and abdomen, offensive to
taste or smell.
10012469 M Nebuliser Respiratory Device
10012476 L Neck Body Region
10012482 F Necrosis Traumatic Wound: Tissue death associated with local
inflammatory, infectious or malignant process or
mechanical tissue damage; stages are graded according
to severity associated with duration of lack of
oxygenation of tissue from pale white skin accompanied
by severe pain due to affection of superficial nerve to
blue and black necrosis of skin loss of feelings and pain
due to nerve damages with high risk for wound
infections, loss of damaged tissue and body parts.
10012509 M Needle Invasive Device
10012495 F Need Status
10012513 F Problematic Action Action
10012521 F Impaired Aggregate Collection of Things
Of Entity
10002137 F Alcohol Abuse Substance Abuse: Misuse of alcohol.
10012532 F Impaired Attitude Attitude
10012545 F Behaviour Problem Behaviour
10012550 F Impaired Belief Belief
10012566 F Impaired Body Body Process
Process
10012578 F Impaired Tissue Tissue Integrity
Integrity
10027702 F Bowel Incontinence Bowel Continence: Involuntary, uncontrolled passage
and expulsion of stool.
10012584 F Negative Burping Burping
10012597 F Impaired Cardiac Cardiac Process
Process
10004400 F Chronic Low Self Low Self Esteem
Esteem
10012606 F Impaired Circulatory Circulatory System Process
System Process
10012610 F Impaired Cognition Cognition
10012623 F Impaired Communication
Communicating Act
10012634 F Impaired Consciousness
Consciousness
10012647 F Impaired Coping Coping
Process
10012652 F Impaired Defaecation
Defaecation
10041876 F Dehydration Impaired Regulatory System Process
10024995 F Compromised Dignity
Dignity
10006346 F Drug Abuse Substance Abuse: Misuse of drugs.
10012668 F Impaired Eating Eating Pattern
Behaviour
10012675 F Negative Emotion Emotion
10012681 F Impaired Engorgement
Engorgement
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10012699 F Impaired Environmental Process
Environmental
Process
10047382 F Negative Euphoria Euphoria
10012702 F Impaired Family Impaired Communicating Act
Communicating Act
10012718 F Impaired Family Family Process: Family unable to achieve family
Process functions and tasks. Family role alteration; lack of family
objectives; indifference to change; inability to recognise
the need for help; inability to handle tensions, stress and
crisis; neglected home; distrust in other people;feeling of
hopelessness.
10045316 F Infertility Fertility
10012725 F Negative Flatulence Flatulence
10041933 F Fluid Retention Impaired Regulatory System Process
10042008 F Impaired Fluid Negative Regulatory System Process
Volume
10012741 F Impaired Gastrointestinal System Process
Gastrointestinal
System Process
10034903 F Impaired Growth Growth
10041093 F Impaired Immune Immune System Process
System Process
10012938 J Impaired Positive Or Negative Judgement: Negatively judged
state, altered, impaired, or ineffective.
10026713 J Negative Dependence
Dependence
10011472 F Low Self Esteem Self Esteem
10012756 F Impaired Memory Memory
10047503 F Negative Mood Mood Status
Status
10012760 F Impaired Mucous Mucous Membrane
Membrane
10012773 F Impaired Musculoskeletal System Process
Musculoskeletal
System Process
10012787 F Impaired Neurological Status
Neurological Status
10012794 F Impaired Neurovascular Process
Neurovascular
Process
10012804 F Impaired Nutritional Nutritional Status
Status
10041967 F Overhydration Impaired Regulatory System Process
10012815 F Impaired Perception Perception
10037720 F Impaired Physical Physical Recovery
Recovery
10012827 F Impaired Physical Physical Response
Response
10012836 F Impaired Pregnancy Pregnancy
10012843 F Impaired Process Process
10012858 F Impaired Psychological Response
Psychological
Response
10032132 F Negative Response Impaired Psychological Response
To Situation
10038392 F Negative Psychological Status
Psychological
Status
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10025094 F Impaired Psychomotor Activity
Psychomotor
Activity
10012862 F Impaired Reflex Reflex
10012870 F Impaired Regulatory System Process
Regulatory System
Process
10035737 F Relationship Relationship Status
Problem
10025463 F Negative Religious Religious Belief
Belief
10012889 F Impaired Reproductive System Process
Reproductive
System Process
10050425 F Impaired Resilience Resilience
10012891 F Impaired Respiratory System Process
Respiratory System
Process
10024832 F Negative Response Response To Treatment
To Treatment
10040796 F Negative Sedation Sedation
10023963 F Negative Self Self Image
Image
10012901 F Impaired Sexual Sexual Behaviour
Behaviour
10012917 F Impaired Skin Skin
10012929 F Impaired Sleep Sleep
10012940 F Impaired Status Status
10012955 L Impaired Structural Body Structure
Body Part
10018992 F Substance Abuse Impaired Behaviour: Misuse of chemically active
substance for a non-therapeutic effect that may be
harmful to health and may cause addiction.
10037419 F Negative Surgical Surgical Recovery
Recovery
10043251 L Systemic Vein Systemic Vein
Problem
10012964 F Impaired Thermoregulation
Thermoregulation
10019766 F Tobacco Abuse Substance Abuse: Misuse of tobacco.
10026895 F Urinary Continence Status: Involuntary passage of urine, failure
Incontinence of voluntary control over bladder and urethral sphincter.
10034649 F Negative Urinary Urinary Retention
Retention
10012972 F Impaired Urinary Urinary System Process
System Process
10012986 F Impaired Urination Urination
10012993 F Impaired Vascular Vascular Process
Process
10013000 F Impaired Volition Volition
10038344 F Inadequate Water Water Supply
Supply
10013016 F Impaired Weight Weight
10013037 A Negotiating Contracting: Conferring with somebody in other to reach
a compromise or an agreement.
10013044 L Neighbourhood Social Structure
10013059 T Neonatal Period Infanthood
10032145 L Nephrostomy Stoma
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10032150 IC Nephrostomy Care Action
10032166 F Nephrostomy Care Stoma Care Regime
Regime
10013063 L Nerve Nervous System Component
10013071 F Nervousness Negative Emotion: Feelings of over-excitement
associated with shakiness, trembling, hand tremors,
blushing face.
10013085 F Nervous System Body System
10013092 L Nervous System Body System Component
Component
10013102 F Nervous System Body Process
Process
10013118 A Networking Interactive Behaviour: Action of creating support using
systems of interconnections to relay information,
communicate, make contracts and share experiences
among individuals.
10013125 F Neurogenic Pain Pain: Sensations of pain stemming from affected
peripheral nerve lesions; sensation of pain is usually
reported as tingling, pricking pain sensations
accompanied by disturbance in feelings, neurogenic pain
stemming from major nerve lesions associated with
surgical procedures or brain damage; neurogenic pain is
usually reported as penetrating, piercing, cutting,
burning, excruciating or torturing pain.
10013139 F Neurogenic Shock Shock: Rapid peripheral circulatory failure as a reaction
to nervous system producing vasodilatation.
10013141 F Neurological Status Status
10013156 M Neurosurgical Act Surgery
10013160 F Neurovascular Vascular Process: Process concerning both the nervous
Process and vascular systems.
10013173 T Never Frequency
10013187 C Newborn Individual
10023971 F Newborn Infant Development
Development
10013194 T New Born Period Infanthood
10013207 T Night Time Point Or Time Interval
10013211 F Nightmare Impaired Perception: Dreaming with rapid eye movement
sleep; arising feelings of intense inescapable fear, terror,
and distress or extreme anxiety, which usually awakens
the sleeper.
10013224 L Nipple Body Region
10013230 F Noise Environmental Process: Sound perceived by humans.
10013248 F Non Adherence Impaired Status: Not following or conforming to treatment
regime.
10025136 F Non Adherence To Non Adherence To Regime
Diagnostic Testing
Regime
Dietary Regime
Exercise Regime
Fluid Regime
Immunisation
Regime
Medication Regime
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10025170 F Non Adherence To Non Adherence
Regime
Safety Regime
10013253 J None Extent: Not any, no part.
10013269 J Abnormal Normality State
10013282 T Noon Time Point Or Time Interval
10013295 J Normal Normality State: Conforming with a norm, typical,
standard, the usual or expected state.
10013305 J Normality State State: Conformity with a standard or norm.
10013314 L Nose Sensory System Component
10046386 F Nothing By Mouth Dietary Regime
Regime
10013322 C Nuclear Family Family: Family make up consisting of husband, wife and
one or more legal children.
10013333 M Nurse Care Provider
10039798 IC Nurse Controlled Action
Analgesia
10013346 F Nurse Role Care Provider Role
10013351 L Nursery Child Day Center
10046393 M Nursing Care Nursing Service
Coordination
Service
10013367 L Nursing Clinic Clinic
10013379 L Nursing Home Supported Housing
10013380 M Nursing Service Health Service
10013398 M Nutrient Material
10013403 F Nutritional Intake Nutritional Status: Quantity and quality of nutrients or
food taken into the body.
10013419 F Nutritional Status Status: Weight and body mass in relation to intake of
nutrition and specific nutrients estimated according to
height, body build and age.
10037016 M Nutritional Nutrient
Supplement
10040426 M Nutritionist Care Provider
10013426 F Nutritionist Role Care Provider Role
10013435 M Nutritionist Service Health Service
10013442 M Nutrition Therapy Therapy
10013457 F Obese Overweight: Condition of high body weight and body
mass usually of more than 20 percent over ideal weight,
abnormal increase in proportion of fat cells mainly in
viscera and subcutaneous tissues associated with
excess or continuous intake of nutrients, overeating and
lack of exercise over a longer period.
10013474 A Observing Determining: Noticing and carefully watching somebody
or something.
10013517 IC Observing Altered Observing
Perception
10013540 F Obsession Preoccupation: Persistent thought or idea with which the
mind is continuously and involuntary preoccupied,
suggestive thoughts of irrational acts, repetitiveness of
thought, thoughts of trivial and irrelevant details,
preposterous ideas with no basis in reality, which can not
be eliminated by logic or reason associated with
compulsive behaviour.
10013555 F Obstruction Process
10024768 F Barriers To Obstruction
Adherence
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10013564 F Communication Obstruction: Impediment or blockage to exchange
Barrier thoughts, messages, or information.
10013572 A Obtaining Managing: Gaining possession of something, acquiring.
10013586 F Occupational Health: The state in which a worker is able to function at
Health optimum level of well-being at the workplace.
10013593 F Occupational Safety Law: Existence of safety standards for work place
Law authorized by law.
10026628 M Occupational Care Provider
Therapist
10026539 F Occupational Care Provider Role
Therapist Role
10013604 M Occupational Health Service: Multidisciplinary specialty practice that
Therapist Service focuses on promotion, protection and restoration of
workersâ€™ health and prevention of illness and injury
within the context of a safe and healthy work
environment. It includes environmental, occupational
surveillance for identification, assessment and
precautionary measures for the prevention of related
health risks and hazards; individual monitoring of health
in relation to work; participation in the development of
supportive employee programs and the improvement of
safe workplaces and practices within legislative
guidelines and collaboration in providing information,
training and education to employers, employees and
government for occupational health and hygiene.
10013615 L Ocular Route Body Route
10041951 F Oedema Fluid Retention
10013636 A Offering Distributing: Giving an opportunity for.
10050313 IC Offering Drink Offering
10013643 F Official Strike Industrial Conflict: Conflict in accordance with system of
agreement in order to gain better working conditions;
usually by refusing to continue working.
10013662 M Oil Material
10013670 M Ointment Material
10023985 F Older Adult Adult Development Process
Development
10006627 T Older Adult Adulthood
10013689 T Onset State
10046408 F Open Wound Wound
10046412 IC Care Of Open Wound Care
Wound
10013691 L Operating Theatre Health Care Department
10013708 T Operation Event or Episode
10013712 A Optimising Maintaining: Achieving the best result.
10032184 IC Oral Care Action
10032197 F Oral Care Regime Regime
10013720 L Oral Cavity Body Cavity
10032204 F Oral Hygiene Hygiene Pattern
Pattern
10013731 L Oral Mucous Mucous Membrane
Membrane
10013749 L Oral Route Body Route
10044225 F Oral Status Gastrointestinal Status
10013754 A Ordering Managing: Giving a command, requesting to be supplied
with something.
10013777 F Organised Positive Behaviour
Behaviour
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10013796 F Organised Infant Organised Behaviour
Behaviour
10013806 A Organising Managing: Giving an orderly structure to something, i.e.
bringing something into order.
10013783 F Organism Entity
10013810 F Orientation Status: Ascertaining relationship to environment in terms
of time such as year, season, month, day, precise time;
in terms of place at a given point in time such as country,
province, city, workplace, home and in terms of
awareness of own identity such as age, date of birth and
in terms of recognition of people around.
10013823 F Orthopnoea Resting Dyspnea: Shortness of breath in a supine or
recumbent position.
10013834 M Orthotic Device Corrective Device
10040207 M Osteoporosis Therapy
Prevention
10013847 M Ostomy Surgery
10013852 L Outpatient Health Care Department
Department
10013868 L Ovary Female Reproductive Body Part
10013875 F Overcrowding Impaired Environmental Process: Residence, land area
Process or other place is occupied or inhabited by number of
persons too large for comfort, safety, and privacy;
frequently associated with lack of privacy, increased risk
of contagious diseases.
