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Mr3Hunna

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Which of the following is a correctly written nursing diagnosis appropriate for a patient's plan of care?
 
  a. Ineffective airway clearance related to excessive secretions as evidenced by diminished breath sounds.
  b. Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements.
  c. Impaired physical mobility related to contractures.
  d. Risk for suffocation related to smoking in bed as evidenced by absent breath sounds.

Question 2

All nursing interventions that are implemented for patients must be documented or charted. Proper documentation of interventions:
 
  a. facilitates communication with all members of the health care team.
  b. are only considered legal if documented in the paper chart.
  c. leads to errors of omission and repetition of care.
  d. does not directly measure goal achievement or outcomes.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
There are three types of diagnoses: actual, risk, and health-promotion. Actual diagnoses have three parts: problem, etiology, and signs/symptoms. Risk diagnoses include only the identified need and the risk factors. The nursing diagnosis, imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements, is missing the problem, etiology, and signs and symptoms. Impaired physical mobility is missing the evidence. Risk for suffocation should have only two parts. There are no signs and symptoms if the patient is at risk.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
All nursing interventions that are implemented for patients must be documented or charted. In some cases, this may involve checking off an intervention in the patient's EMR designed to track the effectiveness of specific interventions. Many health care agencies have special requirements for documenting interventions such as the use of physical restraints or pain protocols. Proper documentation of interventions facilitates communication with all members of the health care team and provides an essential legal record. Accurate charting helps to alleviate omissions and repetition of care. Documentation also allows nurses to evaluate the effectiveness of nursing interventions in meeting patient goals and outcomes, which is the final step in the nursing process.



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