VERIFIED ANSWERS
NURS 202 exam #1
During the nursing assessment process, the nurse
gathers information needed to make a diagnostic
_______ about patient care. - ANSWER conclusion
What are the 5 parts of the nursing process? -
ANSWER Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Identification of a disease condition based on
specific evaluation of physical signs, symptoms, the
patient's medical history and the results of diagnostic
tests and procedures. - ANSWER Medical diagnosis
, Physicians are licensed to treat diseases and
conditions described in _______ statements. -
ANSWER medical
A clinical judgment about individual, family, or
community responses to actual and potential health
problems or life processes that the nurse is licensed
and competent to treat. - ANSWER Nursing
diagnosis
What are the 2 components of a nursing diagnosis
(2 part) - ANSWER Diagnostic label
Related factor
What are the 3 components of a nursing diagnosis
(3 part) - ANSWER Diagnostic label
Related factor
Defining characteristics
is an actual or potential complication that nurses
monitor to detect onset of changes in a patient's
status.(the nurse works with other health care teams
to resolve the problem) - ANSWER collaborative
problem
*The name of the nursing diagnosis as approved by
NANDA International.
, *Describes the essence of a patient's response to
health conditions in as few words as possible. -
ANSWER diagnostic label
ex: impaired physical mobility = Diagnostic Label
______ _______- a condition, historical factor or
etiology that gives a context for the defining
characteristics and shows a type of relationship with
the nursing diagnosis. - ANSWER related factor
impaired physical mobility(Diagnostic Label)
Related to
abdominal incision(related factor or etiology)
*Related factor of a nursing diagnosis always within
the domain of nursing practice
*A condition that responds to nursing interventions -
ANSWER etiology
Impaired physical mobility(diagnostic label) related
to (related to) acute incision pain(related factor or
etiology)
The clinical criteria that are observable and
verifiable
(an objective or subjective sign or symptom that
leads to a diagnostic conclusion) - ANSWER
Defining characteristics