Chapter 1 Frequently Asked Questions How do I determine if the patient care problem is a nursing diagnosis or a collaborative problem?
Nursing diagnoses are statements that describe the human response to an actual or potential health problem (ANA, 1980). Nurses can independently diagnose the human response to an alteration in health and prescribe interventions to alleviate or diminish the impact of this health alteration to the individual, family, or community. A collaborative problem is a patient problem that requires the nursewith the physician and other health care providersto monitor, plan, and implement patient care.
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