Memory error. Developing a new nursing diagnosis.
It is recommended that memory error, the inability to encode, maintain, or retrieve information, be identified as a nursing diagnosis. Two different types of memory error, forgetting to take a medication at the scheduled time and being unable to remember whether a medication has already been taken, are discussed in terms of nursing diagnosis and intervention.
D000328:Adult; D004506:Education, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008508:Medication Errors; D008568:Memory; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009736:Nursing Process; D012106:Research; D012646:Self Administration; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires