Before making a nursing diagnosis, what must a nurse do?
A) Establish a plan.
B) Assign a positive value to each consequence.
C) Collect and analyze data.
D) Evaluate the plan of care.
Ans: C
Feedback: In the diagnostic phase of the nursing process, the patient's nursing problems are defined through analysis of patient data. Establishing a plan comes after collecting and analyzing data, evaluating a plan is the last step of the nursing process, and assigning a positive value to each consequence is not done.
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