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Symptoms → Nursing Diagnoses.
Enter what you're seeing in your patient — symptoms, vital-sign changes, behaviors — and get a ranked list of likely nursing diagnoses. Each one comes with a plain-language explanation, the signs you may see, common contributing factors, and sample goals and nursing interventions, all written in our own words. Educational only.
What are you seeing?
Resp distress
Acute pain
Confusion / Delirium
Urinary retention
Skin breakdown
Chest pain
Stroke signs
Cool / weak pulses
Self-harm risk
Fall risk
Anxiety
Dehydration
Fluid overload
Poor intake
Infection
Immobility
Grief
Caregiver strain
Enter signs/symptoms above and tap "Find diagnoses". You'll get the most likely nursing-diagnosis matches with confidence scores.
Educational only. Nursing diagnoses require clinical judgment, a full assessment, and validation against what you actually observe. This tool helps you generate a differential — it does not replace the clinical reasoning of a licensed nurse. Document only what you have personally assessed and validated. The explanations, sample goals, and sample interventions here are written by BrainSheets in our own words. "NANDA-I" is a registered trademark of NANDA International, Inc.; "NOC" and "NIC" are owned by Elsevier. BrainSheets is independent and not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by these organizations.
Further reading & standard references
The diagnosis names used here are the common terms nurses know; our explanations, goals, and interventions are written by BrainSheets. For the official standardized taxonomies and their full definitions, consult the authoritative references below.
Herdman, T. H., Kamitsuru, S., & Lopes, C. T. (Eds.). (2024). NANDA International nursing diagnoses: Definitions and classification 2024-2026 (13th ed.). Thieme.
Moorhead, S., Swanson, E., Johnson, M., & Maas, M. L. (Eds.). (2024). Nursing outcomes classification (NOC): Measurement of health outcomes (7th ed.). Elsevier.
Wagner, C. M., Butcher, H. K., & Clarke, M. F. (Eds.). (2024). Nursing interventions classification (NIC) (8th ed.). Elsevier.
Doenges, M. E., Moorhouse, M. F., & Murr, A. C. (2023). Nurse's pocket guide: Diagnoses, prioritized interventions, and rationales (16th ed.). F. A. Davis.
American Nurses Association. (2021). Nursing: Scope and standards of practice (4th ed.). ANA.