Funda week 7 8 9 10 Flashcards
is the pivotal step of the nursing process in which the nurse interprets assessment
data,
identify client strengths and health problems and formulates diagnostic statements.
DIAGNOSIS
is a clinical judgment concerning human response to health conditions/life
processes,
or a vulnerability for that response, by an individual, family, group, or community.
provides the basis for the selection of nursing interventions to achieve outcomes for which
the nurse has accountability
Nursing diagnosis
are developed based on data obtained during the
nursing assessment and enable the nurse to develop the care plan.
Nursing diagnoses
is made
by the physician or advance health care practitioner that deals more with the disease, medical
condition, or pathological state only a practitioner can treat.
medical diagnosis
is the principal organization for
defining, distribution and integration of standardized nursing diagnoses worldwide.
It’s purpose is to define, refine and promote a
taxonomy of nursing diagnostic terminology of general use to professional nurses.
North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA)
is a classification system or set of categories arranged on the basis of a single
principle or set of principles.
taxonomy
is a client problem that is present at the time of the nursing assessment.
It is based on the presence of associated signs and symptoms.
Actual Diagnosis
a clinical judgment that a problem does not exist, but the presence
of risk factors indicates that a problem is likely to develop unless nurses intervene.
Risk nursing diagnosis
- which concerns the motivation and desire to increase wellbeing and to move closer to a person’s own optimum health potential. These diagnoses use
terms related to a patient’s readiness for specific health behaviors.
Health promotion diagnosis
a clinical judgment concerning with a cluster of problem or risk
nursing diagnoses that are predicted to present because of a certain situation or event.
They, too, are written as a one-part statement requiring only the diagnostic label.
Syndrome diagnosis
identifies one or more probable causes of
the health problem, gives direction to the required nursing therapy and enables the nurse to
individualize the client’s care
is linked with the problem statement with the phrase
“related to“.
Etiology (related factors and risk factors)
are the cluster of signs and symptoms that indicate the presence
of a particular diagnostic label.
defining characteristics
involves comparing patient data against standards, clustering the cues,
and identifying gaps and inconsistencies.
Analyzing Data
In this decision-making step after data analysis, the nurse together with the client, identify
problems that support tentative actual, risk, and possible diagnoses. It involves
determining whether a problem is a nursing diagnosis, medical diagnosis, or a collaborative
problem. It is also at this stage is wherein the nurse and the client identify the client’s
strengths, resources, and abilities to cope.
❖ Identifying Health Problems, Risks, and Strengths
is the last step of the diagnostic process wherein
the nurse creates diagnostic statements.
Formulation of diagnostic statement