Fundamentals of Nursing Yoost Chapter 7 - Nursing Diagnosis

Accuracy for identifying nursing diagnoses is dependent on what? - Careful analysis and clustering of patient data, followed by verification of the specific nursing diagnoses for use with each individual patient Actual Nursing Diagnoses - Describes the response of a patient to a current need, problems, or life process. AEB/AMB - As evidenced by, or as manifested by Components of Actual Nursing Diagnoses - 1. Diagnosis label 2. Related factors 3. Defining Characteristics (signs/symptoms) Components of Health-promotion Nursing Diagnoses - 1. Diagnosis label 2. Defining Characteristics (explains why they're ready) Components of Risk Nursing Diagnoses - 1. Diagnosis Label 2. Risk factors Data Clustering - Organizing patient assessment data into groupings with similar underlying causes Defining Characteristics - More specific statements including signs and/or symptoms identified from collecting the patient's data, or indications of an actual or health promotion nursing diagnosis