NURSING DIAGNOSIS PREPARATION TEST
2026 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
● What could be the effect of an incorrect nursing diagnosis?
It could affect the quality of patient care.
It would be corrected automatically in the system.
It could affect the patient's cost of treatment.
It could produce a psychological disorder in the patient.. Answer: 1
An incorrect nursing diagnosis may affect the quality of patient care.
Incorrect nursing diagnoses are not corrected automatically in the
system. The cost of the patient's care is not dependent on the nursing
diagnosis. An incorrect nursing diagnosis would not create a
psychological disorder in the patient.
● Following an assessment, the nurse is formulating a nursing diagnosis
using the PES format. What does the P in the acronym PES stand for?
,Period
Problem
Prevention
Predication. Answer: 2
The PES format is a nursing diagnosis in three parts. It includes
diagnostic label, etiological statement, and symptoms or defining
characteristics. The P stands for problem, the E stands for etiology or
related factor, and the S stands for symptoms or defining characteristics.
The P does not stand for period, prevention, or predication.
● What is a clinical judgment that concerns motivation and desire to
increase well-being and actualize human health potential?
Medical diagnosis
Risk nursing diagnosis
Problem-focused nursing diagnosis
,Health promotion nursing diagnosis. Answer: 4
Health promotion nursing diagnosis is a clinical judgment concerning
motivation and the desire to increase well-being and actualize human
health potential. Medical diagnosis is the identification of a disease
condition based on a specific evaluation of physical signs and
symptoms, a patient's medical history, and the results of diagnostic tests.
Risk nursing diagnosis describes a clinical judgment concerning the
vulnerability of an individual, family, group, or community for
developing an undesirable human response to health conditions or life
processes. Problem-focused nursing diagnosis describes a clinical
judgment concerning an undesirable human response to a health
condition or life process that exists in an individual, family, or
community.
● Following an assessment, the nurse is formulating a nursing diagnosis
using the PES format. What does the S in PES stand for?
Situation
Symptoms
Sensitivity
Separation of data. Answer: 2
, PES is a three-part nursing diagnosis format. It includes the diagnostic
label, etiological statement, and symptoms or defining characteristics.
The P stands for problem, the E stands for etiology or related factors,
and the S stands for symptoms or defining characteristics. The S does
not stand for situation, sensitivity, or separation of data.
● A patient is diagnosed with urinary stress incontinence. The nurse
identifies it as which type of diagnosis?
Risk diagnosis
Actual diagnosis
Chronic diagnosis
Health promotion diagnosis. Answer: 2
Urinary stress incontinence is an actual diagnosis. An actual diagnosis
describes human responses to health conditions or life processes that
exist in an individual, family, or community. A nursing risk diagnosis
describes human responses to health conditions or life processes that
may develop in a vulnerable individual, family, or community. A nursing
health promotion diagnosis is a clinical judgment of a person's, family's,
2026 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
● What could be the effect of an incorrect nursing diagnosis?
It could affect the quality of patient care.
It would be corrected automatically in the system.
It could affect the patient's cost of treatment.
It could produce a psychological disorder in the patient.. Answer: 1
An incorrect nursing diagnosis may affect the quality of patient care.
Incorrect nursing diagnoses are not corrected automatically in the
system. The cost of the patient's care is not dependent on the nursing
diagnosis. An incorrect nursing diagnosis would not create a
psychological disorder in the patient.
● Following an assessment, the nurse is formulating a nursing diagnosis
using the PES format. What does the P in the acronym PES stand for?
,Period
Problem
Prevention
Predication. Answer: 2
The PES format is a nursing diagnosis in three parts. It includes
diagnostic label, etiological statement, and symptoms or defining
characteristics. The P stands for problem, the E stands for etiology or
related factor, and the S stands for symptoms or defining characteristics.
The P does not stand for period, prevention, or predication.
● What is a clinical judgment that concerns motivation and desire to
increase well-being and actualize human health potential?
Medical diagnosis
Risk nursing diagnosis
Problem-focused nursing diagnosis
,Health promotion nursing diagnosis. Answer: 4
Health promotion nursing diagnosis is a clinical judgment concerning
motivation and the desire to increase well-being and actualize human
health potential. Medical diagnosis is the identification of a disease
condition based on a specific evaluation of physical signs and
symptoms, a patient's medical history, and the results of diagnostic tests.
Risk nursing diagnosis describes a clinical judgment concerning the
vulnerability of an individual, family, group, or community for
developing an undesirable human response to health conditions or life
processes. Problem-focused nursing diagnosis describes a clinical
judgment concerning an undesirable human response to a health
condition or life process that exists in an individual, family, or
community.
● Following an assessment, the nurse is formulating a nursing diagnosis
using the PES format. What does the S in PES stand for?
Situation
Symptoms
Sensitivity
Separation of data. Answer: 2
, PES is a three-part nursing diagnosis format. It includes the diagnostic
label, etiological statement, and symptoms or defining characteristics.
The P stands for problem, the E stands for etiology or related factors,
and the S stands for symptoms or defining characteristics. The S does
not stand for situation, sensitivity, or separation of data.
● A patient is diagnosed with urinary stress incontinence. The nurse
identifies it as which type of diagnosis?
Risk diagnosis
Actual diagnosis
Chronic diagnosis
Health promotion diagnosis. Answer: 2
Urinary stress incontinence is an actual diagnosis. An actual diagnosis
describes human responses to health conditions or life processes that
exist in an individual, family, or community. A nursing risk diagnosis
describes human responses to health conditions or life processes that
may develop in a vulnerable individual, family, or community. A nursing
health promotion diagnosis is a clinical judgment of a person's, family's,
