Chapter 8 Vocab Flashcards

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Actual Problem

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diagnosis, substained by patients current signs and symptoms.

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Assessment

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collection of subjective and objective data

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Critical pathway

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care plans that detail the essential steps in patient care with a view to describing the expected progress of the patient

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Evaluation

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Comprehensive evaluation of the patent’s progress toward achievement of outcomes

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Identifying criteria

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defining characteristics, must be present in the patient to assign that diagnosis

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Implementation

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Direct and carry out nursing interventions

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Interview

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dialogue or question and answer sessions with the patient or people accompanying the patient

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NANDA

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North American Nursing Diagnosis Association

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NIC

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Nursing Intervention Classification

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NOC

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Nursing Outcome Classification

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Nursing diagnosis

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Clustering of clues or data to define a problem

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Nursing process

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5 step process to nursing care, Assessment, Analysis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation

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Objective Data

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Measurable Data collected from a patient

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Observation

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Collection of data through seeing, listening, smelling, touching, and generally sensing the patient and the immediate environment as well as the larger context of the situation.

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Outcome identification

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related to the goal of decreasing a patient’s symptoms, 6th step to the nursing process

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Physical assessment

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collection of objective data through inspection, auscultation, palpation, and percussion

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Planning

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Prioritize nursing diagnoses and individual interventions to be carried out by the health care team

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Potential Problem

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Likely to develop, although not currently evidenced specifically in the signs and symptoms.

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Subjective data

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information that is described and experienced only by the patient and cannot be verified

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Validating

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verifying, assessment data to ensure acuracy