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• identify the client's response not the medical diagnosis
• identify a NANDA diagnostic statement rather that the symptom
• identify a treatavle etiology rather than a clinical sign or chronic problem
• identify the problem caused by the treatment or diagnostic study rather than the treatment or study itself
• identify the client response to the equipment rather than the equipment itself
• identify the client's problems rather than your promblems with nursing care
• identify the client problem rather than the nusrsing intervention
• identify the clietnt problem rather than the goal
• make progessional rather than prejudicial judgments
• avoid legally inadvisable statement
• identify the problem and etiology to avoid a circular statement
• identify only one client problem in the diagnostic statement

• data collection
• interpretation and analysis
• data clustering
• diagnostic statement

• diagnostic label- the label
• etiology- the causitive factor, not cause and effect, r/t
• nursing data must support both

• actual
• risk
• wellness

• analyze and interpret data
• recognize patterns- clusters and patterns of data often contain defining characteristics
• compare with normal standards
• make a reasoned conclusion
• identify client needs

• NANDA
• purpose is to develop, refine, and promote a taxonomy of nursing diagnostic terminology of general use for the professional nurse
• established in 1982

an actual or potential physiological complication that nurses monitor to detect the onset of changes in a client's status

a clinical judgment about individual, family or community responses to actual and potential health problems or life processes

the identification of a disease condition based on a specific evaluation of physical signs, symptoms, the client's medical history and the results of diagnostic tests and procedures