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Afteruassessinguaupuatient,
f uaunurseudevelopsuaustandarduformalunursingudiagn osis.uWhatuisutheurationale

orutheunurse’suacti ons?
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a. Touformuaulanguageuthatucanubeuencodeduonlyubyunurse
s
b. Toudistinguishuthe nurse’suroleufromutheuphysician’surol
e

, c. Toudevelopuclinicalujudgmentubaseduonuother’suintuition

d. Touhelpunursesufocusuonutheuscopeuofumedicalupractice



ANS:uB
Theustandarduformalunursingudiagnosisuservesuseveralupurposes.uNursingudiagnosesudistinguishutheunurse’su
roleufromuthatuofutheuphysician/healthucareuprovideruanduhelpunursesufocusuonutheuscopeuofunursingupracticeu
(notumedical)uwhileufosteringutheudevelopmentuofunursinguknowledge.uAunursingudiagnosisuprovidesutheupr
eciseudefinitionuthatugivesuallumembersuofutheuhealthucareuteamuaucommonulanguageuforuunderstandingutheu
patient’suneeds.uAudiagnosisuisuauclinicalujudgmentubaseduonuinformation.
2. Whichudiagnosisuwillutheunurseudocumentuinuaupatient’sucareuplanuthatuisuNANDA-Iuapproved?

a. Soreuthroat

b. Acuteupain

c. Sleepuapnea

d. Heartufailure



ANS:uB
AcuteupainuisutheuonlyuNANDA-
Iuapprovedudiagnosisulisted.uSleepuapneauanduheartufailureuareumedicaludiagnoses,uandusoreuthroatui
susubjectiveudata.
3. Aunurseudevelopsuaunursingudiagnosticustatementuforuaupatientuwithuaumedicaludiagnosisuofu
pneumoniauwithuchestux-
rayuresultsuofulowerulobeuinfiltrates.uWhichunursingudiagnosisudidutheunurse
write?
a. Ineffectiveubreathingupatternurelatedutoupneumonia

b. Riskuforuinfectionurelatedutouchestux-rayuprocedure

c. Riskuforudeficientufluiduvolumeurelatedutoudehydration

Impairedugasuexchangeurelatedutoualveolar-capillaryumembrane

d. changes

ANS:uD
Theurelatedutoufactoruofualveolar-
capillaryumembraneuchangesuisuaccuratelyuwrittenubecauseuituisuaupatienturesponseutoutheudiseaseuprocessuofu
pneumoniauthatutheunurseucanutreat.uTheurelatedutoufactorushouldubeutheucauseuofutheuproblemu(nursingudiagn
osis)uthatuaunurseucanuaddress.uTheurelatedutoufactorsuofudehydrationuandupneumoniauareuallumedicaludiagno
sesuthatutheunurseucannotuchange.uAudiagnosticutestuoruauchronicudysfunctionuisunotuanuetiologyuoruauconditio
nuthatuaunursinguinterventionuisuableutoutreat.
4. Theunurseuisureviewinguaupatient’suplanuofucare,uwhichuincludesutheunursingudiagnosticustatem
ent,uImpaireduphysicalumobilityurelatedutoutibialufractureuasuevidencedubyupatient’suinabilityutouambul
ate.uWhichupartuofutheudiagnosticustatementudoesutheunurseuneedutourevise?
a. Etiology

b. Nursingudiagnosis

c. Collaborativeu problem

d. Definingucharacteristic



ANS:uA 2
Theuetiology,uorurelatedutoufactor,uofutibialufractureuisuaumedicaludiagnosisuanduneedsutoubeurevised.uThe

, nursingudiagnosisuisuappropriateubecauseutheupatientuisuunableutouambulate.uAucollaborativeuproblemuisuanua
ctualuorupotentialuphysiologicalucomplicationuthatunursesumonitorutoudetectutheuonsetuofuchangesuinuaupatien
t’suhealthustatus;uthereuisunoucollaborativeuproblemulisted.uTheudefiningucharacteristicu(subjectiveuanduobject
iveudatauthatusupportutheudiagnosis)uisuappropriateuforuImpaireduphysicalumobility.
5. Aunurseuisuusinguassessmentudataugathereduaboutuaupatientuanducombiningucriticaluthinking

toudevelopuaunursingudiagnosis.uWhatuisutheunurseudoing?
a. Assigninguclinicalucues

b. Definingucharacteristics

c. Diagnosticureasoning

d. Diagnosticulabeling



ANS:uC
Diagnosticureasoninguisudefineduasuauprocessuofuusingutheuassessmentudataugathereduaboutuaupatientutoulo
gicallyuexplainuauclinicalujudgment,uinuthisucaseuaunursingudiagnosis.uDefiningucharacteristicsuareuassess
mentufindingsuthatusupportutheunursingudiagnosis.uDefiningucharacteristicsuareutheusubjectiveuanduobjecti
veuclinicalucues,uwhichuaunurseugathersuintentionallyuanduunintentionally.uTheunurseuorganizesualluofutheu
patient’sudatauintoumeaningfuluanduusableudatauclusters,uwhichuleadutouaudiagnosticuconclusion.
Diagnosticulabelinguisusimplyutheunameuofutheudiagnosis.



6. Aupatientupresentsutoutheuemergencyudepartmentufollowinguaumotoruvehicleucrashuandusuffer
suaurightufemurufracture.uTheuleguisustabilizeduinuaufullulegucast.uOtherwise,utheupatientuhasunouother
umajoruinjuries,uisuinugooduhealth,uandureportsuonlyumoderateudiscomfort.uWhichuisutheumostuperti

nentunursingudiagnosisutheunurseuwilluincludeuinutheuplanuofucare?
a. Posttraumausyndrome

b. Constipation

c. Acuteupain

d. Anxiety



ANS:uC
Baseduonutheuassessmentudatauprovided,utheuonlyusupportiveuevidenceuforuoneuofutheudiagnosisuoptionsuisu“
Reportsuonlyumoderateudiscomfort,”uwhichuwouldusupportuAcuteupain.uNousupportiveuevidenceuisuprovided
uforuanyuofutheuotherudiagnoses.uTheupatientumayuindeedudevelopusignsuorusymptomsuofutheuotheruproblems,u

butusupportiveudatauareupresentlyulackinguinutheuprovideduinformation.
7. Theunurseuisureviewinguaupatient’sudatabaseuforusignificantuchangesuandudiscoversuthatutheup
atientuhasunotuvoideduinuoveru8uhours.uTheupatient’sukidneyufunctionulaburesultsuareuabnormal,uandu
theupatient’suoraluintakeuhasusignificantlyudecreasedusinceupreviousushifts.uWhichustepuofutheunursin
g

processushouldutheunurseuproceedutouafteruthisureview?
a. Diagnosis

b. Planning

c. Implementation

d. Evaluation
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ANS:uA