10013881 F Overdose Self Destructive Behaviour: Self initiated ingestion of a
lethal dose of a drug, associated with drug addiction,
habituated drug consumption.
10026922 F Overflow Urinary Incontinence
Incontinence Of
Urine
10013899 F Overweight Impaired Weight: Condition of high body weight and body
mass usually of more than 10-20 percent over ideal
weight, increase in proportion of fat cells mainly in
viscera and subcutaneous tissues associated with
excess intake of nutrients, overeating and lack of
exercise.
10013909 M Oxygen Mask Respiratory Device
10013913 M Oxygen Tent Respiratory Device
10013921 M Oxygen Therapy Therapy
10013932 M Oxygen Tube Tube
10013945 M Pacemaker Implantable Cardiac Device
10013950 F Pain Impaired Perception: Increase in unpleasant sensation in
the body, subjective report of suffering, grimace,
alteration in muscle tone, self-protective behaviour,
narrowed focus of attention, altered time perception,
withdrawal from social contact, impaired thought process,
distraction behaviour, restlessness, and loss of appetite.
10013966 F Pain During Pain: Urethral or cystic pain with burning sensations, felt
Urination on urination.
10013978 M Pain Guideline Guideline
10039820 F Pain Management Plan
Plan
10040102 F Satisfaction With Health Care Satisfaction
Pain Management
10024799 M Pain Management Health Service
Service
10039590 M Pain Specialist Care Provider
10039588 F Pain Specialist Role Care Provider Role
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10013984 A Palliating Managing: Providing comfort and pain control to a person
with terminal illness through physical emotional
psychological and spiritual support.
10013997 A Palpating Examining: Examining body parts by using hands.
10014006 F Paralysis Impaired Musculoskeletal System Process: Abnormal
condition characterised by loss of muscle function or loss
of sensation or both, loss of ability to move body or body
part accompanied by loss of bowel and bladder control,
respiratory distress associated with injury, lesion of the
neural and muscular mechanism or with trauma such as
spinal cord injury, disease or poisoning.
10014010 F Parasite Role Role of Organism: Organism living in or on another
organism and benefiting at the expense of the other,
frequently associated with harm to individuals influencing
life and development of human beings.
10014023 C Parent Family Member
10027196 F Parent Child Caregiver Child Attachment: Establishing of close
Attachment relationships between parent and infant.
10032215 F Parenteral Feeding Regime
Regime
10014047 L Parenteral Route Body Route
10014052 F Parenting Caretaking: Taking on responsibilities of being parent(s);
behaviours to facilitate the incorporation of a newborn
into a family unit; behaviours to optimise growth and
development of children; internalising expectation held by
individuals, families, friends, and society regarding
appropriate or inappropriate role behaviours of being
parents.
10014068 F Parent Role Family Member Role: Interacting according to
responsibilities of being parents; internalising expectation
held by family members, friends, and society regarding
appropriate or inappropriate role behaviours of parents,
expressing these expectations as behaviours, values;
primarily in relation to promoting optimal growth and
development of dependent child.
10014075 F Paresis Paralysis: Partial or total paralysis, incomplete or
complete loss of loss of ability to move body part such as
mouth, throat or eyelid.
10014081 J Partial Extent
10014099 A Participation Interactive Behaviour: Taking part in something, sharing
in an activity.
10014109 M Passive Range of Muscle or Joints Exercise Technique: Movement of joints
Motion with assistance.
10014113 T Past Time Point Or Time Interval
10014121 F Pathological Impaired Process
Process
10014132 C Patient Individual
10014145 A Patient Activity Action
10032227 IC Patient Controlled Action
Analgesia
10014166 F Patient Identity Identity
10014178 M Patient Record Communication Device
10014184 F Patient Right Human Right
10014197 F Patient Role Individual Role
10014204 T Time Sequence State: Following of one thing after another, an order of
succession.
10014215 F Pedal Pulse Rate Pulse Rate
10014227 L Pelvic Bone Bone
10014236 L Pelvis Body Region
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10014243 L Penis Male Reproductive Body Part
10014262 F Percentage Body Ratio
Fat
10014270 F Perception Nervous System Process: Conscious mental registration
of a sensory stimulus, awareness of objects or other data
through the senses.
10014289 A Percussing Examining: Examining body parts by tapping gently with
fingers or instruments.
10014291 A Performing Action: Doing a technical task.
10043602 IC Performing Faecal Perform
Disimpaction
10043618 IC Performing Enema Perform
10043527 IC Performing Passive Perform
Range Of Motion
10014317 F Performing Role Performing
10014329 L Periarticular Route Body Route
10014338 F Perinatal Death Death Rate: Relative proportion of perinatal deaths
Rate (stillbirths at or after 28 weeks in pregnancy, and deaths
of newborn babies less than 1 week old).
10026038 T Perinatal Period Event or Episode
10045154 IC Perineal Care Action
10014340 L Perineum Body Region
10014355 L Perineural Route Body Route
10025896 T Perioperative Event or Episode
Period
10014364 A Perioperative Positioning
Positioning
10014372 F Perioperative Injury
Positioning Injury
10014386 L Peripheral Central Peripheral Position
10042860 F Peripheral Neurvascular Process
Neurovascular
Process
10027476 F Peripheral Oedema Oedema
10042841 F Peripheral Tissue Tissue Perfusion
Perfusion
10040517 F Peristomal Skin Skin
10014393 M Peritoneal Dialysis Dialysis Technique
10032236 F Peritoneal Dialysis Regime
Regime
10014408 A Permitting Controlling: Authorizing or giving an opportunity.
10014412 F Personal Identity Self Image: Composite of ideas, feelings and attitudes
about own identity, worth, capabilities, limitations and
opinions of others, the state of being the same in
substance, nature and quality.
10014420 F Personality Personal Identity: Composite of behavioural traits and
attitudes by which one is recognised as an individual
distinct person, same in substance, nature and quality
over time.
10014431 F Perspiration Secretory Process: Evaporative loss of water from moist
Process surface of the skin and respiratory system and
elimination of sweat from secretory glands as a
mechanism for excretion and regulating body
temperature.
10014449 F Perspiration Body Substance
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10014454 F Phantom Pain Neurogenic Pain: Sensation of pain in an body part or
organ, which has been removed such as amputation;
pain sensations before surgery dispose for phantom
sensations of pain afterward, pain sensations are usually
reported as itching, sticking contracting excruciating,
torturing and unbearable pain.
10023992 M Pharmacist Care Provider
10014465 F Pharmacist Role Care Provider Role
10014477 F Phenomenon
10014483 F Physical Dimension Status
10032243 F Physical Examination
Examination
10032258 IC Physical Action
Examination
10014496 F Physical Recovery Recovery
10014505 F Physical Response Body Process
10024897 F Weakness Impaired Status
10014522 M Physician Care Provider
10014533 F Physician Role Care Provider Role
10014546 F Physiological Status Status
10024003 M Physiotherapist Care Provider
10014551 F Physiotherapist Care Provider Role
Role
10014567 M Physiotherapist Health Service
Service
10036434 M Physiotherapy Therapy
10014579 L Physiotherapy Clinic
Clinic
10036698 F Physical Therapy Regime
Regime
10014580 F Pica Craving: Sensation of strong desire for unnatural types of
food, deprived appetite associated with pregnancy,
malnourishment and hysteria.
10014598 M Pill Box Transporting Device
10014607 M Pillow Supporting Device
10014611 M Pillow Case Bed Linen
10014624 M Pipette Transporting Device
10014630 M Plan Artefact
10014648 A Planning Coordinating: Considering, ordering, and arranging
something in advance.
10014653 F Plant Organism
10040777 F Play Behaviour Behaviour
10014669 F Play Role Leisure Role: Interacting in spontaneous or organised
playing activity, participating in games, occupying oneself
in amusement; primarily in relation to child development.
10014676 M Play Therapy Therapy
10014682 F Pleasure Emotion: Feeling of immediate gratification of instinctual
drive and basic needs being met such as drinking when
thirsty, eating when hungry, being consoled when crying,
usually manifested by expressions of comfort.
10014695 L Pleura Respiratory System Component
10042785 M Podiatrist Care Provider
10042771 F Podiatrist Role Care Provider Role
10014703 F Poisoning Pathological Process
10014719 F Police Service Service: Institutions and persons charged with the task of
protecting citizenry, shielding citizens from injury and
danger, detecting and preventing crime.
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10014726 F Policy Psychosocial Structure: Broad course or principle of
action, which stems from goals and objectives of an
organization, used repeatedly to provide guidance in
decision making.
10014735 F Pollution Impaired Environmental Process: Something that is foul
or filthy.
10027448 F Polypharmacy Complex Medication Regime
10014742 F Population Density Rate: Number of persons per unit of land area.
10014757 A Positioning Performing: Putting somebody or something in a certain
position.
10014761 IC Positioning Patient Positioning
10014774 M Positioning Technique
Technique
10014788 L Position State
10014790 F Effective Ability To Ability To Communicate
Communicate
10014800 F Positive Ability To Ability To Manage Regime
Manage Regime
10025311 F Positive Ability To Ability To Perform Self Care
Perform Self Care
10035632 F No Aggressive Positive Behaviour
Behaviour
10028777 F No Alcohol Abuse No Substance Abuse
10047485 F No Allergy Effective Immune System Process
10050036 F No Arterial Ulcer Positive Structural Body Part
10028796 F No Aspiration Positive Respiratory System Process
10028810 F No Bleeding Positive Vascular Process
10034302 F No Chemical Injury Positive Process
10028834 F No Complication Phenomenon
10028852 F No Confusion Positive Cognition
10047284 F No Cough Positive Respiratory System Process
10036391 F No Deep Vein Positive Vascular Process
Thrombosis
10044256 F No Denial Effective Coping
10040059 F No Diarrhoea Effective Defaecation
10045359 F No Dizziness Positive Perception
10028875 F No Drug Abuse No Substance Abuse
10050058 F No Dyspepsia Positive Gastrointestinal System Process
10029255 F No Dyspnoea Positive Respiratory System Process
10034318 F No Electrical Injury Positive Process
10034677 F No Elopement Positive Event or Episode
10047416 F No Euphoria Positive Euphoria
10034683 F No Fall Positive Event or Episode
10038532 F No Fall-Related Positive Event or Episode
Injury
10034715 F No Fatigue Positive Process
10028950 F No Infection Positive Process
10028978 F No Injury Positive Process
10034325 F No Laser Injury Positive Process
10042989 F No Adverse No Adverse Medication Interaction
Medication
Interaction
10040282 F No Medication Side Response to Medication
Effect
10028997 F No Nausea Positive Perception
10029012 F No Pain Positive Perception
10029361 F No Perioperative Positive Process
Injury
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10034339 F No Perioperative Positive Process
Positioning Injury
10029031 F No Peripheral Effective Regulatory System Process
Oedema
10029054 F No Poisoning Positive Process
10029077 F No Pressure Ulcer Positive Structural Body Part
10034341 F No Radiation Injury Positive Process
10040810 F No Sedation Effective Sedation
10047307 F No Seizure Positive Musculoskeletal System Process
10029096 F No Self Destructive Positive Behaviour
Behaviour
10029110 F No Self Mutilation No Self Destructive Behaviour
10029134 F No Substance Positive Behaviour
Abuse
10034356 F No Thermal Injury Positive Process
10029152 F No Tobacco Abuse No Substance Abuse
10038756 F Smoking Cessation No Tobacco Use
10034360 F No Transfer Injury Positive Process
10029175 F No Violence Positive Behaviour
10029199 F No Vomiting Positive Gastrointestinal System Process
10029217 F No Wandering Mobilising
10024809 F Positive Affirmation Effective Communication
10014816 F Positive Behaviour Behaviour
10035049 F Effective Bilirubin Effective Regulatory System Process
Level
10034373 F Effective Blood Effective Regulatory System Process
Glucose Level
10044520 F Positive Body Body Image
Image
10028474 F Positive Tissue Tissue Integrity
Integrity
10027739 F Positive Bowel Bowel Continence
Continence
10035065 F Effective Cardiac Cardiac Process
Process
10034829 F Effective Caregiver Caregiver Coping
Coping
10028379 F Positive Circulatory Circulatory System Process
System Process
10028351 F Positive Cognition Cognition
10025330 F Comfortable Comfort
10014828 F Effective Communication
Communication
10034791 F Effective Community Coping
Community Coping
10014844 F Effective Coping Coping
10025348 F Effective Decision Decision Making Process
Making
10028398 F Effective Defaecation
Defaecation
10047376 F Positive Euphoria Euphoria
10034665 F Positive Event Or Event Or Episode
Episode
10036050 F Effective Family Effective Communication
Communication
10034762 F Effective Family Family Coping
Coping
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10014863 F Effective Family Family Process
