Basic Nursing 1st Edition by Judith Wilkinson, Leslie Treas

Exercise 31

Write an example of each of the following diagnostic statement formats using the listed components-mix and match:
Problem labels: Anxiety. Pain (lower back)
Etiologies: Unknown outcome of surgery: muscle strain and tissue inflammation
Cues: Exhibits physical manifestations of anxiety (eg., hands shaking):states pain is 9 on a sale of I to 10.
• Basic two-part statement
• Basic three-part statement
• Basic two-part statement. using "secondary to" (create your own disease/pathology)
• Statement with unknown etiology
• Possible nursing diagnosis
• Risk nursing diagnosis