The nurse writes the following nursing diagnosis for a client who is not taking his prescribed lithium regularly:
Noncompliance with lithium therapy r/t dislike of side effects as evidenced by subtherapeutic lithium level and client statement that lithium makes his hands shake. Is the nursing diagnosis worded correctly for an actual problem?
1. It expresses an actual client problem, the etiology, and the defining characteristics consistent with the etiology.
2. It expresses a potential client problem and gives defining characteristics.
3. The problem statement is accurate, but the defining characteristics are not con-sistent with the etiology given.
4. Not enough data exist to determine an accurate problem statement.
ANS: 1
Option 1 is correct; all elements for a proper actual nursing diagnosis are present. 2. The diagnosis is actual; it is not a risk diagnosis. 3. The defining characteristics are consistent with the etiology. 4. Data are sufficient to select this problem statement.
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