After teaching a group of nursing students about nursing diagnoses, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the students identify which of the following as most useful related to the nursing diagnoses developed by the

Question

North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA)?

A) Identifying patient problems related to drug therapy
B) Classifying the patients according to their age groups
C) Categorizing the drugs based on their therapeutic actions
D) Identifying the expected outcomes of treatments given

Answer 1

Ans: A
Feedback:
Some of the nursing diagnoses developed by NANDA are useful in identifying patient problems related to drug therapy and are more commonly used when administering drugs. The nursing diagnoses developed by NANDA do not classify the patients according to their age groups or the drugs based on their actions. NANDA nursing diagnoses do not identify the expected outcome of treatments given. An expected outcome will be specifically related to the kind of drug treatment given to the patient. After the nursing diagnoses are formulated, the nurse develops expected outcomes, which are patient oriented. The expected outcomes will be generated through efficient planning and implementation of the care plan. NANDA nursing diagnoses are not used to identify expected outcomes for patients.