After a nurse assesses a new patient with a psychiatric disorder, nursing diagnoses are formulated. Information conveyed by the nursing diagnoses includes: (More than one answer is correct.)
a. medical judgments about the disorder.
b. goals and outcomes for the plan of care.
c. unmet patient needs present at the moment.
d. supporting data that validate the diagnoses.
e. probable causes that will be targets for nursing interventions.
C, D, E
Nursing diagnoses indicate clinical judgments about patients' responses, needs, actual and potential disorders, mental health problems, and potential comorbid physical illnesses.
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