Nursing Diagnosis: Stress overload

1. r/t intense multiple stressors

2. reports negative impact from stress (e.g., physical symptoms, psychological distress, feeling of being sick or of going to get sick)

2.1. Interventions

2.2. emotional support

2.3. counseling

2.4. crisis intervention

3. expresses difficulty in functioning

3.1. Interventions

3.2. active listening

3.3. anxiety reduction therapy

3.4. aroma therapy

4. expresses a feeling of pressure

4.1. Interventions

4.2. counseling

4.3. anxiety reduction

4.4. active listening

5. reports excessive situational stress (e.g., rates stress level as 7 or above on a 10–point scale)

5.1. Interventions

5.2. support system enhancement

5.3. anxiety reduction

5.4. crisis interventions