Nursing Process (Diagnosis)

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Diagnosing

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Is a process which result to a diagnostic statement or nursing diagnosis.

And to prepare diagnostic statements.

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Nursing diagnosis

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Is a statement of patient's potential or actual alteration of health status.

It uses the critical thinking skills of analysis and synthesis.

Using PES in the diagnosis

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PES

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Problem - statement /response

Etiology - cause /related factors

Signs and symptoms

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4 types of Nursing DX.

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1. Actual nursing diagnosis

2. Risk /potential nursing diagnosis

3. Wellness diagnosis

4. Symptoms diagnosis

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Activities during diagnosing

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1. Organizing data

2. Comparing data gathered during assessment against standards.

3. Analyzing data after comparing with standards

4. Identifying gaps and inconsistencies in data

5. Determining the patients health problems, health risk and strengths.

6. Formulating nursing diagnosis statements