HA Flashcards
→ The term nursing process were used by
Hall (1955), Johnson
(1959), Orlando (1961), Wiedenbach ( 1963), ANA (1973)
a systematic; rational method of planning and providing
individualized nursing care.
NURSING PROCESS
NURSING PROCESS
organized, systematic, goal oriented, humanistic care BY
(Lydia
Hall)
→ provides legal framework for nursing practice
NURSING PROCESS
CHARACTERISTICS OF A NURSING PROCESS
- cyclic and dynamic in nature
- client-centered
- Focus: problem solving and decision making
- different but parallel to process used by physicians
- Interpersonal and Collaborative Style
- Universal applicability
- Use of critical thinking – logic, intuition and creativity
CHARACTERISTICS OF A NURSING PROCESS
1. cyclic and dynamic in nature
data from each phase provide input to the next
phase
regularly repeated event or sequence of events (a
cycle)
continuously changing (dynamic) – not static
→ discipline-specific
CRITICAL THINKING
→ reflective reasoning process
CRITICAL THINKING
→ PURPOSE:
✔ Guides a nurse in generating, implementing, and
evaluating approaches for dealing with client care and
professional concerns.
CRITICAL THINKING
COMPONENTS OF CRITICAL THINKING
critical analysis
Inductive and deductive reasoning
making valid inferences
differentiate facts from opinions
evaluating the credibility of information
clarifying concepts
recognizing assumptions
→ comprehensive assessment of one’s health status
HEALTH ASSESSMENT
→ PRIMARY COMPONENTS: HEALTH ASSESSMENT
✔ Nursing Health History
✔ Physical Assessment
PURPOSES OF HEALTH ASSESSMENT
To obtain baseline data
To supplement, confirm, or refute data.
To establish nursing diagnoses and plans of care.
To evaluate physiological outcomes of health care.
To make clinical judgments.
To identify areas for health promotion and disease
prevention.
→ systematic and continuous collection, organization,
validation, and documentation of data
ASSESSMENT
→ systematic and continuous collection, organization,
validation, and documentation of data
ASSESSMENT
→ a continuous process carried out during all phases of the
nursing process
ASSESSMENT
→ all phases of the nursing process depend on the accurate and
complete collection of data
ASSESSMENT
ASSESSMENT
→ PURPOSE:
✔ establish a database
ASSESSMENT: ACTIVITIES
- Collecting Data
- Organizing Data
- Validating Data
- Documenting Data
TYPES OF DATA:
A. Subjective data (symptoms)
→ itching, pain, and feelings of worry.
B. Objective data (signs)
→ BP 120/80, reddish urine.
- COLLECTION OF DATA
→ Formulation of DATABASE which contains:
nursing health history
physical assessment
primary care provider’s history
physical examination
results of laboratory and diagnostic tests
ASSESSMENT FORMAT
Conceptual Models / Frameworks
A. Gordon’s Functional Health Pattern
B. Orem’s Self-Care Model
C. Roy’s Adaptation Model
D. Wellness Model
E. Non-nursing Models
Body Systems Model
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Freud’s Developmental Theories
SOURCES OF DATA:
- Primary
→ client - Secondary
→ family, support persons, other health professionas,
medical - Records and Reports, Laboratory and Diagnostic,
Relevant literature
DATA COLLECTION METHODS
Observation - using senses
Interview - planned communication or a
conversation