Process
10042054 F Effective Fluid Effective Regulatory System Function
Volume
10028000 F Positive Gastrointestinal System Process
Gastrointestinal
System Process
10025353 F Positive Hope Hope
10042342 F Adequate Hydration Effective Fluid Volume
10047463 F Effective Immune Immune System Process
System Process
10026721 J Independence Dependence
10014956 J Effective Positive Or Negative Judgement: Positively judged state.
10014885 F Adequate Knowledge
Knowledge
10028426 F Effective Memory Memory
10050460 F Positive Mood Mood Status
Status
10028085 F Positive Musculoskeletal System Process
Musculoskeletal
System Process
10034387 F Effective Neurological Status
Neurological Status
10028102 F Positive Neurovascular Process
Neurovascular
Process
10014892 F Positive Nutritional Nutritional Status
Status
10014902 F Effective Parenting Parenting
10028442 F Positive Perception Perception
10014918 F Positive Process Process
10035530 F Positive Psychological Response
Psychological
Response
10038407 F Positive Psychological Status
Psychological
Status
10027532 F Effective Regulatory Regulatory System Process
System Process
10035728 F Positive Relationship Status
Relationship
10024159 F Positive Religious Religious Belief
Belief
10027815 F Effective Reproductive System Process
Reproductive
System Process
10050418 F Enhanced Resilience
Resilience
10028156 F Positive Respiratory Respiratory System Process
System Process
10040806 F Effective Sedation Sedation
10014925 F Positive Self Image Self Image
10014939 F Adequate Sleep Sleep
10014960 F Positive Status Status
10029238 L Positive Structural Body Structure
Body Part
10014973 F Positive Thermoregulation
Thermoregulation
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10026745 F Positive Urinary Continence Status
Continence
10028604 F Effective Urinary Urinary System Process
System Process
10014987 F Positive Urination Urination
10028118 F Positive Vascular Vascular Process
Process
10038359 F Adequate Water Water Supply
Supply
10027385 F Effective Weight Weight
10014994 L Posterior Anterior Posterior Position
10022223 F Postnasal Drip Impaired Respiratory System Process
10027242 T Postoperative Event or Episode
Period
10032262 F Postpartum Care Regime
Regime
10025906 T Postpartum Period Event or Episode
10015007 J Risk Potentiality: Existing in possibility, risk.
10015030 DC Risk For Autonomic Autonomic Dysreflexia
Dysreflexia
10015082 DC Risk For Disorganised Behaviour
Disorganised Infant
Behaviour
10017268 DC Risk For Haemorrhaging
Haemorrhaging
10015151 J Potentiality State
10027938 DC Decreased Suicide Risk for Suicide
Risk
10032270 DC Risk For Impaired Ability To Perform Caretaking
Ability To Perform
Caretaking
10015198 DC Risk For Impaired Ability To Parent
Parenting
10015011 DC Risk For Activity Activity Intolerance
Intolerance
10023874 DC Risk For Acute Risk for Confusion
Confusion
10032291 DC Risk For Anaphylactic Shcok
Anaphylaxis
10035031 DC Risk For Apnoea Apnoea
10015024 DC Risk For Aspiration Aspiration
10035008 DC Risk For Bradycardia
Bradycardia
10037314 DC Risk For Impaired Impaired Cardiac Process
Cardiac Function
10027235 DC Risk For Impaired Caregiver Child Attachment
Caregiver Child
Attachment
10027787 DC Risk For Caregiver Caregiver Stress
Stress
10032317 DC Risk For Impaired Child Development
Child Development
10023256 DC Risk For Complication
Complications
Postpartum
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Complications
Related To
Childbirth
Complication With
Contraception Use
Complications
During Labour
Complications
During Child
Delivery
Complications
During Pregnancy
10040457 DC Risk For Stoma Stoma Complication
Complications
10023050 DC Risk For Confusion Confusion
10015053 DC Risk For Constipation
Constipation
10025245 DC Risk For Contamination Exposure
Contamination
Exposure
10037230 DC Risk For Difficulty Impaired Coping Process
With Coping
10041807 DC Risk For Cross Cross Infection
Infection
10027509 DC Risk For Deep Vein Deep Vein Thrombosis
Thrombosis
10041895 DC Risk For Dehydration
Dehydration
10034935 DC Risk For Delayed Delayed Growth
Growth
10022070 DC Risk For Delirium Delirium
10032329 DC Risk For Depressed Depressed Mood
Mood
10032338 DC Risk For Depressed Risk for Depressed Mood
Mood During Post
Partum Period
10042666 DC Risk For Diabetic Diabetic Foot Ulcer
Foot Ulcer
10037564 DC Risk For Diarrhoea Diarrhoea
10023803 DC Risk For Compromised Dignity
Compromised
Dignity
10034957 DC Risk For Disproportionate Growth
Disproportionate
Growth
10015105 DC Risk For Disuse Disuse
10027411 DC Risk For Elopement Elopement
10032355 DC Risk For Environmental Injury
Environmental
Injury
10015122 DC Risk For Fall Fall
10038521 DC Risk For Fall- Fall Injury
Related Injury
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10032364 DC Risk For Impaired Family Coping Process
Family Coping
10038495 DC Risk For Family Grief
Dysfunctional
Family Grief
10045328 DC Risk For Infertility Negative Fertility
10046420 DC Risk For Impaired Foetal Development
Foetal Development
10046431 DC Risk For Impaired Impaired Gastrointestinal System Process
Gastrointestinal
System Function
10021735 DC Risk For Grief
Dysfunctional Grief
10041296 DC Risk For Health Health Care Associated Complication
Care Associated
Complication
10040899 DC Risk For Healthcare Satisfaction
Dissatisfaction With
Healthcare
10042031 DC Risk For Impaired Fluid Volume
Hypervolaemia
10015114 DC Risk For Excess Food Intake
Food Intake
10025471 DC Risk For Nutritional Risk For Impaired Nutritional Intake
Excess
10027328 DC Risk For Hyperthermia
Hyperthermia
10017275 DC Risk For Hypothermia
Hypothermia
10033375 DC Risk For Impaired Infant Development
Infant Development
10015133 DC Risk For Infection Infection
10032372 DC Risk For Eye Risk for Infection
Infection
10037627 DC Risk For Infection Risk for Infection
Of Oral Mucous
Membrane
10015146 DC Risk For Injury Injury
10015167 DC Risk For Latex Latex Allergy
Allergy
10015179 DC Risk For Loneliness Loneliness
10042049 DC Risk For Impaired Fluid Volume
Hypovolaemia
10023021 DC Risk For Deficient Food Intake
Food Intake
10025561 DC Risk For Nutritional Risk For Impaired Nutritional Intake
Deficit
10015180 DC Risk For Situational Low Self Esteem
Low Self Esteem
10042737 DC Risk For Adverse Adverse Medication Interaction
Medication
Interaction
10037604 DC Risk For Medication Medication Side Effect
Side Effect
10037333 DC Risk For Impaired Nervous System Process
Nervous System
Function
10023013 DC Risk For Impaired Nutrition
Nutritional Intake
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10037224 DC Risk For Impaired Impaired Nutritional Status
Nutritional Status
10027203 DC Risk For Impaired Parent Child Attachment
Parent Child
Attachment
10032386 DC Risk For Disease Pathological Process
10023107 DC Risk For Injury
Perioperative Injury
10015263 DC Risk For Perioperative Positioning Injury
Perioperative
Positioning Injury
10015228 DC Risk For Impaired Impaired Neurovascular Process
Peripheral
Neurovascular
Function
10015271 DC Risk For Poisoning Poisoning
10027453 DC Risk For Polypharmacy
Polypharmacy
10027337 DC Risk For Pressure Pressure Ulcer
Ulcer
10038424 DC Risk For Impaired Negative Psychological Status
Psychological
Status
10040945 DC Risk For Negative Quality of Life
Quality Of Life
10045532 DC Risk For Radiation Radiation Exposure
Exposure
10046449 DC Risk For Radiation Radiation Injury
Injury
10021774 DC Risk for Conflicting Negative Religious Belief
Religious Belief
10015292 DC Risk For Relocation Relocation Stress
Stress
10023176 DC Risk For Impaired Impaired Reproductive System Process
Reproductive
Function
10037346 DC Risk For Impaired Impaired Respiratory System Process
Respiratory System
Function
10039877 DC Risk For Negative Response To Nurse-Controlled Analgesia
Response To
Nurse-Controlled
Analgesia
10039865 DC Risk For Negative Response To Patient-Controlled Analgesia
Response To
Patient-Controlled
Analgesia
10041685 DC Risk For Impaired School Performance
School
Performance
10015318 DC Risk For Self Self Mutilation
Mutilation
10015237 DC Risk For Impaired Skin Integrity
Skin Integrity
10037615 DC Risk For Impaired Sleep Process
Sleep
10047213 DC Risk For Social Social Isolation
Isolation
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10015325 DC Risk For Spiritual Spiritual Distress
Distress
10015339 DC Risk For Sudden Sudden Infant Death
Infant Death
10015341 DC Risk For Suffocation
Suffocation
10015356 DC Risk For Suicide Suicide
10015244 DC Risk For Impaired Impaired Thermoregulation
Thermoregulation
10017281 DC Risk For Ineffective Tissue Perfusion
Tissue Perfusion
10045521 DC Risk For Exposure Second Hand Smoke Exposure
To Second Hand
Smoke
10032408 DC Risk For Transfer Transfer Injury
Injury
10015360 DC Risk For Trauma Trauma
10015259 DC Risk For Post Trauma Response
Trauma Response
10037586 DC Risk for Being Underweight
Underweight
10026848 DC Risk For Urge Urge Incontinence
Incontinence Of
Urine
10045453 DC Risk For Impaired Impaired Urinary System Process
Urinary System
Function
10042201 DC Risk To Be Victim Victim Of Child Abuse
Of Child Abuse
10044406 DC Risk To Be Victim Victim of Child Neglect
Of Child Neglect
10042238 DC Risk To Be Victim Victim Of Elder Abuse
Of Elder Abuse
10044434 DC Risk To Be Victim Victim Of Elder Neglect
Of Elder Neglect
10042303 DC Risk To Be Victim Victim Of Intimate Partner Violence
Of Intimate Partner
Violence
10044452 DC Risk To Be Victim Victim Of Neglect
Of Neglect
10022487 DC Risk For Violence Violence
10041587 DC Risk For Vomiting Vomiting
10023182 DC Risk For Unintended Pregnancy
Unintended
Pregnancy
10015285 DC Risk For Powerlessness
Powerlessness
10015302 DC Risk For Self Self Destructive Behaviour
Destructive
Behaviour
10015394 F Powerlessness Negative Emotion: Feeling of lack of control of a current
situation or immediate happening, reduced capacity to
choose, inability to act due to the understanding that
oneâ€™s own actions will not significantly affect an
outcome.
10015409 A Praising Relating: Expressing approval or admiration of somebody
or something.
10015413 F Prayer Spiritual Behaviour
10040572 F Preference Belief
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10015421 F Pregnancy Reproductive System Process: Condition of growing and
nurturing a developing foetus in body lasting from
approximately 266 days period to birth from the day of
fertilisation, pregnancy is normal, healthy but involving
rapidly and inevitable changes of the body functions,
onset of pregnancy is indicated with cessation of
menses, morning sickness, enlargement of the breasts,
pigmentation of the nipples.
10025213 IC Pregnancy Preventing: Actions to prevent growing of family such as
Prevention use of birth prevention strategies.
10025221 IC Pregnancy Promoting: Actions and behavioural processes of
Promotion enhancing impregnation and the physiological process of
conception such as monitoring ovulation through basal
body temperature and other physiological indicators.
10015450 F Pre Menstrual Visceral Pain: Signal of commencement of menstruation
Tension in the last few days of the menstrual cycle, nervous
tension, irritability, weight gain, oedema, headache,
mastalgia, dysphoria and lack of concentration before
onset of menstruation; characteristics are disappearing
after the first or second day of the menstruation period.
10032412 F Prenatal Care Regime
Regime
10025910 T Prenatal Period Event or Episode
10015466 F Preoccupation Impaired Belief: Dominating and engrossing the mind to
the exclusion of other thoughts or being mentally
distracted.
10025923 T Preoperative Period Event or Episode
10015478 A Preparing Performing: Getting or making somebody or something
ready.
10037490 IC Post Mortem Care Preparing
10045495 IC Preparing Child For Preparing
Sibling Role
10015484 IC Preparing Skin Preparing
Before Operation
10015497 T Pre School Childhood
Childhood
10015506 J Prescribed State Prescription State
10015510 A Prescribing Ordering: Designating the use of a remedy or regimen,
directing the administration of a remedy or treatment.
10015523 IC Prescribing Prescribing
Medication
10015534 J Prescription State State
10046630 F Presence Of Presence
Corrective Device
10046648 F Presence Of Presence
Implantable Cardiac
Device
10046624 J Presence Status
10015575 A Presencing Relating: Being available in times of need.
10015581 T Present Time Point Or Time Interval
10015599 A Pressing Performing: Putting pressure onto something using
fingers and hands, ability to exert pressure on an object
using hands.
10015608 F Pressure Physical Dimension
10041560 M Pressure Relieving Mattress
Mattress
10015612 F Pressure Ulcer Ulcer: Damage, inflammation, or sore to the skin or
underlying structures as a result of tissue compression
and inadequate perfusion.
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10032420 IC Pressure Ulcer Ulcer Care
Care
10040194 M Pressure Ulcer Therapy
Prevention
10015620 A Preventing Attending: Stopping or hindering something from
happening.
10015631 IC Preventing Preventing
Chemical Injury
Constipation
10015649 IC Preventing Cross Preventing
Infection
Electrical Injury
10036916 IC Preventing Infection Preventing
10015665 IC Preventing Laser Preventing
Injury
10015677 IC Preventing Latex Preventing
Allergy
Mechanical Injury
Radiation Injury
10038652 IC Relapse Prevention Preventing
10015704 IC Preventing Thermal Preventing
Injury
10024953 IC Violence Prevention Preventing
10015715 F Prevention Role Role: Acting to keeping or averting something from
happening.
