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| NANDA-I | North American Nursing Diagnosis Association-International |
| nursing diagnosis | a clinical judgment about individual, family, or community responses to actual or high-risk (potential) health problems or life processes |
| nursing interventions | activity performed by nurses that should promote the chievement of the desired patient outcome |
| nursing process | systematic method by which nurses plan and provide care for patients. |
| nursing-sensitive patient outcomes | the results or outcomes of nursing interventions. These outcomes or indicators are influenced by nursing and can be used to judge effectiveness of care and determine best practices |
| objective data | of or pertaining to a clinical finding that is observed, palpated, or auscultated. Laboratory findings, as well as radiologic and other studies, are included; observable and measurable signs |
| outcome | description of the specific measurable behavior (outcome criteria) that the patient will be able to exhibit after the nursing interventions |
| planning | in the five-step nursing process, a category of nursing behavior in which a strategy is designed for the achievement of the goals of care for an individual patient, as established in assessing and analyzing. Planning includes developing and modifying a care plan for the patient, cooperating with other personnel, and recording relevant information |
| problem | any health care condition that requires diagnostic, therapeutic, or educational action |
| risk nursing diagnosis | a clinical judgment that an individual, family, or community is more vulnerable to develop the problem than others in same or similar situation |
| standardized languages | a structured vocabulary that provides nurses with a common means of communication |
| subjective data | sysmptoms; verbal statements provided by the patient. That shich arises from within or is perceived by the individualand related to the examiner |
| syndrome nursing diagnosis | used when a cluster of actual or risk nursing diagnoses are predicted to be present in certain circumstances |
| variance | the unexpected event that occurs during the use of a clinical pathway; can be positive or negative |
| wellness nursing diagnosis | a clinical judgment about an individual, group, or community in transition from a specific level of wellness to a higher level of wellness. |
