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DelorasTo

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When evaluating care plans as a part of peer review, the nurse knows that the best nursing diagnoses are written in terms of what?
 
  A) Cues, inferences, and goals
  B) Judgments and advice
  C) Client and nursing needs
  D) Validated data and suspected problems

Question 2

Select the most appropriate psychosocial nursing diagnosis based on the following client information: A client has a 20-year history of alcoholism, liver failure, and marital problems.
 
  His chief complaints include tremors, fatigue, drowsiness, nausea, insomnia, crying spells, and anxiety.
 
  A) Cirrhotic liver disease related to alcoholism
  B) Inadequate nutrition, as evidenced by nausea and anorexia
  C) Sleep disturbance as evidenced by insomnia, fatigue, and daytime drowsiness
  D) Depression related to alcoholism



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Answer to Question 1

Ans: D
Diagnoses are written using validated data and are a mechanism for conveying to the care team what the suspected problems will be or are.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: C
The correct answer reflects the client's difficulty, along with the data that support this assessment.



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