How does a nursing diagnosis differ from a medical diagnosis?
a. A nursing diagnosis is a clinical judgment about a family's, individual's, or community's responses to actual or potential health problems.
b. A nursing diagnosis is a clinical judgment that identifies a specific disease condition or pathological state.
c. Only a physician can make a medical diagnosis, but anyone can make a nursing diagnosis.
d. The physician specifically defines medical interventions to be performed by the medical staff for treatment only after a nursing diagnosis is made.
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Nursing diagnosis, the second step of the nursing process, involves the analysis and synthesis of data gathered during the assessment phase to represent a clinical judgment about a client's responses to actual or potential health problems or life processes. A nursing diagnosis provides the basis for choosing nursing interventions to achieve desired client outcomes.
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