Nursing 115 Chapter 17 with complete solutions 2024

Nursing 115 Chapter 17 After assessing a patient, a nurse develops a standard formal nursing diagnosis. What is the rationale for the nurse's actions? A. To form a language that can be encoded only by nurses B. To distinguish the nurse's role from the physician's role C. To develop clinical judgment based on other's intuition D. To help nurses focus on the scope of medical practice - correct answer B. To distinguish the nurse's role from the physician's role The standard formal nursing diagnosis serves several purposes. Nursing diagnoses distinguish the nurse's role from that of the physician/health care provider and help nurses focus on the scope of nursing practice (not medical) while fostering the development of nursing knowledge. A nursing diagnosis provides the precise definition that gives all members of the health care team a common language for understanding the patient's needs. A diagnosis is a clinical judgment based on information. Which diagnosis will the nurse document in a patient's care plan that is NANDA-I approved? A. Sore throat B. Acute pain