PREVENTING ERRORS IN MAKING NURSING DIAGNOSIS
PREVENTING ERRORS IN MAKING NURSING DIAGNOSIS
1. Do not use medical terms. If you must, merely clarify, with the statement given to the `secondary`.
Ex: b.d cancer mastectomy
2. Not formulate nursing diagnosis as a medical diagnosis
Ex: Risk of pneumonia
3. Do not formulate a nursing diagnosis as a nursing intervention
Ex: Using the potty as often as possible bd urge to urinate
4. Do not use vague terms. Use the term / more specific statement.
Ex: No effective clearance of airway difficulty breathing bd
5. Do not write a repeat of nursing diagnosis doctor’s instructions
Ex: Instructions for fast
6. Do not formulate the two problems at the same time
Ex: aches and fear b.d operating procedures
7. Do not connect the problem with a situation that can not be changed
Ex: The risk of injury b.d blindness
8. Do not write or sign the aetiology / symptoms to the problem
Ex: pulmonary congestion long lay b.d tirah
9. Do not make assumptions
Ex: The risk of the changing role of bd inexperienced new mothers.
10. Do not write a statement that legally unwise
Ex: bd damage the integrity of the skin where the client is not changed every 2 hours.
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