A nurse is determining whether the data for a client support a potential nursing diagnosis. The nurse is most likely engaged in which step in the diagnostic reasoning process?
A) Step Three: Draw Inferences
B) Step Four: Propose Possible Nursing Diagnoses
C) Step Five: Check for Defining Characteristics
D) Step Six: Confirm or Rule Out Diagnoses
D
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