10015727 F Pride Emotion: Feelings of elation and satisfaction at
achievements, qualities and possessions that do one
credit and opinion of oneâ€™s worth and importance.
10015736 A Prioritising Planning: Ordering something into terms of precedence
in rank.
10024438 IC Prioritising Prioritising
(treatment) Regime
10015743 L Prison Social Structure: Structure designed and constructed to
house prisoners, a place of confinement for accused or
convicted persons.
10015758 F Privacy Patient Right
10024845 F Privacy For Spiritual Privacy
Behaviour
10034409 F Procedure Event Or Episode
10015762 F Process Phenomenon: A series of functions or actions bringing
about a result.
10015770 A Profiling Identifying: Systematically identifying health behaviours
and needs of a population.
10015789 J Progress State
10040540 M Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique
Relaxation
10015791 F Promiscuity Impaired Sexual Behaviour: Actions of engaging in
sexual activity indiscriminately or with many partners with
the risk of spreading sexually transmitted diseases.
10037379 IC Promoting Physical Promoting
Mobility
10050366 IC Promoting Self Promoting
Bathing
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Toileting
10041157 IC Promoting Ability To Promoting
Self Transfer
10037783 IC Promoting Promoting
Acceptance Of
Health Status
10015801 A Promoting Assisting: Helping to begin or advance something for
somebody.
Adherence To
Exercise Regime
Medication
Adherence
Medication
Adherence Using
Pillbox
Adherence To
Regime
10037691 IC Promoting Bladder Promoting
Routine
10037689 IC Promoting Bowel Promoting
Routine
Breastfeeding
Education In The
Community
Caregiver Child
Attachment
Caregiver Role
10032454 IC Promoting Child Promoting
Development
Diversional Therapy
Exclusive
Breastfeeding
10040834 IC Promoting Exercise Promoting
10036078 IC Promoting Family Promoting
Support
10037643 IC Promoting Use Of Promoting
Glasses
10032465 IC Promoting Health Promoting
Seeking Behaviour
Hip Protectors
10024440 IC Promoting Hope Promoting
10032477 IC Promoting Hygiene Promoting
10035374 IC Promoting Infant Promoting
Development
10026334 IC Promoting Limit Promoting
Setting
10024472 IC Promoting Use of Promoting
Memory Technique
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10032483 IC Promoting Oral Promoting
Hygiene
10035936 IC Promoting Effective Promoting
Coping
Bowel Elimination
Family
Communication
Family Process
Parenting
10032505 IC Promoting Positive Promoting
Psychological
Status
Relationships
Thermoregulation
Urinary Elimination
Progressive Muscle
Relaxation
Technique
Awareness
Care
Efficacy
Esteem
Management Of
Symptom
10035361 IC Promoting Skin To Promoting
Skin Technique
10024464 IC Promoting Social Promoting
Support
10038300 IC Promoting Spiritual Promoting
Support
10037636 IC Promoting Walking Promoting
Using Device
10015829 L Prone Body Position
10015838 F Prophylactic Phenomenon
10015840 L Prostate Male Reproductive Body Part
10015855 M Prosthetic Device Corrective Device
10015864 A Protecting Preventing: Keeping somebody or something safe from
something or taking precautions against something.
10026368 IC Protecting Cultural Protecting
Beliefs
10015886 IC Protecting Patient Protecting
Before Operation
During
Neurosurgical Act
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Record And
Belonging
Right
10026381 IC Protecting Religious Protecting
Beliefs
10043976 F Proteinuria Impaired Urinary System Process
10015926 M Protocol Plan
10015935 A Providing Distributing: Making something ready for somebody.
10039025 IC Providing Bedtime Providing
Routine
10046973 IC Providing Self Providing
Management
Support To
Caregiver
10027051 IC Providing Emotional Providing
Support
10026375 IC Providing Family Providing
Anticipatory
Guidance
10041161 IC Providing Food Providing
10032522 IC Providing Health Providing
Promotion Service
10032533 IC Providing Health Providing Health Promotion Service
Promotion Service
For Child
Development
10024493 IC Providing Providing
Instructional
Material
Medication List
Medication
Schedule
10043205 IC Providing Memory Providing
Device
10046465 IC Providing Nursing Providing
Care Coordination
10050247 IC Providing Palliation Providing
10043003 IC Providing Pillbox Providing
10038509 IC Providing Adequate Providing
Water Supply
10050281 IC Providing Pressure Providing
Relieving Mattress
10026399 IC Providing Privacy Providing
10024504 IC Providing Privacy Providing
for Spiritual
Behaviour
10024527 IC Providing Safety Providing
Devices
10046960 IC Providing Self Providing
Management
Support
10027046 IC Providing Social Providing
Support
10027067 IC Providing Spiritual Providing
Support
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Supporting Device
10039714 IC Providing Surface Providing
Neurostimulating
Device
10043589 IC Providing Talking Providing
Pillbox
10015942 L Proximal Proximal Distal Position
10015957 L Proximal Distal Position
Position
10015961 F Psychological Process
Process
10015974 F Psychological Psychological Process
Response
10041797 F Psychological Psychological Response
Response To
Ostomy
Response To Pain
Response To
Teaching
10015988 F Psychological Status
Status
10016008 F Psychomotor Nervous System Process: Ordination of movement in
Activity conscious mental activities, voluntary ways of moving
and mobilising body apparatus requiring some degree of
neuromuscular co-ordination.
10016012 F Psychomotor Child Development: Natural evolutive process. It
Development integrates coordination, communication, socialization and
mobility aspects. Ability of persons to interact with the
environment through behaviours.
10016020 F Psychosocial Psychological Response
Response To
Instruction
10022309 F Psychosocial Psychosocial Response To Instruction
Response To
Instruction About
Exercise
Response To
Instruction About
Medication
Response To
Instruction About
Nutrition
Response To
Instruction About
Pain
Response To
Instruction About
Wound
Response To Pain
Management
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Response To Plan
Of Care
Response To
Procedure
10016096 F Psychosocial Social Structure
Structure
10016106 L Pubic Region Body Region
10016110 L Public Building Building: Structure designed and constructed to support
the public infrastructure and systems such as
government, education, health, utilities, transportation,
communication and civil protection.
10016123 L Pulmonary Artery Artery
10044084 A Pulmonary Resuscitation
Resuscitating
10044097 IC Pulmonary Pulmonary Resuscitation
Resuscitation
10032551 M Pulse Oximeter Device
10016134 F Pulse Rate Rate
10016147 F Puncture Wound Traumatic Wound: Wound that pierces the skin caused
by a sharp pointed object.
10016152 A Puncturing Inserting: Driving or forcing a needle into a blood vessel
or body cavity to draw or remove substances.
10016168 IC Venepuncture Puncturing
10016175 F Pupillary Reflex Reflex
10016181 A Purifying Disinfecting: Acting as an antiseptic, ridding something of
impurities.
10016199 A Putting On Clothes Getting Dressed or Undressed: Choosing and getting of
clothes, putting on clothes, buttoning and fastening of
clothes on upper as well as lower body, using of zippers,
putting on socks, stockings, footwear e.g. shoes and
boots.
10016201 A Putting On Or In Installing: Placing, putting, fitting appliances, equipment
etc. in position for use.
10016217 IC Putting On Or In Putting On Or In
Haemostatic Agent
10043280 F Heartburn Impaired Gastrointestinal System Process
10040643 F Quality Of Life Status
10016229 M Questionnaire Communication Device
10016238 M Quilt Blanket
10016240 F Racism Discrimination: Partiality or prejudice based on race.
10016255 F Radial Pulse Rate Pulse Rate
10016264 F Radiation Environmental Process: Emission of energy as
electromagnetic waves or as moving particles influencing
10016272 F Radiation Exposure Radiation
10016286 F Radiation Injury Injury
10016293 M Radiation Therapy Therapy
10016303 L Radiology Health Care Department
Department
10016319 L Railway Construction: System of railroad tracks and stations.
10041541 M Raised Edge Mattress
Mattress
10016335 F Rape Trauma Trauma: Physical and psychological condition after
forced participation in sexual relations or intercourse..
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10016357 F Rape Trauma Trauma Response: Maladaptive response that occurs to
Response the victim after a rape associated with disorganising
lifestyle and long term process of reorganisation of
lifestyle.
10023124 F Rapport Relationship
10016388 F Rash Impaired Aggregate of Entity: Skin eruption of erythema
of different colours and protuberance, local oedema,
urticaria, vesicles and itching.
10016390 F Rate Status
10016405 F Ratio Status
10035650 F Readiness For Readiness
Discharge
10038610 F Readiness For Readiness
Smoking Cessation
10038154 F Readiness For Self Readiness
Disclosure About
Health Status
10046863 F Readiness For Self Readiness
Management
10016414 F Readiness Status: Of being prepared or available for action or
progress.
10016422 F Readiness To Readiness
Learn
10016433 M Reading Material Communication Device
10042632 IC Acupressure Acupressure Therapy
Therapy
10036260 IC Anger Management Anger Management Therapy
Therapy
10039284 IC Anticoagulation Anticoagulation Therapy
Therapy
10039162 IC Art Therapy Art Therapy
10041784 IC Use Aseptic Aseptic Technique
Technique
10039158 IC Assistive Device Assistive Device Therapy
Therapy
10045219 IC Use Bladder Bladder Training Technique
Training Technique
10039311 IC Blood Therapy Blood Therapy
10034421 F Body Process Body Process
Diagnosis And
Outcome
10043543 IC Use Bowel Training Bowel Training Technique
Technique
10050299 IC Use Calming Calming Technique
Technique
10044583 IC Chemotherapy Chemotherapy
10046477 IC Chest Chest Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy
10035147 IC Compression Compression Therapy
Therapy
10035825 IC Crisis Management Crisis Therapy
10036202 IC Use De-escalation De-escalation Technique
Technique
10035802 IC Delusion Delusion Management
Management
10042904 IC Diabetic Foot Ulcer Diabetic Foot Ulcer Prevention
Prevention
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10016446 OC Diagnosis And Diagnosis And Outcome Phenomenon
Outcome
10039232 IC Distraction Distraction Technique
10039348 IC Diversional Therapy Diversional Therapy
10039324 IC Electrolyte Therapy Electrolyte Therapy
10040211 IC Fall Prevention Fall Prevention
10039330 IC Fluid Therapy Fluid Therapy
10035818 IC Hallucination Hallucination Management
Management
10039353 IC Humour Therapy Humour Therapy
10039209 IC Hydrotherapy Hydrotherapy
10044819 IC Inhalation Therapy Inhalation Therapy
10044963 IC Intimate Partner Intimate Partner Violence Therapy
Violence Therapy
10016451 M Reality Orientation Therapy
Therapy
10035152 IC Light Therapy Light Therapy
10039189 IC Massage Therapy Massage Therapy
10050252 IC Milieu Therapy Milieu Therapy
10029388 OC Improved Diagnosis Negative Diagnosis And Outcome
And Outcome
10042388 IC Use Motivational Motivational Interviewing Technique
Interviewing
Technique
10039170 IC Music Therapy Music Therapy
10016467 OC Negative Diagnosis Diagnosis And Outcome
And Outcome
10034432 OC Non Body And Non Diagnosis And Outcome Phenomenon
Psychological
Diagnosis And
Outcome
10037501 IC Osteoporosis Osteoporosis Prevention
Prevention
10039369 IC Oxygen Therapy Oxygen Therapy
10039629 IC Play Therapy Play Therapy
10016479 OC Positive Diagnosis Diagnosis And Outcome
And Outcome
10040224 IC Pressure Ulcer Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Prevention
10034445 OC Psychological Psychological Process
Process Diagnosis
And Outcome
10041072 IC Reality Orientation Reality Orientation Therapy
Therapy
10044992 IC Use Relaxation Relaxation Technique
Technique
10039191 IC Relaxation Therapy Relaxation Therapy
10039376 IC Reminiscence Reminiscence Therapy
Therapy
10044985 IC Use Risk Reduction Risk Reduction Technique
Technique
10041086 IC Smoking Cessation Smoking Cessation Therapy
Therapy
10035467 IC Use Supportive Positioning Technique
Positioning
10044764 IC Traction Therapy Traction Therapy
10039143 IC Traditional Therapy Traditional Therapy
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10041135 IC Use Transfer Transfer Technique
Technique
10041142 IC Transfer Technique Use Transfer Technique
Using Lifting
Apparatus
10039382 IC Validation Therapy Validation Therapy
10016480 A Reassuring Supporting: allaying fear and restoring confidence.
10016498 A Recording Describing: Stating a piece of evidence or information
constituting an account of something that has occurred or
been said.
10016511 L Recovery Room Health Care Department
10016507 F Recovery Status: Remove, regain strength, return to health, normal
condition or livelihood.
10016524 F Recreational Environmental Entity: Land used for public recreation and
Development sport.
10016530 M Recreational Device Device
10016548 L Rectum Body Cavity
10016553 L Rectal Route Body Route
10016569 M Rectal Tube Gastrointestinal Tube
10016576 A Referring Coordinating: Sending on or directing a person to
someone or something.
