S

SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)

Readiness for enhanced Resilience: uses SAD lights during winter months

See Depression (Major Depressive Disorder)

Sadness

Complicated Grieving r/t actual or perceived loss

Spiritual Distress r/t intense suffering

Risk for Powerlessness: Risk factor: actual or perceived loss

Risk for Spiritual Distress: Risk factor: loss of loved one

Readiness for enhanced Communication: willingness to share feelings and thoughts

Readiness for enhanced Spiritual Well-Being: desire for harmony after actual or perceived loss

See Depression (Major Depressive Disorder); Major Depressive Disorder

Safe Sex

Readiness for enhanced Self-Health Management: taking appropriate precautions during sexual activity to keep from contacting a sexually transmitted disease

See Sexuality, Adolescent; STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease)

Safety, Childhood

Deficient Knowledge: potential for enhanced health maintenance r/t parental knowledge and skill acquisition regarding appropriate safety measures

Risk for Aspiration (See Aspiration, risk for, Section III)

Risk for Injury/Trauma: Risk factors: developmental age, altered home maintenance

Risk for impaired Parenting: Risk factors: lack of available and effective role model, lack of knowledge, misinformation from other family members (old wives’ tales)

Risk for Poisoning: Risk factors: use of lead-based paint; presence of asbestos or radon gas; drugs not locked in cabinet; household products left in accessible area (bleach, detergent, drain cleaners, household cleaners); alcohol and perfume within reach of child; presence of poisonous plants; atmospheric pollutants

Risk for Thermal Injury r/t inadequate supervision

Readiness for enhanced Childbearing Process: appropriate knowledge for care of child

Readiness for enhanced Immunization Status: expresses desire to enhance immunization status

Salmonella

Impaired Home Maintenance r/t improper preparation or storage of food, lack of safety measures when caring for pet reptile

Risk for Electrolyte Imbalance: Risk factor: diarrhea

Readiness for enhanced Self-Health Management: avoiding improperly prepared or stored food, wearing gloves when handling pet reptiles or their feces

See Gastroenteritis; Gastroenteritis, Child

Salpingectomy

Decisional Conflict r/t sterilization procedure

Grieving r/t possible loss from tubal pregnancy

Risk for impaired Urinary Elimination: Risk factor: trauma to ureter during surgery

See Hysterectomy; Surgery, Perioperative Care; Surgery, Postoperative Care; Surgery, Preoperative Care

Sarcoidosis

Anxiety r/t change in health status

Impaired Gas Exchange r/t ventilation-perfusion imbalance

Ineffective Health Maintenance r/t deficient knowledge regarding home care and medication regimen

Acute Pain r/t possible disease affecting joints

Ineffective Protection r/t immune disorder

Risk for decreased Cardiac tissue perfusion: Risk factor: dysrhythmias

Risk for impaired Skin Integrity: Risk factor: immunological disorder

SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)

Risk for Infection: Risk factor: increased environmental exposure (travelers in close proximity to infected persons, traveling when a fever is present)

Readiness for enhanced Knowledge: information regarding travel and precautions to avoid exposure to SARS

See Pneumonia

SBE (Self-Breast Examination)

Readiness for enhanced Knowledge: self-breast examination

Readiness for enhanced Self-Health Management: desires to have information about SBE

Scabies

See Communicable Diseases, Childhood

Scared

Anxiety r/t threat of death, threat to or change in health status

Death Anxiety r/t unresolved issues surrounding end-of-life decisions

Fear r/t hospitalization, real or imagined threat to own well-being

Impaired individual Resilience r/t violence

Readiness for enhanced Communication: willingness to share thoughts and feelings

Schizophrenia

Ineffective Activity Planning r/t compromised ability to process information

Anxiety r/t unconscious conflict with reality

Impaired verbal Communication r/t psychosis, disorientation, inaccurate perception, hallucinations, delusions

Ineffective Coping r/t inadequate support systems, unrealistic perceptions, inadequate coping skills, disturbed thought processes, impaired communication

Deficient Diversional Activity r/t social isolation, possible regression

Interrupted Family Processes r/t inability to express feelings, impaired communication

Fear r/t altered contact with reality

Ineffective Health Maintenance r/t cognitive impairment, ineffective individual and family coping, lack of material resources

Impaired Home Maintenance r/t impaired cognitive or emotional functioning, insufficient finances, inadequate support systems

