Author Question: Benefits of using standardized language for nursing diagnoses are that it: 1. provides a method ... (Read 41 times)

EY67 · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

Benefits of using standardized language for nursing diagnoses are that it:

1. provides a method for identifying the focus of nursing care and ensures that nursing care is documented in a retrievable manner for quality improvement.
2. emphasizes completion of nursing tasks and provides a method of identifying the focus of nursing care.
3. fosters nursing research and allows for third-party reimbursement for medical care.
4. emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach to medical records and subsumes nursing under the medical model.

Question 2

Which of the following measurements is not routinely made in pediatric patients younger than age 2 years?

1. height
2. weight
3. blood pressure
4. cranial circumference