Which type of nursing diagnosis has a goal to increase well-being and enhance specific health behaviors?
A) Health promotion
B) Risk
C) Wellness
D) Actual
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Health promotion nursing diagnoses look for ways to enhance health. Risk nursing diagnoses identify potential problems and use the stem risk for, as in Risk for Impaired Skin Integrity related to inactivity. In wellness diagnoses, the diagnostic statement begins with the stem readiness for enhanced and does not include related factors or supporting data. Actual nursing diagnoses identify existing problems.
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