What does NANDA-I stand for?

What does NANDA-I stand for?

• A. National Association of Nursing Diagnosis and Assessment International
• B. North American Nursing and Diagnostic Association International
• C. North American Nursing Diagnosis Association International
• D. National Association of Nurses Diagnosing and Assessing

Answer: (C)

NANDA-I is the standardized language nurses use for describing patient problems that nursing care can address. The full name is North American Nursing Diagnosis Association International, with the I standing for International. This naming reflects the organization’s role in creating and maintaining a widely used taxonomy of nursing diagnoses to improve communication, documentation, and care planning across the nursing process. The term emphasizes that these diagnoses are about nursing problems, defined with specific characteristics and factors, not medical diseases.

NANDA-I is the standardized language nurses use for describing patient problems that nursing care can address. The full name is North American Nursing Diagnosis Association International, with the I standing for International. This naming reflects the organization’s role in creating and maintaining a widely used taxonomy of nursing diagnoses to improve communication, documentation, and care planning across the nursing process. The term emphasizes that these diagnoses are about nursing problems, defined with specific characteristics and factors, not medical diseases.