10039485 IC Referring To Referring
Breastfeeding
Education Class
During Prenatal
Period
Breastfeeding
Support Group
10032567 IC Referring To Health Referring
Care Provider
Community Meals
Service
Community Service
Education Service
Emergency Service
Enterostomal
Therapy Nurse
10032580 IC Referring To Family Referring
Planning Service
10024536 IC Referring To Family Referring
Therapy
Financial Service
Funeral Service
10044554 IC Referring To Health Referring
Aide Service
10038371 IC Referring To Home Referring
Care
Housing Service
10026404 IC Referring To Legal Referring
Service
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Nutritionist
Occupational
Therapy
Physical Therapy
Podiatrist
Religious Service
10038787 IC Referring To Self Referring
Help Service
10046939 IC Referring To Self Referring
Management
Service
10043128 IC Referring To Social Referring
Worker
Speech Therapy
Service
Support Group
Therapy
10016582 F Reflex Physical Response
10026853 F Reflex Incontinence Urinary Incontinence: Involuntary loss of urine occurring
at somewhat predictable intervals when bladder volume
is reached.
10016609 F Regime Plan
10016613 A Regulating Controlling: Adjusting something to get the desired result.
10016621 F Regulatory System Body Process
Process
10016632 F Regurgitation Impaired Gastrointestinal System Process: Backward
flow or return of swallowed food into mouth, inability to
withhold backward flow of substance from stomach to
airway accompanied by inhaling of stomach content into
the airway.
10016645 A Rehabilitating Restoring: Reinstating effective functions or normal life
by training, especially after illness.
10032611 F Rehabilitation Regime
Regime
10026436 IC Reinforcing Reinforcing
Capabilities
10050309 IC Reinforcing Reinforcing Capabilities
Communication
Achievements
10016650 A Reinforcing Supporting: Strengthening something or somebody.
Adherence
Behavioural
Regime
10036107 IC Reinforcing Impulse Reinforcing
Control
10036512 IC Reinforcing Muscle Reinforcing
or Joint Exercise
Technique
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Personal Identity
Physical Therapy
Regime
10036176 IC Reinforcing Positive Reinforcing
Behaviour
10026188 IC Reinforcing Priority Reinforcing
Setting
10022537 IC Reinforcing Self Reinforcing
Efficacy
10016666 T Relapse Event or Episode: Recurrence of disease or condition in
which complete treatment had been achieved,
reappearance of previous symptoms, fall back into
undesirable condition or habit, history of completion of
treatment in previous episodes, some period of time
before symptoms/ condition/ habit reappear.
10016678 A Relating Attending: Establishing or continuing connection with one
or more individuals, to interact.
10016684 F Relationship Psychosocial Structure
10032624 F Relationship Status Status
10026750 J Relative Judged State
State
10016700 M Relaxation Technique
Technique
10039297 M Relaxation Therapy Therapy
10016716 A Relieving Treating: Lessening, ending or removing something.
10016728 F Religious Belief Belief: Personal conviction and disposition to retain and
abandon actions taking into account oneâ€™s religious
opinion and principles, religious faith which pervades,
integrates and transcends oneâ€™s biological and
psychosocial nature.
10016737 F Religious Service Service
10016744 F Relocation Stress Impaired Psychological Response: Disposition taken to
manage physiological and psychological disturbances as
a result of moving from one environment to another.
10016759 M Reminiscence Therapy
Therapy
10016763 A Removing Performing: Taking something off or taking something
down.
10032630 IC Removing Suture Removing
10032648 IC Removing Wound Removing
Clip
10016771 A Reporting Describing: Making an account or summation of events
or observations.
10016785 IC Reporting Arterial Reporting
Blood Gas Result
10016802 IC Reporting Reporting
Implantable Device
10046653 IC Reporting Presence Reporting
Of Implantable
Cardiac Device
10016825 IC Reporting Status To Reporting
Family Member
10042645 IC Reporting Status To Reporting
Interprofessional
Team
10016839 IC Reporting Test Reporting
Result
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10016841 F Reproductive Body System
System
10016856 L Reproductive Body System Component
System Component
10016860 F Reproductive Body Process: Capacity of female and male to participate
System Process in reproduction of a live child which presupposes female
and male fertility, intercourse which presupposes normal
female and male reproductive systems or methods of
artificial fertilisation.
10016873 A Requesting Coordinating: Asking somebody to do something, order
something.
10016887 L Residential Building Building: Structures designed and constructed for human
dwelling, residence and homes, shelter providing
protection and space for humans.
10016894 F Residential Environmental Entity: Land used for building homes and
Development structures designed for human dwelling, houses,
apartments, urban and suburban housing.
10050402 F Resilience Status
10016904 F Respiration Rate Rate: Rate of respirations usually as breaths per minute.
10016915 F Respiration Rhythm Rhythm
10032653 F Respiratory Acid Base Imbalance
Acidosis
10032669 F Respiratory Acid Base Imbalance
Alkalosis
10016958 M Respiratory Device Device
10016962 F Respiratory Status Status
10016970 F Respiratory System Body System
10016989 L Respiratory System Body System Component
Component
10016991 F Respiratory System Body Process: Continuous process of molecular
Process exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide from lungs to
cellular oxidation regulated by brain centre for
respiration, bronchial and aorta receptors as well as a
mechanism for diffusion.
10037085 M Respiratory Therapy
Therapy
10017004 A Responding Action: Reply, answer, to act in return.
10017015 F Response To Response To Medication
Anaesthesia
10017027 F Response To Blood Response To Treatment
Product
10033404 F Response To Response To Treatment
Enteral Nutrition
10017036 F Response To Fluid Response To Treatment
Therapy
Medication
10039854 F Response To Response To Pain Management
Nurse-Controlled
Analgesia
10034450 F Response To Pain Response To Treatment
Management
Parenteral Nutrition
10039849 F Response To Response To Pain Management
Patient-Controlled
Analgesia
Procedure
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Therapy
Thermoregulation
10017070 F Response To Physical Response
Treatment
Ventilatory Weaning
10017091 F Responsiveness Status: Reactions to a stimulus.
10017129 F Resting Behaviour Behaviour
10017117 F Resting Dyspnoea Dyspnoea: Shortness of breath while at rest and in
comfortable positions.
10017138 F Restlessness Hyperactivity: Sensation of uneasiness, tiredness and
itching deep within muscles sometimes associated with
muscle twisting and tingling sensation of pain.
10017140 A Restoring Treating: Bringing back to a former or original condition,
renewing, reviving mental and physical rejuvenation.
10017155 A Restraining Restricting: Keeping somebody or something within
bounds.
10017164 M Restraint Immobilising Device
10039638 F Physical Restraint Safety Regime
Management
Regime
10017172 A Restricting Controlling: Keeping somebody or something within
physical bounds.
10017186 F Result Artefact: Consequence or effect of something, outcome.
10017193 A Resuscitating Restoring: Making somebody or something revive to life.
10017206 L Retrobulbar Route Body Route
10017210 F Rhythm Status
10017223 L Rib Bone
10017234 L Right Left Right Position
10017247 A Rinsing Washing: Washing lightly with clean water or other liquid
in order to remove unwanted substances.
10017252 J Potential for Risk Phenomenon: The possibility of loss or problem, a
problem is expected to occur with a certain probability,
potential negative state.
10038794 M Risk Reduction Technique
Technique
10017299 T Rite Of Passage Event or Episode: Ceremonial acts customarily
performed to acknowledge the movement from one
phase of life to another.
10017309 F Ritual Tradition
10017313 L Road Construction: Course or path for motor vehicles and
people to travel.
10017321 F Role Characteristic: Interacting according to implicit or explicit
set of expectations, rules and standards of behaviour
expected by others.
10017332 F Role Of Entity Role
10017345 F Group Role Role Of Entity: Group members interacting according to
set of expectations, rules and standards of behaviour
expected by others.
10017350 F Individual Role Role of Organism
10017366 F Role Of Organism Role Of Entity
10017378 F Process Role Role
10017384 F Routine Collection of Processes: Detailed course of action
followed regularly, a set of customary procedures or
activities, unvarying or habitual set of action.
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10017397 A Rubbing Manipulating: Moving ones hand or other object with firm
pressure over the surface of the body.
10017402 L Sacrum Body Region
10017418 F Sadness Negative Emotion: Feelings of low spirit, melancholy
associated with lack of energy.
10017425 M Safety Device Device
10017439 A Safety Measure Protecting: Performing activities directed towards
preventing and avoiding accidents, hazards or
endangerment known specifically to cause damage and
harm, performing actives directed at maintaining
environmental safety, associated with use of protective
devices such as gloves and helmet.
10024026 F Safety Regime Regime
10017441 F Safety Role Role: Being safe, free from danger, risk, or injury.
10032676 F Safety Status
10032682 F Device Safety Safety
10017456 L Salivary Gland Gastrointestinal System Component: One of three pairs
of gland pouring serous fluid and mucous secretions into
mouth in order to add to digestive process.
10017460 F Salivation Secretory Process: Process of synthesis and secretion of
salvia from salivary and mucous glands in the mouth
containing water, mucin, salts and digestive enzyme
ptyalin; salvia serves to moisten oral cavity, to initiate
digestion of starches and to aid in chewing and
swallowing of food.
10017487 M Sanitary Towel Absorbing or Collecting Device
10038033 F Sanitation Status
10017494 L Scalp Body Region
10017500 F Scar Tissue Body Tissue: Contracted, firm avascular and pale tissue
of the body surface, decreased skin elasticity associated
with earlier skin disruption and healing.
10017516 F Scene Of Accident Role
10017528 A Scheduling Planning: Making a schedule, i.e. timetable.
10038741 IC Scheduling Follow Scheduling
Up Appointment
10017537 L School Social Structure: Structure designed and constructed for
education and training.
10037765 F School Attendance Attendance
10017544 T School Childhood Childhood
10038067 M School Health Health Service
Service
10017559 F School Ability: Capacity commensurate with age to meet the
Performance established standards for the school and the year in
which the student is studying; associated with the
student's health, learning ability, forms of study and the
quality of teaching.
10038219 F School Service Service
10017563 M Scissors Surgical Device
10017571 IC Screening Abuse Screening
10017585 A Screening Examining: Distinguishing between those who are
suffering from a disease or other phenomenon and those
who are not.
10032695 IC Screening Child Screening
Development
10045022 IC Screening For Screening
Depressed Mood
10037173 F Screening Follow Regime
Up
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10032703 IC Screening Hearing Screening
10035199 IC Screening Infant Screening
Before Discharge
10032719 IC Screening Infant Screening
Development
Alcohol Abuse
10046496 IC Screening For Drug Screening
Abuse
10017592 IC Screening Screening
Substance Abuse
Tobacco Use
10032726 IC Screening Patient Screening
10032735 IC Screening Vision Screening
10017603 L Scrotum Male Reproductive Body Part
10017619 A Scrubbing Cleaning: Rubbing hard, especially with a stiff brush.
10039640 F Seclusion Safety Regime
Management
Regime
10017626 F Secretory Process Body Process: Glandular discharge of a hormone,
chemical or liquid substance for a specific purpose into a
cavity, organ or blood or onto the surface of the skin.
10017635 F Secretory Body Substance
Substance
10040156 F Sedation Status
10046505 F Seizure Impaired Musculoskeletal System Process
10039655 F Seizure Safety Regime
Management
Regime
10017642 F Self Awareness Awareness: Realisation of dispositions of the person to
retain or abandon action i.e. first order reason for action.
10017657 F Self Bathing Bathing
10017661 F Self Care Self Performing Activity: Taking care of what is needed to
maintain oneself, keep oneself going and handle basic
individual and intimate necessities and activities in daily
life.
10017674 M Self Catheterisation Technique
Technique
10017688 F Self Consciousness Impaired Belief: Opinion of oneself being a person
separate and distinct from others, having personal
boundaries, being an individual with experiences, desires
and acts.
10017690 F Self Control Volition: Disposition taken to take care of what is needed
to maintain oneself, keeping oneself going, handle basic
individual and intimate necessities and activities in life.
10017707 F Self Destructive Impaired Behaviour: Performing of self initiated activities
Behaviour with the purpose of hurting or damaging oneself, violence
directed towards oneself.
10037670 F Self Disclosure Behaviour: Revealing of information by oral or written
communication
10017711 F Self Diverting Diverting: Taking care of and providing for activities with
the purpose entertainment, diversion, stimulation and
relaxation.
10024911 F Self Efficacy Belief
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10017724 F Self Esteem Self Image: Opinion of oneself and view on own worth
and capabilities, verbalisation of beliefs about oneself,
trust in oneself, verbalisation of self-acceptance and self-
limitation, challenging negative images of oneself,
acceptance of praise, encouragement as well as
constructive criticism.
10017730 F Self Feeding Feeding
10017748 F Self Dressing Or Getting Dressed Or Undressed
Undressing
10017753 F Self Grooming Grooming
10038760 F Self Help Service Community Service
10017769 F Self Hygiene Hygiene
10017776 F Self Image Belief: Conception or mental image one has of oneself.
10017782 F Self Lifting Elevating: Raising of body parts; including upper or lower
extremities or head to a higher position.
10046925 M Self Management Health Service
Service
10046956 F Self Management Phenomenon
Support
10046941 F Self Management Support Role
Support Role
10046837 F Self Management Self Performing Activity
10046844 F Self Management Self Management
Of Disease
10035255 F Self Management Self Management Of Disease
Of Risk For Disease
10046859 F Self Management Self Management
Of Symptoms
10046987 F Self Monitoring Performing
10017795 F Self Mutilation Self Destructive Behaviour: Performing of self-inflicted
but not lethal injury to oneself which produce tissue
damage, such as cuts and burns with the purpose of
hurting oneself or anxiety relief.
