Author Question: What is the link between the nursing diagnosis and the medical diagnosis? a. The time frame of ... (Read 78 times)

luminitza · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

What is the link between the nursing diagnosis and the medical diagnosis?

a. The time frame of awareness
b. Potential mobility problems
c. Client's chief medical diagnosis and priority assessments
d. Health promotion activities and education to motivate for wellness

Question 2

The nurse is assessing how a client copes with stress. Which of the following is the best question to ask the client?

a. How have you handled similar stress in the past?
b. How do you feel when you face stressful situations?
c. What is it that causes your stress?
d. Do you see this as an actual or potential stressor?

bobsmith · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C

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A The time frame of awareness is not the link between nursing and medical diagnosis.
B Potential mobility problems could be a specific nursing diagnosis, but this diagnosis does not apply in all cases.
C The link between nursing and medical diagnoses is the client's chief medical diagnosis and priority, individualized assessments.
D Health promotion activities and education to motivate people to be healthy is not the link between nursing and medical diagnoses.

Answer to Question 2

A
Asking the client How have you handled similar stress in the past? allows the nurse to obtain information about the client's usual coping skills and resources.
Asking the client How do you feel when you face stressful situations? assesses feelings, not coping mechanisms.
Asking the client What is it that causes your stress? assesses the stressor, not the client's coping ability.
Asking the client Do you see this as an actual or potential stressor? is irrelevant, because stressors can be either actual or potential.