Types of Diagnosis

Types of diagnosis :
  • Actual Diagnosis-A clinical judgment about human experience/responses to health conditions/life processes that exist in an individual, family, or community.
  • Risk Diagnosis-Describes human responses to health conditions / life processes that may develop in a vulnerable individual / family / community. It is supported by risk factors that contribute to increased vulnerability.
  • Health promotion diagnosis - A clinical judgment about a person’s, family’s or community’s motivation and desire to increase wellbeing and actualize human health potential as expressed in the readiness to enhance specific health behaviors, and can be used in any health state.
  • Syndrome diagnosis - A clinical judgment describing a specific cluster of nursing diagnoses that occur together, and are best addressed together and through similar interventions.