10017805 F Self Performing Performing
Activity
10032742 F Self Care Of Skin Self Care
10017814 F Self Toileting Toileting
10017822 F Self Transferring Transferring
10017833 F Self Turning Turning: Moving and changing body from side to side
and front to back.
10017846 F Self Washing Washing
10017851 F Senile Tremor Tremor: Fine quick quivering trembling, especially of the
hands, rhythmic head nodding usually increased
trembling during purposeful movements intensified by
anxiety, excitement, and self-consciousness primarily
occurring in elderly persons.
10024035 F Sensory Ability Ability
10024042 F Sensory Perception Perception
10017867 F Sensory System Body System
10017879 L Sensory System Body System Component
Component
10017880 F Separation Anxiety Anxiety: Feelings of fear and apprehension caused by
separation from familiar surroundings and significant
persons e.g. infants being separated from mother or
mother figure accompanied by crying, tears, mourning
reactions, lack of expressed emotion, detachment, denial
resignation.
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10017898 F Septic Shock Shock: Rapid peripheral circulatory failure caused by an
overwhelming infection accompanied with purulency and
bacillaemia.
10017908 F Service Collection Of Acts: Availability, allocation and distribution
of systems sustaining a public need and common
benefits among people.
10017912 A Setting Up Act Preparing: Placing something in position for use.
10025877 J Severe Severity
10025849 J Severity State
10017949 F Sexual Behaviour Behaviour
10017954 F Sexual Harassment Aggressive Behaviour: Sexually motivated actions of
physical or verbal violation of one or more others persons
exercising power and abridgement of the victimâ€™s
right to equal opportunity, privacy and freedom from
assault.
10017965 F Sexual Intercourse Performing: Sexual actions of two people usually of
opposite sex; sexual union with aim of mutual excitement
and orgasm.
10017977 F Sexual Process Reproductive System Process: Ability of participating in
sexual intercourse and for the male to ejaculate.
10017983 F Sexual Recovery Recovery
10017996 F Shame Negative Emotion: Feelings of loss of self-respect
caused by wrong, dishonourable or foolish behaviour of
oneself; feelings of shame are directed towards oneself
instead of directed towards others.
10018009 A Shampooing Cleaning: Washing with water and cleaning substance to
clean and remove microorganisms.
10018013 A Shaving Cutting: Cutting hair or beard.
10018021 L Sheltered Housing Supported Housing
10018032 L Sheltered Work Work Place
Place
10018045 F Shiver Thermoregulation: Involuntary trembling with muscle
contractions or twitching sensation of cold associated
with fall of body temperature below the thermostatic set
side effects of anaesthesia or chill phase of fever.
10018050 F Shock Impaired Circulatory System Process: Circulatory failure
of defective venous return to the heart with consequent
reduction in cardiac output, inadequate blood flow, loss
of circulatory volume, life-threatening cellular dysfunction
associated with intense anxiety, weakness, sweating,
shortness of breath, hypotension, arrhythmia, laryngeal
oedema, nausea and diarrhoea, dramatic drop in blood
pressure, coldness of skin, tachycardia and oliguria.
10018066 F Shopping Performing: Buying items necessary for maintaining daily
life; purchasing, trading or bartering for items needed for
the home.
10018078 F Short Term Memory Memory: Ability to recall recent events or experiences.
10041174 L Shoulder Body Region
10018084 M Shower Bathing Device
10018097 C Sibling Family Member
10018107 F Sibling Role Family Member Role
10024057 F Side Effect Phenomenon
10018111 F Side Effect Role Complication Role
10018124 F Sight Sensory Perception: Faculty of seeing due to responses
to stimuli from visual organs, capacity for sight.
10018130 F Sign Phenomenon
10037282 F Sign Of Discomfort Sign
10018148 F Sign Of Infection Sign
10018153 F Sign Role Role
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10024061 J Simple Complexity
10018176 C Single Parent Family: Make up consisting of either father, mother or
Family one caretaker and one or more children or other
dependents.
10021653 C Sister Sibling
10018182 F Sister Role Sibling Role
10018195 F Sitting Lowering: Moving and changing of body to upright sitting
position from laying or standing position.
10018202 T Situation Process
10018218 J Size State
10018225 F Skill Learning Learning: Acquisition of mastering of practical abilities
associated with training, drilling and exercising.
10018239 L Skin Integumentary System Component: Supple tough
outermost natural surface of the body with functions
related to elasticity, texture and thickness in order to
keep the keratinised covering layer intact, hydrated,
smooth, neither extremely cold nor warm.
10032757 IC Skin Care Action
10032761 F Skin Care Regime Regime
10018241 F Skin Integrity Integrity
10035357 M Skin To Skin Technique
Technique
10018256 F Skin Wound Wound
10018260 L Skull Bone
10041399 F Sleep Body Process: Recurring lowering of bodily activity
marked by reduced consciousness, not awake
accompanied with, not aware, depressed metabolism,
immobile posture, diminished bodily activity, diminished
but readily reversible sensitivity to external stimuli.
10018294 F Sleep Walking Impaired Sleep: Motor activity when asleep usually
culminating in the person leaving bed to walk around
while sleeping lasting from minutes to half an hour, no
recall of episode when awake associated with fatigue,
stress and anxiety.
10018304 F Slurred Speech Dysphasia: Unclear enunciation of words, words are not
enunciated completely, words run together or are
partially eliminated; associated with weakness of
muscles of articulation, damage to nerve system, drug
usage or careless pronunciation.
10018315 J Small Size: Below average in size.
10018327 F Smell Sensory Perception: Faculty of smelling due to
responses to stimuli from olfactory organs, capacity to
smell odours.
10038815 T Smoking Cessation Event Or Episode
Date
10032774 M Smoking Cessation Therapy
Therapy
10018336 F Snake Bite Allergy Allergy
10018343 A Soaking Bathing: Causing something to absorb as much liquid as
possible.
10018358 M Soap Material
10018362 F Social Cohesion Social Process: A process or act of staying together.
10018391 F Socialisation Interactive Behaviour: Mutual social interchange,
participating in social activities.
10018370 A Social Isolating Life Protecting
Style Prevention
10018389 F Social Isolation Impaired Status
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10018406 F Social Process Process: Process by which individuals learn to live in
accordance with expectations and standards of a group
or society; acquiring beliefs, habits, values and accepted
modes of behaviour through imitation, family interaction
and educational systems; procedures by which a society
integrates individuals.
10018410 F Social Status Status
10018423 L Social Structure Artefact
10024074 F Social Support Phenomenon
10018434 F Social Support Act Supporting
10026979 F Social Support Role Support Role
10024088 M Social Worker Care Provider
10018468 F Social Worker Role Care Provider Role
10018475 M Social Worker Health Service
Service
10018481 F Soft Tissue Body Tissue
10018499 M Solution Material
10018512 F Somnolence Impaired Consciousness: Malignant sleepiness and
unnatural drowsiness.
10018520 F Spasticity Impaired Musculoskeletal System Process: Uncontrolled
contraction of skeletal muscles, increase in muscle tone,
stiff muscles and awkward movements.
10018531 F Specimen Entity
10018549 F Specimen Role Role Of Entity
10044565 M Speech Therapy Health Service
Service
10018554 M Speech Training Technique
Technique
10018565 F Spiritual Behaviour Behaviour
10018577 F Spiritual Belief Belief: Personal conviction and disposition to retain and
abandon actions taking into account the life principles
which pervades, integrates and transcends oneâ€™s
biological and psychosocial nature.
10018583 F Spiritual Distress Distress: Disruption in oneâ€™s beliefs about life,
questions about the meaning of life, associated with
questioning suffering, separation from religious or cultural
ties, change in beliefs or value systems, feelings of
intense suffering and anger against the deity.
10018596 F Spiritual Process Process
10018605 F Spiritual Role Process Role
10018614 F Spiritual Status Status
10027033 F Spiritual Support Phenomenon
10027014 F Spiritual Support Support Role
Role
10018633 M Splint Immobilising Device
10018646 F Spontaneous Abortion: Occurring without apparent cause or
Abortion intervention.
10018651 F Spontaneous Ventilation
Ventilation
10018667 M Spoon Feeding Device
10018680 F Spouse Role Family Member Role
10018698 F Sprain Impaired Musculoskeletal System Process: Trauma to a
joint that causes pain and disability, disrupted and painful
joint movement, tenderness, muscle spasm, swollen joint
swelling, discoloration, impaired function associated with
traumatic injury and tearing of connective tissue
surrounding a joint.
10018701 M Spray Material
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10018717 F Sputum Secretory Substance
10018729 A Stabilising Maintaining: Making something unlikely to change.
10018738 A Staging Categorizing: Determining the extent or progression of a
problem.
10018755 F Standing Elevating: Moving changing and positioning body in an
upright standing position.
10018764 J Started Progress: Begin or commence.
10042083 F Starvation Impaired Nutritional Status
10018786 J State Characteristic
10018793 F Status Characteristic: Condition of person relative to others, the
relative position of a person.
10018803 F Stepfather Role Father Role
10018819 F Stepmother Role Mother Role
10018826 A Sterilising Cleaning: Making something free of microorganisms.
10018835 F Stigma Impaired Belief: Practice of associating disgrace or
shame with others because of the presence of a
distinguishing factor; frequently associated with mental
illness, physical disability, religion or history of criminal
behaviour.
10018842 A Stimulating Performing: Inciting or rousing something.
10018857 L Stoma Body Opening
10032788 IC Stoma Care Action
10032790 F Stoma Care Regime
Regime
10018861 L Stomach Gastrointestinal System Component
10025437 C Street Child Child: Legal minor; runaway; orphaned or abandoned
child; focused on survival; inadequately protected,
supervised or directed by responsible adults; often
associated with lack of regular schooling, exposure to
environmental hazards, violence and abuse; and limited
or no contact with family members.
10025416 C Street Children Group
10018888 F Stress Impaired Status: Feeling of being tensed up and anxious
to an extent of being unable to function properly both
physically and mentally, feeling of discomfort, associated
with unpleasant experiences, associated with pain,
feeling of being physically and mentally tired, disturbance
of mental and physical state of an individual.
10026869 F Stress Incontinence Urinary Incontinence: Involuntary loss of small amounts
of urine or dribbling of urine occurring in relation to
increased abdominal pressure associated with sneezing,
laughing and lifting, hopping, running and exercising.
10038675 M Stress Management Technique
10018900 L Body Structure Structure
10018916 L Structure Entity
10018928 F Student Role Individual Role: Interacting according to identity and
responsibilities of being a student, expected behaviours
of being in school or participating in education; primarily
in relation to intellectual and personal development
through adolescence.
10018937 F Stupor Impaired Consciousness: Deep sleeping condition with
pain responses.
10018944 F Stuttering Dysphasia: Spasmodic enunciation of words, involving
excessive hesitations, stumbling and repetition of the
same syllables and prolonged sounds associated with
injury of organs of articulation, cerebral and
neuromuscular defects or emotional conditions.
10018959 L Subarachnoid Body Cavity
Space
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10024090 M Subcutaneous Injection Technique
Injection Technique
10018963 L Subcutaneous Body Route
Route
10018971 L Subcutaneous Integumentary System Component
Tissue
10041436 M Subcutaneous Infusion Device
Venous Port
10018985 L Sublingual Route Body Route
10019001 F Sucking Eating or Drinking: Drawing of liquids into mouth by use
of lip muscles and tongue for example drawing milk from
a breast or liquid from a nipple of a nursing bottle.
10019017 F Sucking Reflex Reflex: Infant establishment of proper attachment to
mother while sucking from motherâ€™s breast and being
nurtured, establishing contact, developing an
understanding of signals from mother, proper areolar
grasp, correct suck and tongue placement, audible
swallowing a minimum of 5-10 minutes per breast, letting
go of areolar grasp when satisfied.
10019029 M Suction Apparatus Transporting Device
10019038 A Suctioning Cleaning: Removing air or liquid from a vessel or cavity
so as to produce a partial vacuum in order to remove
something.
10044890 IC Suctioning the Suctioning
Airway
10019040 F Sudden Infant Death
Death
10019055 F Suffering Negative Emotion: Prolonged feelings of great sorrow
associated with martyrdom and the need to tolerate
devastating conditions e.g. chronic physical symptoms
such as pain, discomfort or damage chronic
psychological stress bad reputation or injustice.
10019064 F Suffocation Impaired Respiratory System Process: Interference with
entering of air into lungs, ceasing of respiration and
asphyxia.
10024100 F Suicidal Ideation Impaired Cognition
10019072 F Suicide Self Destructive Behaviour: Performing suicidal activities
which lead to death of self.
10039664 F Suicide Precaution Safety Regime
Management
Regime
10019086 F Sunlight Radiation: Light, hear, and vitalising energy source of the
solar system influencing life and development of human
beings.
10019093 A Supervising Monitoring: Overseeing the progress of somebody or
something.
10019103 L Supine Body Position
10019119 F Supply Environmental Process: Affordable, available sources
and distribution of basic supplies needed to sustain living
of people.
10019126 L Supported Housing Social Structure
10019135 M Support Group Group Therapy
Therapy
10032800 IC Supporting Ability Supporting
To Manage Regime
10019142 A Supporting Assisting: Giving social or psychological help to
somebody to succeed, keeping somebody or something
from failing and to bear the weight of and maintain in
position, hold up.
