Nrsg Dx Vs. Medical Dx

[Lauren3249]

How do you answer this question:

List the difference between a nursing diagnosis and a medical diagnosis.

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[MMARN, BSN, RN]

I don't know about all three of them, but I know that a medical diagnosis has to do with the s/s of the actual disease. A physician, though obviously a nurse is able to do it as well, identifies this and that becomes a medical dx. A nursing dx has to do with the hollistic side of the pt and the problem. A medical dx is the identification of a disease. A nursing dx is a dx that the nurse can actually treat in their scope of practice. I hope this helps!

Mave.

[Lauren3249]

Thanks Mave!

This is what I also found:

Medical DX: Physicians are licensed to do so; Specific and related to pathological disease processes; relatively uniform; always an actual health problem

Nrsg DX: Nurses are licensed to do so; Based on client's physical, socio-cultural, psychological, and spiritual response to illness; varies according to patient's state of being; may be actual or potential

(Btw Mave, How's school going? How'd you do on the Med Calc exam?)

[MMARN, BSN, RN]

Girl, thank the Good LORD I got an 93. We retook it today and those who passed it the first time, were able to raise their grade if we got the ones that we missed right. So, hopefully, my grade will go up to a 100. How you doin? You have Ms. "F"s class, right?