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| problems validated by the presence of major defining characteristics and possessing four components: label, definition, defining characteristics, and related factor |
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| actual or potential health problem that may occur from complications of diesease, diagnostic studies, or the treatment regimen; the nurse works together with other members of the healthcare team toward its resolution |
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| significant information that is helpful in making decisions |
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| grouping of patient data or cues that points to the existence of a patient health problem |
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| analysis of patient data to identify patient strengths and health problems that independent nursing intervention can prevent or resolve |
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| failure to detect an actual unhealthy behavior |
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| condition related to health requiring intervention if disease or illness is to be prevented or resolved and coping and wellness are to be promoted |
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| statement about a specific disease process using terminology from a well-developed classification system accepted by the medical profession |
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| actual or potential health problem that an independent nursing intervention can prevent or resolve. Actual problem is present. Possible problem may be present, but more data are needed to confirm or disconfirm the problem. Potential problem may occur; defining characteristics are present as risk factors. |
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| possible nursing diagnoses |
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| statements describing a suspected problem for which additional data are needed to confirm or rule out the suspected problem |
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| clinical judgments that an individual, family, or community is more vulnerable to develop the problem than others in the same or similar situation |
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| rules or guidelines that allow nurses to carry out professional roles, serving as protection for the nurse, the patient, and the institution where healthcare is given |
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| syndrome nursing diagnoses |
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| cluster of actual or risk nursing diagnoses that are predicted to be present because of a certain event or situation |
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| clinical judgment about an individual, family, or community in transition from a specific level of wellness to a higher level of wellness |
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