Practice Question
A nursing diagnosis:
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Is a statement of a patient response to a health problem that requires nursing interventions.
Rationale:
🟠A nursing diagnosis is a clinical judgment about how a patient responds to actual or potential health conditions.
🟠It identifies a problem that can be addressed through nursing interventions, such as impaired mobility or risk for infection.
🟠This differentiates it from medical diagnoses, which identify the disease or pathology itself.
🟠Nursing diagnoses provide a framework for developing individualized care plans focused on patient needs.
🟠This ensures that nursing care is targeted, holistic, and responsive to client concerns.
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Question Details
- Category: LPN Nursing Exam(s)
- Subcategory: 💎Examplify-PN
- Domain: 🔔 Fundamentals of Nursing-PN
- Answer Choices: 4