NSE 11A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 12,14: Nursing Diagnosis, Medical Diagnosis, Nanda
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Diagnostic conclusion that determines the nursing care a client receives. Medical diagnosis: identification of a disease condition on the basis of specific evaluation of physical signs, symptoms, the client"s medical history, and the results of diagnostic tests and procedures. Nursing diagnosis: determines health problems within the domain of nursing. Collaborative problem: an actual or potential physiological complication that nurses monitor to detect the onset of changes in a client"s status: nurses intervene in collaboration with personnel from other health care disciplines. In canada, nursing diagnosis is recognized as an innovative means of translating nursing observation and assessments into standard conclusions in a common nomenclature. Defining characteristics: the clinical criteria or assessment findings that help confirm an actual nursing diagnosis. Clinical criteria: objective or subjective signs and symptoms, clusters of signs and symptoms, or risk factors that lead to a diagnostic conclusion. Components of a nursing diagnosis: diagnostic label: the name of the nursing diagnosis as approved by nanda international.