CONCEPT 3 Flashcards
What is the Nursing Process?
It is a series of organized steps designed for nurses to provide excellent care.
What is diagnosis?
It is the identification of the nature and cause of a certain phenomenon.
What is implementation?
It is the process of putting a decision or plan into effect; execution.
What is NANDA?
NANDA International (formerly the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association) is a professional organization of nurses standardized nursing terminology and develops, researches, disseminates and refines the nomenclature, criteria, and taxonomy of nursing diagnoses.
What is objective data?
It is when the symptoms refer to the subjective data and based on what patients say they feel.
What is an assessment?
It is the gathering of information about a patient’s physiological, psychological, sociological, and spiritual status by a licensed Registered Nurse.
What is planning?
It is when the nurse identifies patient goals, plans the steps needed to reach those goals and creates an individualized plan with related nursing interventions.
What is evaluation?
It is what the provider has done to assess, plan, and implement nursing care.
What is subjective data?
It is the information from the client’s point of view (“symptoms”), including feelings, perceptions, and concerns obtained through interviews.
