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imowrer

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The nurse is reviewing the client's care plan and checking the quality of the nursing diagnosis statements. Criteria to use for guidelines in formulating nursing diagnoses include which of the following?
 
  1. Nonjudgmental statements
  2. Stated in terms of a need
  3. Must be legally advisable
  4. Cause/effect are correctly stated
  5. Use medical terminology to describe the cause
  6. Word the diagnosis specifically and precisely

Question 2

The student nurse is learning the Taxonomy II nursing diagnoses system. This system is coded according to which of the following axes?
 
  1. Gordon's health pattern groupings
  2. Age
  3. Time
  4. Health status
  5. Gender
  6. Unit of care



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Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 1,3,4,6
Rationale 1: This option reflects a accepted guideline for formulating nursing diagnoses.
Rationale 2: A nursing diagnosis statement must be stated in terms of a problem, not a need.
Rationale 3: This option reflects a accepted guideline for formulating nursing diagnoses.
Rationale 4: This option reflects a accepted guideline for formulating nursing diagnoses.
Rationale 5: Nursing terminology rather than medical terminology is used to describe the client's response and the probable cause of the client's response.
Rationale 6: This option reflects a accepted guideline for formulating nursing diagnoses.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 2,3,4,6
Rationale 1: Health patterns is not a axes upon which diagnoses are coded.
Rationale 2: The Taxonomy II system codes diagnoses according to seven axes that includes age.
Rationale 3: The Taxonomy II system codes diagnoses according to seven axes that includes time.
Rationale 4: The Taxonomy II system codes diagnoses according to seven axes that includes health status.
Rationale 5: Gender is not a axes upon which diagnoses are coded.
Rationale 6: The Taxonomy II system codes diagnoses according to seven axes that includes unit of care.



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