A nurse is planning the nursing care of an elderly client who presented to the emergency department in respiratory distress and has been admitted to an inpatient unit. Which of the following nursing diagnoses is correctly worded?
A) Excess fluid volume related to congestive heart failure as manifested by peripheral and pulmonary edema
B) Exacerbation of congestive heart failure related to peripheral edema, excess fluid volume, and pulmonary edema
C) Excess fluid volume and impaired gas exchanged related to congestive heart failure
D) Congestive heart failure resulting ineffective airway clearance related to pulmonary edema
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The diagnosis, "Excess fluid volume related to congestive heart failure as manifested by peripheral and pulmonary edema" contains the three parts of a nursing diagnostic statement: problem, etiology, and signs and symptoms. The diagnostic statement should begin with the nursing diagnosis, not the etiology, and each statement should include only one nursing diagnosis.
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