The student nurse is confused about the differences between a medical diagnosis and a nursing diagnosis. The nurse educator reviews a chart with key information about the medical diagnoses and nursing diagnoses.
Based on this information, what are facts about a medical diagnosis that the student nurse should identify to show comprehension of this critical information?
1 . Involves identification of the nursing care problem and planning care based on the diagnoses identified
2 . Identifies the disease a person has or is believed to have
3 . Physicians arrive at a medical diagnosis by studying the physiologic manifestations of the illness and establishing its cause and nature.
4 . Provides a basis for prognosis and medical treatment decisions
A) 1, 2, 3
B) 1, 2, 4
C) 1, 3, 4
D) 2, 3, 4
Question 2
A student nurse is reviewing the documentation about a client's past history of spine abnormalities. The medical history identifies that surgery has occurred in the lumbar vertebrae.
Based on this information, the student nurse would correctly identify the location of a scar in which region when collecting data? A) Neck
B) Anterior and posterior chest
C) Small of the back
D) Pelvis
The nurse applies a pulse oximeter sensor on the client’s finger.
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The nurse begins the general survey