The process of using assessment data gathered about a patient combined with critical thinking to explain a nursing diagnosis is known as

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Diagnostic reasoning is defined as a process of using the assessment data gathered about a patient to logically explain a clinical judgment,in this case a nursing diagnosis.Defining characteristics are assessment findings that support the nursing diagnosis.Clinical criteria are objective signs or subjective symptoms.Diagnostic labeling is simply assigning the diagnosis.

The Process of Using Assessment Data Gathered About a Patient