The student nurse is confused about the differences between a ...

[beccaep]

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

[AmberC1996]

Answer to Question 1

D
Feedback:
A medical diagnosis identifies the disease a person has or is believed to have. Physicians arrive at a medical diagnosis by studying the physiologic manifestations of the illness and establishing its cause and nature. A medical diagnosis provides a basis for prognosis (projected client outcome) and medical treatment decisions. Nursing diagnosis process involves identifying the nursing care problem and planning care based on the problems or diagnosis identified. Nursing diagnosis is not to be confused with medical diagnosis.

Answer to Question 2

C
Feedback:
The top seven vertebrae (in the neck) are called cervical vertebrae. Directly below the cervical vertebrae are 12 thoracic vertebrae, to which the ribs are attached. The next five vertebrae are the lumbar vertebrae. They are located in the small of the back. In adults, the sacral vertebrae are fused together, (the sacrum), which anchors the pelvis.

[beccaep]

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[AmberC1996]

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