An elderly client complains of a disturbed sleep pattern and impaired memory.The nurse would document the patient's complaints as which type of nursing diagnosis?

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The nurse would document the patient's complaint as an actual nursing diagnosis.An actual nursing diagnosis "describes human responses to health conditions/life processes that exist in an individual,family,group,or community" (Herdman,2012,p.516).A health- promotion nursing diagnosis is a "clinical judgment about a person's,family's,group's,or community's motivation and desire to increase well-being and actualize human health potential as expressed in the readiness to enhance specific health behaviors,and which can be used in any health state" (Herdman,2012,p.516).A risk nursing diagnosis is a "clinical judgment about human experience/responses to health conditions/life processes that have a high probability of developing in a vulnerable individual,family,group,or community" (Herdman,2012,p.516).A syndrome nursing diagnosis is a "clinical judgment describing a specific cluster of nursing diagnoses that occur together,and are best addressed together and through similar interventions" (Herdman,2012,p.516).

An Elderly Client Complains of a Disturbed Sleep Pattern and Impaired