Nursing Process Exam Questions
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1. Nursing dx - ANS ✓‐ Clinical judgment in response to actual or
potential
Health problems.
‐ Provides a basis for providing nursing care through
Various interventions to achieve outcomes.
‐ Changes possibly from day to day as the patient's
Response changes.
2. What are the 4 types of NANDA-I dx - ANS ✓1. Actual diagnosis
2. Risk diagnosis
3. Health promotion diagnosis
4. Wellness diagnosis
3. Actual dx - ANS ✓Represents a problem that has been validated by
the
Presence of defining characteristics (signs and
Symptoms).
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4. Risk dx - ANS ✓Is defined by NANDA‐I , "describes human responses
to health conditions/life processes that may develop in a vulnerable
individual, family, or community. It is supported by risk factors that
contribute to increased
Vulnerability" (NANDA, 2007). Ex. Infection after surgery
5. Health promotion dx - ANS ✓Clinical judgment of a person, family,
or community desire to enhance their well being and readiness to
implement health behaviors of a higher level. Ex. Nutrition
6. Wellness dx - ANS ✓Describes the human responses to levels of
wellness in an individual, family or community that have readiness to
enhance well being. Ex.Coping, readiness of enhanced related to
successful cancer treatment.
7. How do you formulate an actual nursing dx; what does it consist
of - ANS ✓A nursing diagnosis consists of 3 parts or what is referred
to PES format:
P= Problem
E =Etiology
S =Signs and Symptoms
8. What is the purpose of the problem - ANS ✓to identify the health
status or
Problem of the individual using the approved NANDA - I list. Ex.Pain, acute
9. What is the etiology - ANS ✓the cause ; Identifies the physiologic,
psychological, sociologic, spiritual, or environmental factors assumed
to be the
Cause of the problem or a contributing factor.
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