How does a risk nursing diagnosis differ from a possible nursing diagnosis?
a. A risk diagnosis is based on data about the patient.
b. A possible diagnosis is based on partial (or incomplete) data.
c. Nurses collect the data to support risk diagnoses.
d. A possible diagnosis becomes an actual diagnosis when symptoms develop.
B
A possible nursing diagnosis is based on nursing knowledge, intuition, and experience and does not have enough data to support it; it is based on incomplete data. A risk diagnosis describes a problem that may develop in a vulnerable client if nursing care is not initiated to prevent it; it is made when risk factors are present in the data. Nurses collect data to support both risk and possible diagnoses; therefore, this statement does not differentiate them. A risk diagnosis becomes an actual diagnosis when symptoms develop.
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