The nurse is preparing to write nursing diagnoses for a client. What should the nurse recall about the NANDA label?
1. Must contain three components
2. Describes the health problem for which nursing therapy is given
3. Helps define medical diagnoses for nursing
4. Promotes a taxonomy of nursing
Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: The diagnosis contains three components: the problem and its definition, the etiology, and the defining characteristics.
Rationale 2: The problem statement, or diagnostic label, describes the client's health problem or response for which nursing therapy is given.
Rationale 3: The nursing diagnosis is not equated with or defined by medical diagnoses.
Rationale 4: The purpose of the NANDA label is to define, refine, and promote a taxonomy of nursing diagnostic terminology of general use to professional nurses. This label describes the health problem or response by the client for which nursing therapy is given.
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