CHAPTER 7

Question 1

Actual nursing diagnosis

Answer 1

An existing human response to a health problem the nurse identifies that is amendable to nursing intervention. A problem-focused diagnosis (also known as actual diagnosis) is a client problem that is present at the time of the nursing assessment. These diagnoses are based on the presence of associated signs and symptoms

Question 2

Cluster

Answer 2

Patient data combined into meaningful patterns

Question 3

Collaborative health problems

Answer 3

A collaborative problem is a patient problem that requires the nurse—with the physician and other health care providers—to monitor, plan, and implement patient care.

Question 4

Nursing diagnosis

Answer 4

Actual, potential, or possible health problem identified by the nurse that is compliant to nursing intervention.

Question 5

Possible nursing diagnosis

Answer 5

Health problem amenable to nursing intervention that requires additional data collection and validation before it can be confirmed or deleted as a nursing diagnosis

Question 6

Premature closure

Answer 6

Selecting a diagnosis before analyzing relevant information

Question 7

Taxonomy

Answer 7

Classification system to organize infromatiion