The nurse has identified a number of risk nursing diagnoses in the care of an adolescent who has been admitted to the hospital for treatment of an eating disorder. These risk diagnoses indicate which of the following?
A) The client is more vulnerable to certain problems than other individuals would be.
B) The diagnoses present significant risks for the development of medical diagnoses.
C) The data necessary to make a definitive nursing diagnosis is absent.
D) The diagnosis has yet to be confirmed by another practitioner.

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Risk nursing diagnoses indicate that the client is more vulnerable to certain problems than other individuals would be. These diagnoses do not necessarily indicate the presence of a medical diagnosis or the absence of necessary data for a definitive nursing diagnosis.

The Nurse Has Identified a Number of Risk Nursing Diagnoses