Ch 17. Nursing Diagnosis
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Nursing Diagnosis - correct answer <<<✨✨✨Focuses on a patient's actual or potential response to a
health problem rather than on the physiological event, complication, or disease.
A nurse can monitor postoperative care, fluid administration, and medication therapy to prevent
collaborative problems from developing.
Collaborative problem - correct answer <<<✨✨✨an actual or potential physiological complication
that nurses monitor to detect the onset of changes in a patient's status.
Collaborative problems could include: hemorrhage, infection, and paralysis using medical, nursing, and
allied health interventions.
Diagnostic process flows... - correct answer <<<✨✨✨Assessment process, decision making steps,.
These steps include: data clustering, identifying patient health problems, and formulating a diagnosis.
data cluster - correct answer <<<✨✨✨set of signs or symptoms gathered during assessment that
you group together in a logical way
Sign v. symptom - correct answer <<<✨✨✨Sign: Objective, can be measured, evidence or
manifestation of an illness or disordered function of the body
Symptom: Subjective, it is a feeling people other than the patient cannot see/feel it
2025/2026 with fully
explained study guide
Nursing Diagnosis - correct answer <<<✨✨✨Focuses on a patient's actual or potential response to a
health problem rather than on the physiological event, complication, or disease.
A nurse can monitor postoperative care, fluid administration, and medication therapy to prevent
collaborative problems from developing.
Collaborative problem - correct answer <<<✨✨✨an actual or potential physiological complication
that nurses monitor to detect the onset of changes in a patient's status.
Collaborative problems could include: hemorrhage, infection, and paralysis using medical, nursing, and
allied health interventions.
Diagnostic process flows... - correct answer <<<✨✨✨Assessment process, decision making steps,.
These steps include: data clustering, identifying patient health problems, and formulating a diagnosis.
data cluster - correct answer <<<✨✨✨set of signs or symptoms gathered during assessment that
you group together in a logical way
Sign v. symptom - correct answer <<<✨✨✨Sign: Objective, can be measured, evidence or
manifestation of an illness or disordered function of the body
Symptom: Subjective, it is a feeling people other than the patient cannot see/feel it
