In the process of planning a patient's care, the nurse has identified a nursing diagnosis of Ineffective Health Maintenance related to alcohol use. What must precede the determination of this nursing diagnosis?
A) Establishment of a plan to address the underlying problem
B) Assigning a positive value to each consequence of the diagnosis
C) Collecting and analyzing data that corroborates the diagnosis
D) Evaluating the patient's chances of recovery
Ans: C
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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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