Hopelessness r/t long-term stress from chronic mental illness

Disturbed personal Identity r/t psychiatric disorder

Insomnia r/t sensory alterations contributing to fear and anxiety

Impaired Memory r/t psychosocial condition

Self-Neglect r/t psychosis

Imbalanced Nutrition: less than body requirements r/t fear of eating, lack of awareness of hunger, disinterest toward food

Impaired individual Resilience r/t psychological disorder

Self-Care deficit: specify r/t loss of contact with reality, impairment of perception

Sleep deprivation r/t intrusive thoughts, nightmares

Impaired Social Interaction r/t impaired communication patterns, self-concept disturbance, disturbed thought processes

Social Isolation r/t lack of trust, regression, delusional thinking, repressed fears

Chronic Sorrow r/t chronic mental illness

Spiritual Distress r/t loneliness, social alienation

Ineffective family Therapeutic Regimen Management r/t chronicity and unpredictability of condition

Risk for Caregiver Role Strain: Risk factors: bizarre behavior of client, chronicity of condition

Risk for compromised Human Dignity: Risk factor: stigmatizing label

Risk for Loneliness: Risk factor: inability to interact socially

Risk for Post-Trauma Syndrome: Risk factor: diminished ego strength

Risk for Powerlessness: Risk factor: intrusive, distorted thinking

Risk for impaired Religiosity: Risk factors: ineffective coping, lack of security

Risk for Suicide: Risk factor: psychiatric illness

Risk for self- and other-directed Violence: Risk factors: lack of trust, panic, hallucinations, delusional thinking

Readiness for enhanced Hope: expresses desire to enhance interconnectedness with others and problem-solve to meet goals

Readiness for enhanced Power: expresses willingness to enhance participation in choices for daily living and health and enhance knowledge for participation in change

Sciatica

See Neuropathy, Peripheral

Scoliosis

Risk-prone Health Behavior r/t lack of developmental maturity to comprehend long-term consequences of noncompliance with treatment procedures

Disturbed Body Image r/t use of therapeutic braces, postsurgery scars, restricted physical activity

Ineffective Breathing Pattern r/t restricted lung expansion caused by severe curvature of spine

Impaired Comfort r/t altered health status and body image

Impaired Gas Exchange r/t restricted lung expansion as a result of severe presurgery curvature of spine, immobilization

Impaired physical Mobility r/t restricted movement, dyspnea caused by severe curvature of spine

Acute Pain r/t musculoskeletal restrictions, surgery, reambulation with cast or spinal rod

Impaired Skin Integrity r/t braces, casts, surgical correction

Chronic Sorrow r/t chronic disability

Ineffective Health Maintenance r/t deficient knowledge regarding treatment modalities, restrictions, home care, postoperative activities

Risk for Infection: Risk factor: surgical incision

Risk for Perioperative Positioning Injury: Risk factor: prone position

Risk for compromised Resilience: Risk factor: chronic condition

Readiness for enhanced Self-Health Management: desires knowledge regarding treatment for condition

See Hospitalized Child; Maturational Issues, Adolescent

Sedentary Lifestyle

Activity Intolerance r/t sedentary lifestyle

Sedentary lifestyle (See Sedentary lifestyle, Section III)

Risk for ineffective peripheral Tissue Perfusion r/t lack of exercise/movement

Readiness for enhanced Coping: seeking knowledge of new strategies to adjust to sedentary lifestyle

Seizure Disorders, Adult

Acute Confusion r/t postseizure state

Social Isolation r/t unpredictability of seizures, community-imposed stigma

Risk for ineffective Airway Clearance: Risk factor: accumulation of secretions during seizure

Risk for Falls: Risk factor: uncontrolled seizure activity

Risk for unstable blood Glucose level (hypoglycemia)

Risk for Powerlessness: Risk factor: possible seizure

Risk for compromised Resilience: Risk factor: chronic illness

Readiness for enhanced Knowledge: anticonvulsive therapy

Readiness for enhanced Self-Care: expresses desire to enhance knowledge and responsibility for self-care

See Epilepsy

Seizure Disorders, Childhood (Epilepsy, Febrile Seizures, Infantile Spasms)

Ineffective Health Maintenance r/t lack of knowledge regarding anticonvulsive therapy, fever reduction (febrile seizures)

