The nurse identifies which statement to be a correctly written Nursing diagnosis appropriate for a patient's plan of care?
A) Ineffective airway clearance related to excessive secretions as evidenced by diminished breath sounds.
B) Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements.
C) Impaired physical mobility related to contractures.
D) Risk for suffocation related to smoking in bed as evidenced by absent breath sounds.

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There are three types of diagnoses: actual, risk, and opportunities for improvement. Actual diagnoses have three parts: problem, etiology, and signs/symptoms. Risk diagnoses include only the identified need and the risk factors. The Nursing diagnosis, imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements, is missing the problem, etiology, and signs and symptoms. Impaired physical mobility is missing the evidence. Risk for suffocation should have only two parts: the potential problem and etiology. There are no signs and symptoms if the patient is at risk.

The Nurse Identifies Which Statement to Be a Correctly Written