A Terminology for Nursing Diagnoses

Jones, Phyllis E.

doi:10.1097/00012272-197910000-00007

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“…To be valid, a nursing diagnosis must have a conceptual focus that is consistent with the definition of nursing diagnosis and falls within the boundaries of diagnoses described in the literature. Diagnostic definitions cover a spectrum of foci: the patient's response to a situation or illness that is actually or potentially unhealthful (Jones, 1979); a health state or an actual or potential alteration in one's life processes, (Carpenito, 1983); human response to actual or potential health problems (American Nurses' Association, 1980); and actual or potential health problems that nurses by virtue of their education and experience are capable of treating and are licensed to treat (Gordon, 1976). Gordon (1982) defines a health problem as a dysfunctional health state or health pattern and describes the latter as a "sequence of behaviors over time representing a change from baseline data" (p. 82).…”

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Knowledge Deficit: Not a Nursing Diagnosis

Jenny

1987

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This paper challenges the conceptual validity of the approved nursing diagnosis “Knowledge Deficit (specify).” The concept is examined in relation to four criteria for legitimate nursing diagnoses: appropriate conceptual focus, necessary diagnostic attributes, theoretical validity and clinical utility. Using these criteria, the author concludes that knowledge deficit is not a legitimate diagnosis and suggests that it can be dropped from the taxonomy. This would encourage clinicians to focus on patients' Problem state using lack of knowledge as a risk factor, etiology or defining characteristic. Patient outcomes would then be defined in terms of state resolution rather than knowledge increment alone.

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Section: Conceptual Focus Of Nursing Diagnosesmentioning

confidence: 99%