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Impaired Personal Boundaries: A Proposed Nursing Diagnosis
Author(s) -
Hoover Sister Dorothy
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6163.1995.tb00470.x
Subject(s) - nursing , personal care , psychology , value (mathematics) , dependency (uml) , nursing diagnosis , medicine , family medicine , medical diagnosis , computer science , software engineering , pathology , machine learning
topic . How impaired personal boundaries play a significant role in mental illnesses and co‐dependency. purpose . To demonstrate the value of having a formal nursing diagnosis of “impaired personal boundaries.” source . A concept analysis of personal boundaries, which describes the physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual dimensions of personal boundaries. conclusion . The author recommends a new nursing diagnosis of “impaired personal boundaries,” which provides a basis for the plan of care for clients with this difficulty.