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10026458 IC Supporting Beliefs Supporting
10032816 IC Supporting Supporting
Breastfeeding
Caregiver
10032828 IC Supporting Supporting Caregiver
Caregiver During
Toilet Training
10032837 IC Supporting Supporting Caregiver
Caregiver During
Weaning
10024589 IC Supporting Decision Supporting
Making Process
10019157 M Supporting Device Device
Dignified Dying
10032844 IC Supporting Family Supporting
Coping Process
Decision Making
Process
Mourning Process
Mourning Process
10044531 IC Supporting Positive Supporting
Body Image
10044701 IC Supporting Bowel Supporting
Continence
10044698 IC Supporting Urinary Supporting
Continence
Psychological
Status
10024591 IC Supporting Spiritual Supporting
Rituals
10026491 IC Supporting Use Of Supporting
Traditional Therapy
10026980 F Support Role Role
10019174 A Suppressing Interrupting: Putting an end to the activity or existence of
something.
10019188 M Surface Device
Neurostimulating
Device
10019190 M Surgeon Care Provider
10019208 F Surgeon Role Care Provider Role
10019212 M Surgery Treating
10019220 M Surgical Device Device
10019231 M Surgical Drape Covering Device
10019249 F Surgical Recovery Recovery
10019254 L Surgical Site Body Region
10019265 F Surgical Wound Wound: Cut of tissue produced by sharp surgical
instrument to create an opening into a space the body, or
into an organ resulting in drainage of serum and blood,
expected to be clean i.e. not showing any signs of
infection or pus.
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10032863 IC Surgical Wound Wound Care
Care
10019277 A Surveillance Monitoring: Close observation of a person or group,
continuous monitoring.
10019283 A Surveying Monitoring: Scanning of somebody or something
repeatedly and regularly over time.
10019296 F Susceptibility Status
10019306 F Susceptibility To Susceptibility
Infection
10019310 F Suspicion Impaired Perception: Impression of the existence of
something which is not present, being tentatively without
clear grounds, the inclination to accuse mentally or to
doubt genuineness of truth.
10019323 M Suture Surgical Device
10019334 A Suturing Performing: Sewing up a wound.
10032871 IC Suturing Wound Suturing
10019347 F Swallowing Eating or Drinking: Passage of fluids and decomposed
food from mouth by movement of tongue and muscles
through throat and oesophagus to stomach.
10019352 M Swallowing Technique
Technique
10019368 F Symptom Phenomenon: Change in the body, subjective experience
of change in bodily sensation, function or appearance.
10019375 F Symptom Of Symptom
Infection
10038702 F Withdrawal Symptom
Symptom
10019381 F Symptom Role Role
10019399 M Syringe Transporting Device
10043246 L Systemic Vein Vein
10019404 F Taboo Belief: Prohibition from use, association or mention of
something; frequently associated with avoidance of
specific foods or behaviours.
10019415 F Tachycardia Arrhythmia: A fast heartbeat, abnormally rapid heart rate
greater than 100 beats per minute in adults.
10019427 A Taking Off Clothes Getting Dressed or Undressed: Removing of clothes by
unbuttoning, unfastening, and unzipping clothes on upper
as well as lower body; removing socks, stockings,
footwear; folding, hanging and putting clothes away such
as in a drawer or closet.
10019436 A Talking Communication: Conversing by means of spoken
language, articulating words.
10043570 M Talking Pill Box Pill Box
10019443 M Tampon Absorbing or Collecting Device
10019458 F Taste Sensory Perception: Faculty of tasting due to responses
to stimuli from gustatory organs, capacity to taste food
and drink.
10045005 IC Teaching About Teaching
Abuse
10024641 IC Teaching Teaching
Adaptation
Techniques For
Sensory Deficit
Allergic Reaction
Ambulation
Technique
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Anticoagulation
Therapy
Bladder Training
Bowel Training
10032885 IC Teaching About Teaching about Treatment Regime
Breast Care During
Postpartum Period
Breast Care During
Prenatal Period
Breastfeeding
Cardiac
Rehabilitation
Regime
Caregiver Child
Attachment
Cast Care
Cataract Care
Wound Dressing
Change
Chemotherapy
Chest
Physiotherapy
Childbirth
Child Safety
Peristomal Skin
Complications
Stoma
Complications
Contraceptive Use
Impulse Control
Symptom Control
Use Of Covering
Device
Denture Care
Device
Diabetic Ulcer Care
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Diet
Faecal
Disimpaction
Technique
Diversional Therapy
Drainage Tube
Care
Dying Process
10045046 IC Teaching About Ear Teaching
Care
Eating Pattern
Elimination
Giving An Enema
Energy
Conservation
Enteral Feeding
Enteral Tube Care
Environmental
Safety
Exercise
Eye Care
10040253 IC Teaching About Fall Teaching
Prevention
Family Planning
Family Process
Feeding Technique
Fluid Intake
Fluid Therapy
Foetal Development
Nutrition
Foot Care
Fracture Care
Haemodialysis
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Medication
Handling
Head Lice
Infestation
Health Seeking
Behaviour
Hearing Aid
Hospice
Hospitalisation
House Safety
Hygiene
Immobilisation
10024660 IC Teaching How To Teaching
Increase Activity
Tolerance
Infant Care
Infant Feeding
Inhalation Therapy
Colostomy Irrigation
Urinary Bladder
Irrigation
Urostomy Irrigation
Managing
Diarrhoea
Managing Fever
Managing Nausea
Managing Pain
Managing
Withdrawal
Symptoms
Managing Urinary
Incontinence
10032973 IC Teaching Infant Teaching
Massage
Measuring Blood
Pressure
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Measuring Body
Temperature
Measuring Radial
Pulse
Measuring
Respirations
Ventilator Care
Medication
Medication Side
Effects
10024673 IC Teaching Memory Teaching
Technique
10037474 IC Teaching About Teaching About Device
Mobilising Device
Alcohol Abuse
Dehydration
Drug Abuse
Infertility
Substance Abuse
Nephrostomy Care
Oedema
Oral Care
Osteoporosis
Prevention
Oxygen Therapy
Pacemaker
Pain
Parenteral Feeding
Disease
10039073 IC Teaching How To Teaching
Use Patient
Controlled
Analgesia
Perineal Care
Peritoneal Dialysis
Use Of Pill Box
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Smoking Cessation
Effective
Communication
Effective Parenting
Effective Weight
Postpartum Care
Pregnancy
Prenatal Care
Pressure Ulcer
Care
Pressure Ulcer
Prevention
Preventing Cross
Infection
Relapse Prevention
Procedure
Progressive Muscle
Relaxation
Technique
Radiation Therapy
Reality Orientation
Therapy
Treatment Regime
Rehabilitation
Relaxation
Technique
Risk Reduction
Technique
Safety Measures
Device Safety
Self Care
Self Help Service
Self Care Of Skin
Sexual Behaviour
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Sleep
Stoma Care
Stress Management
Use Of Supporting
Device
Second Hand
Smoke Exposure
Tobacco Use
Tracheostomy Care
Transfer Technique
Travel Health
Urinary Catheter
Care
Urinary System
Function
Urostomy Care
Vaccine
Vaginal Hygiene
Vitamin
Water Supply
Wound Care
Wound Healing
10019502 A Teaching Informing: Giving systematic information to somebody
about health related subjects.
Adaptation
Techniques
10039213 IC Teaching Breathing Teaching
Technique
10033086 IC Teaching Caregiver Teaching
10033093 IC Teaching Caregiver Teaching Caregiver
About Toilet
Training
10033103 IC Teaching Caregiver Teaching Caregiver
About Weaning
Community About
Disease
10036985 IC Teaching Family Teaching
About Blood
Therapy
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About Community
Services
About Delirium
About Device
About Diagnostic
Test
About Dietary
Regime
About Electrolyte
Therapy
About Fall
Prevention
About Fluid
Balance
About Fluid
Therapy
About Health
Seeking Behaviour
About Hygiene
Pattern
About Infant
Development
About Light
Therapy
About Managing
Pain
About Monitoring
Respiratory Status
About Disease
About Preventing
Cross Infection
About Preventing
Infection
10024656 IC Teaching Family Teaching about Treatment Regime
About Treatment
Regime
About Susceptibility
To Infection
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About
Thermoregulation
About Transfer
Technique
Caregiver About
Operation Before
Operation
10033126 IC Teaching Patient Teaching
10038226 IC Teaching School Teaching
Service About
Disease
10033135 IC Teaching Self Teaching
Catheterisation
10046994 IC Teaching Self Teaching
Monitoring
10019525 M Technique Treating
10019539 M Telephone Communication Device
10019541 M Television Communication Device
10019556 F Temperature Physical Dimension
10019560 F Tendency Status
10019573 F Tendency To Tendency
Wander
10019587 A Termination of Treating: Actions to terminate unplanned, unwanted or
Pregnancy life threatening pregnancy by abortion.
10019594 A Testing Evaluating: Trying out or making a trial of somebody or
something.
10019600 L Testis Male Reproductive Body Part
10019616 F Test Result Result
10019628 M Therapy Collection of Acts
10019637 F Thermal Injury Injury
10019644 F Thermoregulation Regulatory System Process: Controlling of heat
production and heat loss through physiological
mechanisms activated by hypothalamus, skin and body
temperature.
10019659 L Thigh Body Region
10019663 F Thinking Action: Process of sorting, ordering and classifying of
thoughts, thinking logically and presenting thoughts
through speech output; associated with being goal
directed, use of concept formation and change of mental
set.
10019671 F Thirst Perception: Sensation of desire for drink of water or other
fluid referred to mouth and throat, dry mucous membrane
in mouth and throat.
10019685 L Thoracic Cavity Body Cavity
10019692 L Thorax Body Region
10019709 F Thriving Process Growth: Condition of expected and normal weight gain
and growth especially in children, well-nourished and fit
body due to access to essential nutrients.
10019713 F Thrush Infection: Whitish coating associated with fungus
infection, whitish spots or shallow ulcers.
10019721 T Time Point Or Time Phenomenon
Interval
10019732 F Tissue Erosion Impaired Body Tissue Integrity: Loss of epidermis,
exposing dermal papilla.
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10019745 F Tissue Perfusion Vascular Process: Movement of blood through periphery
tissues for delivery of oxygen, fluids and nutrients at the
cellular level associated with skin temperature and
colour, diminishing of arterial pulse, changes in arterial
blood pressure, wound healing and growth of body hair.
10019750 F Tissue Perfusion Status
Status
10045509 F Second Hand Pollution
Smoke
10045513 F Second Hand Second Hand Smoke
Smoke Exposure
10019778 T Today Time Point Or Time Interval
10019784 T Toddler Period Childhood
10019797 L Toe Body Region
10019807 A Toileting Hygiene
10033142 A Toilet Training Training
10019811 T Tomorrow Time Point Or Time Interval
10019824 L Tongue Sensory System Component
10019830 L Tooth Bone
10019848 M Tooth Brace Orthotic Device
10019853 M Toothbrush Grooming Device
10033157 L Topical Route Body Route
10019869 F Tornado Natural Disaster: violent whirling wind accompanied by a
rapidly rotating, funnel-shaped cloud that usually
destroys everything along its narrow path influencing life
and development of human beings.
10019876 J Total Extent
10026876 F Total Urinary Urinary Incontinence
Incontinence
10019895 F Touch Sensory Perception: Faculty of feeling due to responses
to stimuli from tactile organs, capacity for orientation by
touch and pressure from tactile organs in integument.
10019905 A Touching Relating: Using oneâ€™s hands in purposeful tactile
contact.
10019914 M Toy Recreational Device
10019922 L Trachea Respiratory System Component
10019933 L Tracheostomy Stoma
10033161 IC Tracheostomy Care Action
10033174 F Tracheostomy Care Stoma Care Regime
Regime
10019946 L Tracheostomy Body Route
Route
10019951 M Tracheotomy Surgery
10019967 A Tracing Identifying: Observing, discovering or finding vestiges or
signs of somebody or something by investigating.
10019979 M Traction Device Device
10044755 M Traction Therapy Therapy
10019980 F Tradition Belief: Customs, rules, rituals, symbols and myths
handed down orally or by practice that function as a
means of unity across generations and history.
10019998 M Traditional Therapy Therapy: Culture bound health care practices based on
tradition, religion, ancestral and/or spiritual guidance;
varied beliefs for the cause of disease; utilizes various
indigenous methods of assessment and treatment with a
natural, spiritual, psychic or metaphysical approach and
can be of a curative, preventive, protective or
rehabilitative nature.
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10020007 A Training Instructing: Developing skills of somebody or functions of
something.
10020011 L Transdermal Route Body Route
10020024 F Transfer Injury Injury: Due to moving location.
10020030 A Transferring Positioning: Moving somebody or something from one
place to another.
10033188 IC Transferring Patient Transferring
10020048 M Transfer Technique Technique
10020053 M Transplantation Surgery
10020069 F Transportation Service: Provision of services appropriate available and
Service affordable to people for their transportation needs.
10020076 A Transporting Performing: Carrying or moving from one place to
another.
10020082 M Transporting Device Device
10033190 A Transporting Of Transporting
Device
10020095 IC Transporting Transporting
Patient
10020105 F Trauma Pathological Process
10020114 F Trauma Response Impaired Psychological Response
10020122 F Traumatic Wound Wound: Unexpected disruption of tissue of the body
surface associated with mechanical damage due to injury
or accident, irregular damage of skin, mucous
membranes or tissue, painful and sore tissue, drainage
and loss of serum and blood; associated with unclean,
dirty, infected tissue.
