As the nurse plans care for a newly admitted patient, identification of dysfunctional behaviors will provide the focus for:

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The nurse recognizes that dysfunctional behaviors are behaviors that would benefit the patient to change. These dysfunctional behaviors are written as defining characteristics in the nursing diagnosis. Nursing interventions are formulated that address changing dysfunctional behaviors to more adaptive behaviors. The focus of evaluation is patient progress; the focus of nursing diagnosis is patient problems; the focus of outcome identification is adaptive behaviors.

As the Nurse Plans Care for a Newly Admitted Patient