The Nurse Is Attempting to Develop Nursing Diagnoses for a Patient

question 23

Multiple Choice

The nurse is attempting to develop Nursing diagnoses for a patient. The nurse understands that Nursing diagnoses have which characteristics?

• A) Nursing diagnoses identify actual or potential problems as well as responses to a problem.
• B) Nursing diagnoses require naming patient problems using Nursing diagnostic labels.
• C) Nursing diagnoses utilize objective data since subjective data are often inaccurate.
• D) Nursing diagnoses include unvalidated data to determine an accurate and thorough diagnosis.
• E) Nursing diagnoses are similar to medical diagnoses since they both are labels for diseases.

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