CRITICAL CARE NURSING DIAGNOSIS AND
MANAGEMENT ACTUAL TEST PAPER
COMPLETE CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ What are secondary sources of data in nursing assessment?
Answer: Family members, medical records, diagnostic procedures,
and health team members.
◉ What are the two basic methods of data collection in nursing?
Answer: Interview/health history and physical examination.
◉ What is data clustering in nursing?
Answer: Grouping related cues together from collected data to help
identify nursing diagnoses.
◉ What is the difference between medical diagnosis and nursing
diagnosis?
Answer: Medical diagnosis identifies the type and cause of a health
condition, while nursing diagnosis is a clinical judgment about the
patient's response to health conditions or needs.
◉ What does NANDA define as a nursing diagnosis?
, Answer: A clinical judgment about the patient's response to actual
or potential health conditions or needs.
◉ What are the four components of a nursing diagnosis?
Answer: The components are not provided in the text, but typically
include the problem, etiology, defining characteristics, and related
factors.
◉ What is the purpose of nursing diagnosis?
Answer: To provide the basis for the selection of nursing
interventions to achieve outcomes for which the nurse is
accountable.
◉ What is the role of nurses in relation to nursing diagnoses?
Answer: Nurses can legally identify and prescribe primary
interventions to treat or prevent problems that are nursing
diagnoses.
◉ What is the expected outcome for a patient with a high
temperature?
Answer: Temperature to return to normal.
◉ What is the expected outcome for a wound that is oozing?
Answer: Wound to stop oozing.
MANAGEMENT ACTUAL TEST PAPER
COMPLETE CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ What are secondary sources of data in nursing assessment?
Answer: Family members, medical records, diagnostic procedures,
and health team members.
◉ What are the two basic methods of data collection in nursing?
Answer: Interview/health history and physical examination.
◉ What is data clustering in nursing?
Answer: Grouping related cues together from collected data to help
identify nursing diagnoses.
◉ What is the difference between medical diagnosis and nursing
diagnosis?
Answer: Medical diagnosis identifies the type and cause of a health
condition, while nursing diagnosis is a clinical judgment about the
patient's response to health conditions or needs.
◉ What does NANDA define as a nursing diagnosis?
, Answer: A clinical judgment about the patient's response to actual
or potential health conditions or needs.
◉ What are the four components of a nursing diagnosis?
Answer: The components are not provided in the text, but typically
include the problem, etiology, defining characteristics, and related
factors.
◉ What is the purpose of nursing diagnosis?
Answer: To provide the basis for the selection of nursing
interventions to achieve outcomes for which the nurse is
accountable.
◉ What is the role of nurses in relation to nursing diagnoses?
Answer: Nurses can legally identify and prescribe primary
interventions to treat or prevent problems that are nursing
diagnoses.
◉ What is the expected outcome for a patient with a high
temperature?
Answer: Temperature to return to normal.
◉ What is the expected outcome for a wound that is oozing?
Answer: Wound to stop oozing.
