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. 1991 Jan-Mar;2(1):26-32.
doi: 10.1111/j.1744-618x.1991.tb00327.x.

Exploring NANDA's definition of nursing diagnosis: linking diagnostic judgments with the selection of outcomes and interventions

C L Pinkley

Exploring NANDA's definition of nursing diagnosis: linking diagnostic judgments with the selection of outcomes and interventions

C L Pinkley. Nurs Diagn. 1991 Jan-Mar.

Abstract

Nursing diagnoses are described by definition as the basis for selection of interventions to achieve health outcomes. Processes used to link diagnostic judgments with desired outcomes and interventions can be holistic or reductionistic. A model of clinical inference is presented to illustrate the interrelated nature of judgments about diagnoses, desired outcomes, and interventions. Implications for development of diagnostic and taxonomic tools to guide holistic judgments are explored.

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