Ch 16 Outcome identification and planning

Question 1

Clinical pathways (critical pathways, CareMaps)

Answer 1

Case management tools used to communicate the standardized, interdisciplinary plan of care for particular group of patients; care guidelines and outcomes are specified for each day of the patient stay

Question 2

Collaborative interventions

Answer 2

Inter-dependent nursing actions performed jointly by nurses and other members of the healthcare team

Question 3

Computerized plans of nursing care

Answer 3

Plans of patient care developed by computer software programs that enable the nurse to call up screens listing causes goals and related nursing interventions for nursing diagnosis and medical diagnosis

Question 4

Consultation

Answer 4

Process in which two or more individuals with varying degrees of experience and expertise deliberate about a problem and its solution

Question 5

Criteria

Answer 5

Specified behavior; for example, the measurable criteria and a patient goal specifies how the patient must perform the desired behavior

Question 6

Discharge planning

Answer 6

Systematic process of preparing the patient to leave the healthcare facility and for maintaining continuity of care

Question 7

Expected outcome

Answer 7

Specific, measurable criteria used to evaluate whether the patient goal has been met

Question 8

Goal

Answer 8

An aim or an end

Question 9

Initial planning

Answer 9

Planning that addresses each problem listed in the prioritized nursing diagnosis and identifies appropriate patient goals and related nursing care

Question 10

Nurse initiated intervention

Answer 10

Independent nursing actions that involve caring out Nurse prescribed interventions written on the nursing care plan, as well as any other actions that nurses initiate without the direction or supervision of another healthcare professional and that result from their assessment of patient needs

Question 11

Nursing care plan

Answer 11

Written guide to direct the efforts of the nursing team as they work with the patient to meet health goals; specifies prioritized nursing diagnosis, patient goals, and nursing orders

Question 12

Nursing intervention

Answer 12

Any treatment, based on clinical judgment and knowledge, that a nurse performs to enhance patient outcomes; there are nurse initiated, physician initiated, and collaborative interventions

Question 13

Nursing interventions classification NIC

Answer 13

First comprehensive, validated list of nursing interventions applicable to all settings that can be used by nurses in multiple specialties and facilities the work of identifying appropriate interventions

Question 14

Nursing outcomes classification NOC

Answer 14

Developed by the Iowa outcomes project and presents the first comprehensive standardized language used to describe the patient outcomes that are responsive to Nursing and invention

Question 15

Ongoing planning

Answer 15

Plan carried out by any nurse who interacts with the patient to keep the plan up-to-date, to facilitate the resolution of health problems, to manage risk factors, and to promote function

Question 16

Outcome identification

Answer 16

Observation of the patient to demonstrate the resolution of the problems identified by the nursing diagnosis and general problem list, along with the timeframe for accomplishing these outcomes

Question 17

Patient outcome 

Answer 17

Expected conclusion to a patient health problem, or any event of a wellness diagnosis, and expect a conclusion to a patient’s health expectation

Question 18

Physician initiated intervention

Answer 18

Dependent nursing actions, involved in caring out physician prescribe orders

Question 19

Planning

Answer 19

Establish patient goals to prevent, reduce, or resolve the problems identified in the nursing diagnosis and determination of related nursing interventions

Question 20

Standardize care plans

Answer 20

Prepare plan of care that identifies the nursing diagnosis, patient goals, and related nursing orders comment to a specific population or problem