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Nursing Family Community Wellness Diagnoses Sutton
Nursing Family Community Wellness Diagnoses Sutton
INTRODUCTION:
Creating nursing diagnoses requires the application of detailed
assessment skills, critical thinking, and decision making. The
formulation of nursing diagnoses is related to competency in diagnostic
reasoning which students begin in their first year.
DEFINITIONS:
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potential for enhancement to a higher state. This document will focus on
writing wellness diagnoses for the community.
NURSING DIAGNOSIS:
FAMILY DIAGNOSIS:
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COMMUNITY DIAGNOSIS:
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b. Nurse’s Role in Wellness Diagnoses:
The role of the nurse is basically to facilitate healthy responses in order
to reach a higher level of health oriented goals. There is a progression
from one level of wellness to a higher level of wellness. For example, the
nurse can help clients to complete transitions, to achieve higher levels of
wellness or to attain wellness status. Health promotion plays a
significant role.
c. Components:
As stated above, there are four (4) components to any community
diagnosis including a wellness diagnosis.
5. EXAMPLES:
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C. There is a potential for enhanced parenting skills for mothers of
preschool children in the downtown Windsor area related to their
information seeking behaviours and their attendance at Parenting
Classes as evidenced by staff reports and self assessments.
Since the etiology will drive the nursing interventions, this must be an
area in which nursing can intervene.
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for falls related to a knowledge deficit of home safety measures as
evidenced by……). We would not say, “A knowledge deficit of home
safety measures related to potential risk for falls as evidenced by….”
The knowledge deficit itself is not a response but rather a reason for a
client’s response or lack of response.
REFERENCES:
Freidman, M.M., Bowden, V.R., & Jones, E.G. (2003). Family nursing:
Research, theory, and practice. (5th ed.). New Jersey: Prentice Hall.