Which type of nursing diagnosis statement begins with the stem readiness for enhanced and does not include related factors or supporting data?
A) Health promotion
B) Syndrome
C) Risk
D) Actual
A
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Health promotion nursing diagnoses reflect clinical judgment of a client's motivation and behavior to increase well-being and enhance health-seeking behaviors. Risk nursing diagnoses identify potential problems and use the stem risk for, as in Risk for Impaired Skin Integrity related to inactivity. Actual nursing diagnoses identify existing problems. Syndrome diagnoses describe specific diagnoses that occur as a group and are best addressed as a group of collective interventions.
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