When asked to define Nursing Diagnosis the nurse's best response ...

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When asked to define Nursing Diagnosis the nurse's best response is:
 
  1. It is the second step in the Nursing Process.
  2. It is the process of defining a client's problems.
  3. It correlates a client's problem with a condition a nurse is competent to treat.
  4. It focuses care a licensed nurse can provide with the identified needs of a cli-ent.

Question 2

The nurse's initial responsibility in the management of a client's collaborative problem is to:
 
  1. Monitor for changes
  2. Advocate for the client
  3. Implement interventions
  4. Evaluate client outcomes

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: 3
It correlates a client's problem with a condition a nurse is competent to treat is a statement that describes the client's actual or potential response to a health problem that the nurse is licensed and competent to treat. Although It is the second step in the Nursing Process is true, it does not define the term. Although It is the process of defining a client's problems is true, is does not address the nursing aspect of the term. Although It focuses care a licensed nurse can pro-vide with the identified needs of a client is true, the focus is not primarily on care.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 1
Nurses initially monitor to detect the onset of changes in a client's status. Although advocating for the client is a nursing role, it is not reserved exclusively to collaborative problems. Implement interventions is not the initial responsibility. Evaluate client outcomes is not the initial responsi-bility.