When the nurse formulates nursing diagnoses, it is necessary to be specific in describing dysfunctional behaviors so as to
a. select appropriate desirable behaviors for outcome criteria.
b. analyze how the patient was feeling at the time of assessment.
c. explore the context that precipitated the exacerbation of the illness.
d. determine how the illness relates to the patient's total life experience.
A
A goal or outcome specifies an adaptive behavior to replace one that is dysfunctional. The more specific the description of the dysfunctional behavior in the nursing diagnosis, the easier it is to specify an appropriate adaptive behavior. The other options are not relevant reasons for describing dysfunctional behaviors in nursing diagnoses.
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