Chapter 19: Implementing Nursing Care

Question 1

Activities usually performed in the course of a normal day, including ambulation, eating, dressing, bathing, and grooming. This is defined as?

Answer 1

Activities of daily living (ADLs)

Question 2

Any harmful, unintended effect of a medication, diagnostic test, or therapeutic intervention. This is defined as?

Answer 2

Adverse reaction

Question 3

Protocol is a systematically developed set of statements that helps nurses, physicians, and other providers. This is defined as?

Answer 3

Clinical practice guideline

Question 4

Direct care method that helps a patient use a problem-solving process to recognize and manage stress. This is defined as?

Answer 4

Counseling

Question 5

Treatments or interventions performed through interactions with patients. This is defined as?

Answer 5

Direct care

Question 6

The fourth step in the nursing process, formally begins after the nurse develops a plan of care. This is defined as?

Answer 6

Implementation

Question 7

Treatments or interventions performed away from the patient but on behalf of the patient or group of patients.This is defined as?

Answer 7

Indirect care

Question 8

Includes skills like shopping, cooking, cleaning, writing checks, and taking medications. This is defined as?

Answer 8

Instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs)

Question 9

Plan representing the contributions of all discipline’s carrying out required treatments for the patient. This is defined as?

Answer 9

Interdisciplinary care plans

Question 10

Physical care technique that you use when a patient’s physiological or psychological state is threatened. This is defined as?

Answer 10

Lifesaving measure

Question 11

Treatment based on clinical judgment and knowledge that a nurse performs to enhance patient outcomes. This is defined as?

Answer 11

Nursing intervention

Question 12

Patients and family members invest time in carrying out required treatments. This is defined as?

Answer 12

Patient adherence

Question 13

Promote health and prevent illness to avoid the need for acute or rehabilitative health care. This is defined as?

Answer 13

Preventive nursing actions

Question 14

Pre-printed documents containing orders for the conduct of routine therapies, monitoring guidelines, and/or diagnostic procedures. This is defined as?

Answer 14

Standing order