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Evvie72 · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

A client comes to the clinic seeking information and education regarding healthy lifestyles and eating habits. The most appropriate diagnosis for this client is which of the following?

1. Risk nursing diagnosis
2. Syndrome diagnosis
3. Wellness diagnosis
4. Actual diagnosis

Question 2

A nursing student is learning the application of the nursing process to client care. When questioned by the student about the reason for implementing a nursing diagnosis, the nursing professor responds: The nursing diagnosis statement:

1. Describes client problems that nurses are licensed to treat.
2. Helps other health care professionals understand the plan of care.
3. Includes the disease the client has during the treatment of care.
4. Helps standardize care for all clients.

Dnite · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 3
Rationale 1: A risk diagnosis is a clinical judgment that a problem does not exist, but the presence of risk factors indicates that a problem is likely to develop unless nurses intervene-that is not what is described in this items.
Rationale 2: A syndrome diagnosis is associated with a cluster of other diagnoses that is not what is described in this stem.
Rationale 3: A wellness diagnosis describes the human response to levels of wellness in an individual. This client is seeking information about behavior changes and improvement to assist him in making choices and changes to enhance his life.
Rationale 4: An actual diagnosis is a client problem that is present at the time of the nursing assessment.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1: The domain of nursing diagnoses includes only those health states that nurses are educated and licensed to treat. A nursing diagnosis is a judgment made only after data collection. Nursing diagnoses describe a continuum of health states: deviations from health, presence of risk factors, and areas of enhanced personal growth.
Rationale 2: A nursing diagnosis while familial to other healthcare professionals, is nursing focused.
Rationale 3: The nursing diagnosis statement is specific to nursing and nurses and does not include the medical diagnosis..
Rationale 4: The nursing diagnosis, like the plan of care, is specific to each individual client and the client's situation.