Nursing diagnosis (Topical Term)

Work cat.: Iyer, P.W. Nursing process and nursing diagnosis, 1991.

Mosby's med. dict.

Saunders encyc. & dict. med. nursing: under Diagnosis (nursing diagnosis)

Alfaro, R. Applying nursing diagnosis and nursing process : a step by step guide, c1990.

MESH.

Dorland's med. dict.

Here are entered works on the problem-oriented description of a patient's actual or potential health problems that a nurse is licensed and competent to treat. Works on the process of gathering data on the health status of a patient through interview, observation, examination, etc., in nursing are entered under Nursing assessment.

Note under Nursing assessment