From the following list, choose the characteristic of critical thinking that interfaces with nursing diagnosis
1. Identify potential and actual problems.
2. Get a better understanding of someone else.
3. Make decisions about an action.
4. Increase the likelihood of obtaining good results.
Identify potential and actual problems.
Rationale: Identifying potential and actual problems is analogous to identifying nursing diagnoses, potential and actual. The other characteristics are not reflective of the interface between critical thinking and nursing diagnosis, but are related to other steps of the nursing process.
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