What is the term used in the nursing process for the patient's problem?
a. Patient data
b. Nursing diagnosis
c. Nursing intervention
d. Outcome planning
ANS: B
A nursing diagnosis is a clinical judgment about individual, family, or community response to actual or potential health problems or life processes. Nursing diagnoses are standardized labels that make an identified problem understandable to all nurses. Patient data lead to the diagnosis, and interventions and outcomes are based on the diagnosis.
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