Which of the following expected outcomes is most correctly stated?
a. The patient will ambulate the hall.
b. The patient will ambulate the hall three times.
c. The patient will ambulate the hall three times in a row.
d. In 2 days, the patient will ambulate the north hall of the unit up and down from the nurses' station three times in a row without assistance.
D
An expected outcome is a description of the favorable patient status that is achieved when a prob-lem-focused nursing diagnosis has been resolved or positive adaptation has been enhanced. Clearly written outcome statements stipulate the patient's expected behavior or function within a specified time frame, rather than what the nursing interventions will accomplish. Some outcome statements require qualifiers or the conditions involved with the patient's activity.
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