The systematic decision-making model used by nurses is known as
a. a nursing diagnosis. c. nursing evaluations.
b. nursing interventions. d. the nursing process.
D
The nursing process is a systematic decision-making model that is cyclic, not linear. An essential and distinguishing feature of any nursing diagnosis is that it describes a health condition. Nursing interventions constitute the treatment approach to an identified health alteration. Evaluation of attainment of the expected patient outcomes occurs formally at intervals designated in the outcome criteria.
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