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A Complementary View of Nursing Diagnosis
Author(s) -
Stolte Karen
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1446.1986.tb00462.x
Subject(s) - medical diagnosis , strengths and weaknesses , nursing diagnosis , nursing , medicine , nursing process , psychology , social psychology , pathology
A review of the various definitions of nursing diagnoses in the literature demonstrated a potential for use of positive, negative, or neutral terms. The majority of examples used a negative term, however, which reflected an actual or potential problem. A dual approach to nursing diagnosis allows for consideration of client strengths as well as weaknesses. A framework for positive diagnoses is proposed and examples are given. Such diagnoses may be particularly useful for community health nurses working in health supervision or health maintenance.