The charge nurse is reviewing a patient's plan of care, which includes the nursing diagnostic statement, Impaired physical mobility related to tibial fracture as evidenced by patient's inability to ambulate to bathroom
The nurse needs to revise which part of the diagnostic statement?
a. Nursing diagnosis
b. Etiology
c. Patient chief complaint
d. Defining characteristic
ANS: B
The etiology, or related to factor, of tibial fracture is a medical diagnosis and needs to be revised. The nursing diagnosis is appropriate because the patient is unable to ambulate. The patient's chief complaint is what the patient subjectively states is the problem. No subjective data are included in the diagnostic statement. The defining characteristic (subjective and objective data that support the diagnosis) is appropriate for Impaired physical mobility.
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