The nursing student is reviewing the components of a nursing diagnosis. Which statement made by the student indicates correct understanding of a health-promotion diagnostic statement?

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The three types of nursing diagnostic statements are actual, risk, and health promotion. Determining which type is needed for each patient can be challenging. Health-promotion nursing diagnoses are used in situations in which patients express interest in improving their health status through a positive change in behavior. The second part of the nursing diagnosis consists of related factors (for actual nursing diagnoses) and risk factors (for risk nursing diagnoses). Related factors are the underlying cause or etiology of a patient's problem. Risk factors are environmental, physical, psychological, or situational. Health-promotion nursing diagnoses are written with only two sections: the diagnosis label and defining characteristics. Actual diagnoses describe the person, family, or community's response to a health condition or life process that already has occurred. "Ineffective community coping" would be an example of an actual problem.

The Nursing Student Is Reviewing the Components of a Nursing