Online Companion: Fundamentals of Nursing Standards and Practice 2E

Chapter Objectives

After reading Chapter 07, the student should be ready to
• Discuss the steps involved in establishing a nursing diagnosis
• Describe the types of errors that can occur when a nursing diagnosis is made
• Identify how the nursing diagnosis step fits into the nursing process
• Plan strategies that can be used to increase the use of nursing diagnosis language in clinical situations
• Relate the use of nursing diagnosis to individualizing nursing care