Which statement is true regarding goals and expected outcomes?
a. Goals focus on long-term needs and expected outcomes focus on short-term needs.
b. A goal is a broad statement of desired changes that need not be written in behavioral terms.
c. An expected outcome is a specific statement that describes the methods through which the goal will be achieved.
d. Long-term goals focus on the etiology com-ponent of the nursing diagnosis.
C
An expected outcome is a description of the favorable patient status that is achieved when a prob-lem-focused nursing diagnosis has been resolved or positive adaptation has been enhanced.
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