Ecological and Disease

Diagnosis. The second step of the nursing process in which the analysis of assessed data results in a clinical judgment expressed as a statement of the student’s response to actual or potential health needs or conditions. The diagnosis provides the basis for determining a plan to achieve expected outcomes.

Disease. A condition of the living animal or plant body or of one of its parts that impairs normal functioning and is typically manifested by distinguishing signs and symptoms

Ecological – Of or relating to the environments of living things or to the relationships between living things and their environment​​. The environments and systems that students live in and interact with are central to their development.