Answer to Question 1
ANS: A, B, C, E
Ultimately, nurses are accountable for formulating accurate nursing diagnoses and intervening appropriately. By collecting accurate and complete assessment data and articulating concise nursing diagnoses for each patient, the professional nurse has a significant impact on patient care outcomes, the quality of patient care, and patient satisfaction. By identifying and writing clear nursing diagnostic statements, the nurse enables accurate development of individualized patient plans of care. Nursing diagnoses and patient outcomes, which are established during the planning step, help the nurse to determine appropriate interventions for patient care.
Answer to Question 2
ANS: A, B, C
Whereas medical diagnoses identify and label medical (physical and psychological) illnesses, nursing diagnoses are much broader in focus. Nursing diagnoses consider a patient's response to medical diagnoses and life situations in addition to making clinical judgments based on a patient's actual medical diagnoses and conditions. Pain, potential inability to ambulate, and decreased blood flow to the bone are a patient's response to the medical condition of osteomyelitis. Medical diagnoses identify the specific physical or psychological condition. Osteomyelitis and infection are medical diagnoses defined as inflammation and an infection of the bone usually caused by bacteria.
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Summary of Nursing Theories
Anatomists disagreed on the importance of the Piltdown Man.
Skilled nursing facilities provide care for patients requiring longer stays than hospitals allow.
The Laocoön Group, Roman copy, perhaps after Agesander, Athenodorus, and Polydorus of Rhodes.
Nursing Interventions to Promote Healthy Coping Styles