Chapther 11 The Nursing Practice In Action

Question 1

The nursing process

Answer 1

A systematic rational method of planning and providing individualized nursing care. It’s purpose is to identify a client’s health status and actual or potential health care problems or needs to establish plans to meet the identified needs and deliver specific nursing interventions to meet those needs

Question 2

The five steps of the nursing process

Answer 2

Assessing collecting organizing validating and documenting client data
Diagnosing analyzing and synthesizing data
Planning determining how to prevent reduce or resolve the identified priority client problems
Implementing carrying out and documenting the planned nursing interventions
Evaluating measuring the degree to which goals outcomes have been achieved and identifying factors

Question 3

Subjective vs Objective data

Answer 3

Subjective referred to as symptoms or covert data are apparent only to the person affected and can be described or verified
Objective signs or overt data are detectable by an observer or can be measured or tested against