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Typology of Nursing Problems
Typology of Nursing Problems
1. Healthy lifestyle
2. Health maintenance/health management
3. Parenting
4. Breastfeeding
5. Spiritual well-being
6. Others. Specify.
II. Presence of Health Threats-conditions that are conducive to disease and accident,
or may result to failure to maintain wellness or realize health potential. Examples of
this are the following:
A. Presence of risk factors of specific diseases (e.g. lifestyle diseases, metabolic
syndrome)
B. Threat of cross infection from communicable disease case
1. Broken chairs
2. Pointed /sharp objects, poisons and medicines improperly kept
3. Fire hazards
4. Fall hazards
5. Others specify.
1. Alcohol drinking
2. Cigarette/tobacco smoking
3. Walking barefooted or inadequate footwear
4. Eating raw meat or fish
5. Poor personal hygiene
6. Self medication/substance abuse
7. Sexual promiscuity
8. Engaging in dangerous sports
9. Inadequate rest or sleep
10. Lack of /inadequate exercise/physical activity
11. Lack of/relaxation activities
12. Non-use of self-protection measures (e.g. non-use of bed nets in malaria and
filariasis endemic areas).
L. Inappropriate Role Assumption- e.g. child assuming mother’s role, father not
assuming his role.
N. Family Disunity-e.g.
O. Others. Specify._________
III. Presence of health deficits-instances of failure in health maintenance.
Examples include:
C. Parenthood
E. Abortion
F. Entrance at school
G. Adolescence
H. Divorce or separation
I. Menopause
J. Loss of job
L. Death of a member
N. Illegitimacy
O. Others, specify.___________
Second-Level Assessment
I. Inability to recognize the presence of the condition or problem due to:
II. Inability to make decisions with respect to taking appropriate health action
due to:
1. Social consequences
2. Economic consequences
3. Physical consequences
4. Emotional/psychological consequences
1. Physical Inaccessibility
2. Costs constraints or economic/financial inaccessibility
M. Others specify._________
III. Inability to provide adequate nursing care to the sick, disabled, dependent or
vulnerable/at risk member of the family due to:
H. Philosophy in life which negates/hinder caring for the sick, disabled, dependent,
vulnerable/at risk member
L. Others. Specify._________
I. Lack of/inadequate competencies in relating to each other for mutual growth and
maturation (e.g. reduced ability to meet the physical and psychological needs of other
members as a result of family’s preoccupation with current problem or condition.
J. Others specify._________
1. Physical/psychological consequences
2. Financial consequences
3. Social consequences
1. Cost constrains
2. Physical inaccessibility
H. Lack of or inadequate family resources, specifically
I. Feeling of alienation to/lack of support from the community, e.g. stigma due to
mental illness, AIDS, etc.