Social Isolation r/t unpredictability of seizures, community-imposed stigma

Risk for ineffective Airway Clearance: Risk factor: accumulation of secretions during seizure

Risk for delayed Development and disproportionate Growth: Risk factors: effects of seizure disorder, parental overprotection

Risk for Falls: Risk factor: possible seizure

Risk for Injury: Risk factors: uncontrolled movements during seizure, falls, drowsiness caused by anticonvulsants

See Epilepsy

Self-Breast Examination (SBE)

See SBE (Self-Breast Examination)

Self-Care

Readiness for enhanced Self-Care (See Self-Care, readiness for enhanced, Section III)

Self-Care Deficit, Bathing

Bathing Self-Care deficit (See Self-Care deficit, bathing, Section III)

Self-Care Deficit, Dressing

Dressing Self-Care deficit (See Self-Care deficit, dressing, Section III)

Self-Care Deficit, Feeding

Feeding Self-Care deficit (See Self-Care deficit, feeding, Section III)

Self-Care Deficit, Toileting

Toileting Self-Care deficit (See Self-Care deficit, toileting, Section III)

Self-Concept

Readiness for enhanced Self-Concept (See Self-Concept, readiness for enhanced, Section III)

Self-Destructive Behavior

Post-Trauma Syndrome r/t unresolved feelings from traumatic event

Risk for Self-Mutilation: Risk factors: feelings of depression, rejection, self-hatred, depersonalization; command hallucinations

Risk for Suicide: Risk factor: history of self-destructive behavior

Risk for self-directed Violence: Risk factors: panic state, history of child abuse, toxic reaction to medication

Self-Esteem, Chronic Low

Chronic low Self-Esteem (See Self-Esteem, low, chronic, Section III)

Risk for disturbed personal Identity r/t chronic low self-esteem

Self-Esteem, Situational Low

Situational low Self-Esteem (See Self-Esteem, low, situational, Section III)

Risk for situational low Self-Esteem (See Self-Esteem, low, situational, risk for, Section III)

Self-Health Management, Ineffective

Ineffective Self-Health Management (See Self-Health Management, ineffective, Section III)

Self-Health Management, Readiness for Enhanced

Readiness for enhanced Self-Health Management (See Self-Health Management, readiness for enhanced, Section III)

Self-Mutilation, Risk for

Self-Mutilation (See Self-Mutilation, Section III)

Ineffective Impulse Control r/t ineffective management of anxiety

Risk for Self-Mutilation (See Self-Mutilation, risk for, Section III)

Senile Dementia

Sedentary lifestyle r/t lack of interest

Ineffective Relationship r/t cognitive changes in one partner

See Dementia

Separation Anxiety

Ineffective Coping r/t maturational and situational crises, vulnerability related to developmental age, hospitalization, separation from family and familiar surroundings, multiple caregivers

Insomnia r/t separation for significant others

Risk for impaired Attachment: Risk factor: separation

See Hospitalized Child

Sepsis, Child

Imbalanced Nutrition: less than body requirements r/t anorexia, generalized weakness, poor sucking reflex

Ineffective peripheral Tissue Perfusion: r/t arterial or venous blood flow exchange problems, septic shock

Delayed Surgical Recovery r/t presence of infection

Ineffective Thermoregulation r/t infectious process, septic shock

Risk for impaired Skin Integrity: Risk factors: desquamation caused by disseminated intravascular coagulation

See Hospitalized Child; Premature Infant, Child

Septicemia

Imbalanced Nutrition: less than body requirements r/t anorexia, generalized weakness

Ineffective peripheral Tissue Perfusion r/t decreased systemic vascular resistance

Risk for imbalanced Fluid Volume r/t vasodilation of peripheral vessels, leaking of capillaries

Risk for Shock: Risk factors: hypotension, hypovolemia

See Sepsis, Child; Shock, Septic

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

See SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome); Pneumonia

Sexual Dysfunction

Sexual Dysfunction (See Sexual Dysfunction, Section III)

Ineffective Relationship r/t reported sexual dissatisfaction between partners

Chronic Sorrow r/t loss of ideal sexual experience, altered relationships

Risk for chronic low Self-Esteem

See Erectile Dysfunction (ED)

Only gold members can continue reading. Log In or Register to continue

Share this:

• Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
• Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)

Related

Related posts:

1. B
2. V
3. B
4. F

Stay updated, free articles. Join our Telegram channel

Join

Full access? Get Clinical Tree