Which of the following most accurately describes nursing diagnoses? A nursing diagnosis:
a. Supports the nurse's diagnostic reasoning
b. Supports the client's medical diagnosis
c. Identifies a client's response to a health problem
d. Identifies a client's health problem
C
Nursing diagnoses are statements that nurses use to describe a client's physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social response to disease, injury, or other stressor. Diagnostic reasoning is used to identify the appropriate nursing diagnosis; it is not meant to "support" the diagnosis. A health problem is a condition that requires intervention to promote wellness or prevent illness; it is sometimes, but not always, a nursing diagnosis. Nursing diagnoses are not medical diagnoses.
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