The process of using assessment data gathered about a patient combined with critical thinking to explain a nursing diagnosis is known as
a. Diagnostic reasoning.
b. Defining characteristics.
c. Assigning clinical criteria.
d. Diagnostic labeling.
ANS: A
Diagnostic reasoning is defined as a process of using the assessment data gathered about a patient to logically explain a clinical judgment, in this case a nursing diagnosis. Defining characteristics are assessment findings that support the nursing diagnosis. Clinical criteria are objective signs or subjective symptoms. Diagnostic labeling is simply assigning the diagnosis.
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