NURSING DIAGNOSIS

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• interpret assessment data
• identify client strengths and problems

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diagnosing

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elements of nursing diagnosis

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NANDA diagnostic label + etiology + defining characteristics

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a clinical judgment about individual, family, or community responses to actual or potential health problems/ life processes

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nursing diagnosis

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domain includes health states that nurses are educated and licensed to treat

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nursing diagnosis

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describes a continuum of health states: deviations from health, presence of risk factors and areas of enhanced personal growth

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nursing diagnosis

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• client problem that is present at the time of nursing assessment\
• based on the presence of associated s/sx

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actual diagnosis

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client’s preparedness to implement behaviors to improve health condition

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health promotion diagnosis

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clinical judgment that a problem does not exist, but the presence of risk factors indicate that a problem is likely to develop unless nurses intervene

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risk diagnosis

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describes human responses to levels of wellness in an individual, family or community that have readiness for enhancement

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wellness diagnosis

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comprises a cluster of actual or risk nursing diagnoses that are predicted to be present because of a certain situation or event

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syndrome diagnosis

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describes the client’s health problem/status or response for which nursing therapy is given

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problem / diagnostic label

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identifies one or more probable causes of a health problem, gives direction to the required nursing therapy & enables the nurse to individualize the client’s care

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etiology

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clusters of signs & symptoms that indicate the presence of a particular diagnostic label

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defining characteristics

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• type of potential problem that nurses manage using both independent and physician-prescribed interventions
• present when a particular disease or treatment is present

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collaborative problems

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steps of diagnostic process

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• analyzing data
• identifying health problems, risks, and strengths
• formulating diagnostic statement

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identify significant cues

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comparing data with standards

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process of determining the relatedness of facts and determining whether any patterns are present, whether the data represents isolated incidents
and the data are significant

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clustering cues

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include final check to ensure that data are complete and correct

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identifying gaps and inconsistencies of data

Question 18

• identify problems that support tentative actual, risk and possible diagnoses
• establish the client’s strengths, resources and abilities to cope

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identifying health problems, risks, and strengths

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defining characteristics manifested by the client

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signs and symptoms