A psychiatric nurse has been instructed to begin using nursing diagnoses based on NANDA-I. Terms relating to nursing judgment about the client's condition would be found on which of the seven axes of NANDA-I?
a. Axis 1
b. Axis 3
c. Axis 5
d. Axis 7
B
Terms relating to nursing judgment would be found on Axis 3 . Axis 3 is the area where the nurse must use professional knowledge and skill to determine if the concept is limited or best described by a number of adjectives (e.g., disturbed, dysfunctional, impaired, or ineffective).
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