How Does a Nursing Diagnosis Differ from a Medical Diagnosis

question 42

Multiple Choice

How does a nursing diagnosis differ from a medical diagnosis?

• A)A nursing diagnosis is a clinical judgment about a family's,individual's,or community's responses to actual or potential health problems.
• B)A nursing diagnosis is a clinical judgment that identifies a specific disease condition or pathological state.
• C)Only a physician can make a medical diagnosis,but anyone can make a nursing diagnosis.
• D)The physician specifically defines medical interventions to be performed by the medical staff for treatment only after a nursing diagnosis is made.

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