10033208 IC Traumatic Wound Wound Care
Care
10033212 F Travel Health Regime
Regime
10020133 A Treating Action: Caring by lessening, ending, removing or
restoring something.
10044646 IC Treating Allergic Treating
Reaction
10044729 IC Treating Treating
Constipation
10033220 IC Treating Injury Treating
10033231 IC Treating Skin Treating
Condition
10033249 IC Wart Treatment Treating
10024137 F Treatment Exhaustion
Exhaustion
10020146 F Tremor Impaired Musculoskeletal System Process: Rhythmic
purposeless quivering, trembling, involuntary alternating
of muscle contraction and relaxation by opposing groups
of skeletal muscles associated with increased trembling
during purposeful movements occurring in elderly
persons, in certain families and associated with genetic
disposition neuro-degenerative diseases.
10020151 L Trendelenburg Body Position
Position
10020167 M Trendelenburg Technique
Positioning
Technique
10020179 A Triaging Prioritising: Assigning degrees of urgency to decide the
order of treatments of wounds, illnesses etc.
10042958 IC Triaging Triaging
10020180 L Trunk Body Region
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10025934 F Trust Emotion: Feeling of confidence, believing in goodness,
strength and reliability of others.
10020200 F Tsunami Natural Disaster: Hugh ocean wave caused by an
underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption.
10020216 M Tube Transporting Device
10038584 IC Tuberculosis Screening
Screening
10041231 A Tuberculosis Screening
Screening
10020228 A Turning Positioning: Causing to move position so as to face in a
different direction.
10020237 F Ulcer Wound: Open sore or lesion, loss of deeper layer of
tissue, circumscribed crater like lesion, decreased blood
supply to the area, red granulation tissue, yellow fat
necrosis, wound odour, peri-wound soreness, pain,
sloughing of inflamed necrotic tissue associated with
inflammatory infectious or malignant process.
10033254 IC Ulcer Care Action
10033265 M Ultrasound Device Device
10020244 M Umbilical Clip Surgical Device
10020259 L Umbilical Region Body Region
10020263 F Underweight Impaired Weight
10020271 F Unemployment Rate: Relative rate of individuals being unable to secure
Rate gainful work or job.
10026732 L Unilateral Unilateral Bilateral Position
10027584 L Unilateral Bilateral Position
Position
10034478 F Unilateral Neglect Impaired Perception: Loss of ability to recognise one side
of the body or perceived lack of awareness of one side of
the body.
10020292 F Unintended Impaired Pregnancy
Pregnancy
10020302 L University Social Structure
10020318 F Unofficial Strike Industrial Conflict: Conflict not in accordance with system
of agreement in order to gain better working conditions;
usually by refusing to continue working.
10024144 F Unrealistic Expectation
Expectation
10020325 L Upper Lower Upper Position
10029293 L Upper Body Body Region
10020339 L Urethra Urinary System Component
10020341 L Urethral Route Body Route
10026882 F Urge Incontinence Urinary Incontinence: Involuntary loss of urine occurring
rapidly after a strong sense of urgency to void.
10020360 L Urinary Bladder Urinary System Component
10020373 M Urinary Catheter Catheter
10033277 IC Urinary Catheter Action
Care
10033283 F Urinary Catheter Regime
Care Regime
10020387 M Urinary Condom Transporting Device
10026663 F Urinary Continence Urinary Status
10046682 F Urinary Frequency Urinary Status
10034631 F Urinary Retention Urinary Status: Involuntary accumulation of urine in
bladder, incomplete emptying of bladder associated with
a loss of muscle function in bladder, side effects of
narcotics or damage to bladder.
10020413 L Urinary Sphincter Urinary System Component
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10026766 F Urinary Status Status
10020421 F Urinary System Body System
10020432 L Urinary System Body System Component
Component
10020445 F Urinary System Body Process: Passage and excretion of urine through
Process voiding usually during day time 4-6 times with an average
quantity excreted under ordinary dietary conditions of
approximately 1000 to 2000 ml per 24 hours.
10020450 F Urination Urinary System Process
10020478 F Urine Body Substance
10020484 M Urine Bag Absorbing or Collecting Device
10020497 M Urine Bottle Absorbing or Collecting Device
10020506 L Urostomy Stoma
10045274 IC Urostomy Care Action
10020510 L Urostomy Route Body Route
10020523 F Uterine Contraction Reproductive System Process: Rhythmic and painful
tightening of the musculature of the upper uterine
segment during birthing beginning mildly and gradually
more intense; occurring as frequently as every two
minute and lasting over one minute with function to
decrease size and completely dilate uterus and to
facilitate fetal decent.
10020534 F Uterine Expulsion Reproductive System Process: Painful uterine and
abdominal muscles contractions and expelling of infant,
placenta and membranes through birth canal during
labour until expulsion of the infant is completed, placenta
and membranes are expelled.
10020547 L Uterus Female Reproductive Body Part
10020552 A Vaccinating Performing: Introducing an antigen to stimulate
development of immunity of individuals and protect them
against a specific disease and inoculating with a vaccine.
10020568 M Vaccine Drug
10043924 F Vaginal Bleeding Bleeding
10020575 L Vagina Body Cavity
10043401 F Vaginal Hygiene Hygiene Pattern
Pattern
10020581 L Vaginal Route Body Route
10043320 F Vaginal Discharge Body Substance
10026644 M Validation Therapy Therapy
10020599 F Value Belief: Dispositions to retain and abandon actions taking
into account oneâ€™s opinions of what is good and bad.
10020608 F Vandalism Crime: Intentional and needless damage to or destruction
of property.
10034484 M Vascular Access Device
Device
10020612 F Vascular Pain Pain: Sensation of pain stemming from vascular system
as result of vascular dilatation or vascular insufficiency
maybe reported as throbbing or pounding pain.
10020620 F Vascular Process Circulatory System Process: Pumping of blood through
central arteries and veins and periphery capillary blood
vessels.
10020631 F Vasogenic Shock Shock: Rapid peripheral circulatory failure as a reaction
to marked vasodilatation.
10020649 M Vasopneumatic Device
Device
10020654 M Vehicle Mobilising Device
10020665 L Vein Blood Vessel
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10044596 F Venous Blood Specimen
Specimen
10020677 M Venous Cannula Cannula
10020683 F Venous Ulcer Ulcer: Circumscribed crater like lesion usually situated
above malleolus on leg, peri-wound oedema, peri- wound
dry, flaking brown or discoloured skin,
lipodermatosclerose, skin atrophy, exanthem, pain and
wound pain associated with chronic venous insufficiency,
damaged venous flaps and decreased return of venous
blood from legs to trunk.
10020696 A Ventilating Performing: Causing air to move freely through.
10020704 F Ventilation Respiratory System Process: Moving air into and out of
the lungs with a certain respiratory rate and rhythm,
depth of inspiration and strength of expiration.
10020715 M Ventricular Tube Tube
10020727 A Verifying Evaluating: Establishing the truth or correctness of
something.
10020736 IC Verifying Allergy Verifying
10020743 IC Verifying Consent Verifying
Before Operation
10033296 IC Verifying Death Verifying
10036549 IC Medication Managing Medication Regime
Reconciliation
10020758 IC Verifying Patient Verifying
Before Operation
10046669 IC Verifying Presence Verifying
Of Corrective
Device
10020770 IC Verifying Surgical Verifying
Act Site And
Laterality
10042175 F Victim Of Child Victim
Abuse
10044391 F Victim Of Child Victim Of Neglect
Neglect
10042217 F Victim Of Elder Victim
Abuse
10044423 F Victim Of Elder Victim Of Neglect
Neglect
10042272 F Victim Of Incest Victim Of Sexual Assault
10042286 F Victim Of Intimate Victim
Partner Violence
10044389 F Victim Of Neglect Victim
10042240 F Victim Of Sexual Victim
Assault
10042168 F Victim Status
10020789 F Violence Aggressive Behaviour: Forceful demonstration of actions
or unjust use of force or power with the purpose to injure
or damage, mistreat or assault: Violent, assaulting,
harmful, illegal or cultural prohibited actions toward
others; state of power struggle or conflict.
10020801 F Visceral Pain Pain: Sensation of pain stemming from hinder covering
organs such as pericardia, periosteum, mucous
membrane in intestine; visceral pain can be more or less
limited, often felt as stemming from a larger area than
affected; sensation of pain is usually reported as deep
dump, gnawing, nagging, tight cramping pain associated
with sickening or suffocating sensations.
10020817 T Visit Event or Episode
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10020829 F Vital Sign Sign
10020838 F Vital Sign Role Sign Role
10037028 M Vitamin Nutrient
10020840 M Vitamin B12 Nutrient
10020855 F Volition Attitude: Conscious choice, act of choosing using one's
own well being.
10020864 F Vomiting Impaired Gastrointestinal System Process: Expulsion or
bringing up of converted food or stomach content through
the oesophagus and out of mouth.
10020872 L Vulvar Region Body Region
10020886 F Walking Mobilising: Moving body from one place to another by
moving legs stepwise by self, capacity to bear weight of
body and walk with effective gait within the range of
speed from slow, moderate and fast pace, upstairs,
downstairs, up inclines and down inclines.
10020893 M Walking Stick Mobilising Device
10020903 F Walking Using Walking: Moving body from one place to another by
Device moving legs stepwise, capacity to bear weight of body
and walk with effective gait using one or more walking
devices such as correction shoe, artificial limp, cane,
splint, crutches, rolator within the range of speed from
slow, moderate and fast pace, upstairs, downstairs, up
inclines, down inclines.
10020919 F Wandering Mobilising: Moving about; aimless roaming, straying
away from a given place.
10042134 F Warfare Violence
10033306 F Wart Infection
10020935 A Washing Cleaning: Making something clean with water or other
liquid and a cleansing agent.
10044803 IC Washing The Washing
Patient
10020942 F Waste Service Service: Provision of service appropriate to storing,
collecting, processing and disposing of refuse.
10020957 F Water Material: Clear liquid compound of hydrogen and oxygen
that is essential for most plant and animal life influencing
10020961 F Water Filtration Service: Provision of service appropriate for
Service decontaminating water to make it fit for human
consumption, storage, sedimentation, filtration and
disinfection (chlorination) of public water.
10020974 M Water Mattress Mattress
10020988 F Water Supply Supply: Availability of affordable, pure water, needed to
sustain living of human beings.
10020990 A Weaning Interrupting: Causing somebody not to depend on
something.
10021006 F Weather Environmental Process: State of the atmosphere at a
given time or place with respect to the temperature,
pressure, humidity, cloudiness, or any other
meteorological changes and influencing life and
10021010 T Week Time Point Or Time Interval
10033310 F Weeping Oedema Lymphatic Oedema
10021023 A Weighing Measuring: Ascertaining the weight of something or
somebody and expressing it in numbers.
10033323 IC Weighing Patient Weighing
10021034 F Weight Physical Dimension
10021052 M Wheelchair Vehicle
10021068 F Wheelchair Mobility Ability to Mobilise
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10021075 F Wheelchair Use Mobilising: Moving body from one place to another by
wheel chair, transfer to and from wheel chair propel
wheel chair safely, manoeuvre curbs, doorways ramps
and other obstacles within the range of speed of slow,
moderate and fast pace.
10033334 F Wheeze Impaired Respiratory System Process
10021081 M Wig Prosthetic Device
10021099 F Wild Animal Animal: Untamed, not domesticated and not controlled
animal influencing life and development of human
beings.
10021109 F Will Power Volition: Dispositions to retain and abandon actions,
controlling or not controlling impulses taking into account
attitudes of the will, intentions and inclinations.
10021113 F Will To Live Volition: Will is influenced by thoughts and wishes to
continue life despite difficult circumstances, strong urge
to live, choosing or act to perpetuate oneâ€™s life.
10021121 F Wind Environmental Process: Natural motion of the air,
noticeable current of air moving in the atmosphere
parallel to the earthâ€™s surface influencing life and
10035422 F Withdrawal Status
10040754 F Withdrawn Behaviour
Behaviour
10021132 F Workforce Role Group Role
10021145 L Work Place Social Structure
10021150 F Work Role Process Role: Interacting according to responsibilities of
duties to work; expected behaviours of being employed,
complying with working requirements; internalising
expectation held by employees and employers,
colleagues, organisations and society regarding
appropriate or inappropriate work role behaviour.
10021166 F Worship Spiritual Behaviour
10021178 F Wound Impaired Structural Body Part: Lesion of the tissue
usually associated with physical or mechanical damage;
sloughing and tunnelling of tissue; serous, sanguineous
or purulent drainage; skin erythema; oedema; blistered,
macerated and abnormal skin, elevated skin
temperature, wound odour, soreness and pain.
10033347 IC Wound Care Action
10021197 M Wound Clip Surgical Device
10021204 M Wound Drain Drain
10021215 M Wound Drainage Absorbing or Collecting Device
Bag
10021227 M Wound Dressing Covering Device
10021236 F Wound Healing Healing
10021243 F Wound Pain Cutaneous Pain: Sensation of pain stemming from
wound and wound surrounding depending on the nature
of the wound usually reported either as sharp, cutting
lacerating pain or dull, aching, nagging, tender pain
unless damage has destroyed nerve ends and pain
sensations.
10034497 F Wound Perfusion Tissue Perfusion
10021258 L Wound Site Body Region
10021262 L Wrist Body Region
10021270 T Year Time Point Or Time Interval
10021289 T Yesterday Time Point Or Time Interval
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