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Nanda Approved Nursing Diagnosis 2010 -2011

NANDA Approved Nursing Diagnosis 2007-2008 contains 188 nursing diagnosis, latest NANDA-I Approved Nursing Diagnosis 2009-2011 contains an additional 21 new nursing diagnosis, 9 revisions diagnosis and some of diagnosis are not used again. Total nursing diagnosis at this time is 205 nursing diagnosis. Nanda I usually revised every 2 years, but this time NANDA I publish a list of NANDA Nursing Diagnosis for period of three years. for complete list of NANDA Approved Nursing Diagnosis 2009-2011, Source : Nanda - Approved Nursing Diagnosis 2010 -2011 : http://ncp-blog.blogspot.com/2010/11/nanda-approved-nursing-diagnosis-2010.html Related Articles
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Nursing Diagnosis for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

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Psyciatric Nursing Care for Elderly

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