A community health nurse is teaching a class to expectant parents. All participants lack infant care knowledge. A student nurse asks, "If you had to assign a nursing diagnosis to this group, what would it be?" What is the best nursing reply?
A. "I would assign the nursing diagnosis of cognitive deficit."
B. "I would assign the nursing diagnosis of knowledge deficit."
C. "I would assign the nursing diagnosis of altered family processes."
D. "I would assign the nursing diagnosis of risk for caregiver role strain."
B
Knowledge deficit is defined as the absence or deficiency of cognitive information related to a specific topic. Cognitive deficit would indicate an alteration in the ability to process information, and this evidence is not provided in the question.
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