Ch.4 The Nursing Process

Question 1

Assessment

Answer 1

Gathering patient information through, signs and symptoms, patient history, subjective and objective findings.
ie. Interview, head to toe assessment and reviewing laboratory and diagnostic test.

Question 2

Diagnosis

Answer 2

The analysis of the assessment information that you have gathered, formulating a nurse diagnoses

Question 3

Nursing Diagnosis

Answer 3

Related to the needs or problem a patient is experiencing. (Not a medical diagnoses) selected based on definitions and characteristics

Question 4

Planning

Answer 4

The process of determining priorities and what nursing actions should be performed to help resolve or manage each patient problem…

Question 5

Implementation

Answer 5

When the nurse performs the process of “taking action” to resolve the patient’s problems (interventions).

Question 6

Evaluation

Answer 6

The nurse then reflects on the interventions performed and decides whether the patient is now closer in achieving the goals and outcomes that were set in the planning step

Question 7

The Nursing Process

Answer 7

Five-step framework for decision making. Assessment, Diagnosis, planning, implementation, Evaluation (A.D.P.I.E).