The nurse is preparing to write nursing diagnoses for a client. The five components of a nursing diagnosis that the nurse should include are:
a. assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation.
b. diagnostic label, definition, defining characteristic, risk factors, related factors.
c. actual problem, potential problem, possible problem, etiology, risk factor.
d. purpose, goals, interventions, evaluations, client responses.
ANS: B
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