Question

1. defined the term nursing diagnosis. Distinguish it from a collaborative problem and medical diagnosis.

Answer 1

“A nursing diagnosis is a clinical judgment concerning a human response to health conditions/life processes, or vulnerability for that response, by an individual, family, group or community” (NANDA International, 2009). Nursing diagnosis identifies clients responses to their health such as the potential or actual response to a disease that the nurse can manage. Nursing diagnoses serve as the baseline for nursing process which includes planning, management and intervention. A nursing diagnosis determines. Actual, health promotion, risk and syndrome nursing diagnosis are considered as the four different types of nursing diagnosis (NANDA International, 2009).

Medical diagnosis determines a specific disease or condition or injury based on the history collection, physical examination, or diagnostic tests where the physician treats. It is commonly refereed as patient diagnoisis in the health care sector. (NANDA International, n.d)

A collaborative problem is an actual or potential physiological complication that can affect the status of the patient (Carpenito-Moyet, 2009). Nurses can make decisions independently about nursing diagnosis or collaborative problems. However, treating collaborative problem independalty is considered within the scope of practice of a nurse, but they can prevent such complications by constant monitoring. (Carpenito-Moyet, 2009).