After a nurse has completed the assessment for a new client with a psychiatric disorder, data are
analyzed to formulate nursing diagnoses.
The information that will be conveyed by the nursing
diagnoses includes (more than one answer may be correct)
A. medical judgments about the disorder.
B. unmet client needs present at the moment.
C. supporting data that validate the diagnoses.
D. probable causes that will be targets for nursing interventions.
ANS:
B, C, D
Rationale: Nursing diagnoses focus on phenomena of concern to nurses rather than on medical
diagnoses.
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