Health History Guidelines Flashcards
Systematic and client centered method for structuring the delivery of care
Nursing process
Goal oriented method which utilizes the SMART technique
Nursing process
Three categories of goal oriented method
Goal met
Goal partially met
Goal unmet
Meaning of the SMART technique
Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Realistic
Time bound
Answers the five wh questions
Specific
It follows a criteria
Measurable
It ensures that the client can follow the plan
Attainable
It ensures that the plan is relevant to the patient’s condition
Realistic
It follows a time frame
Time bound
It provides structure for nursing practice
Nursing process
The central figure in nursing process
Patients
It entails the gathering and analyzing data as well as the enhancement of critical thinking
Nursing process
The five purposes of nursing process
To identify clients health status
To identify the actual or potential healthcare problems or needs
To establish plans to meet identified needs
To deliver specific nursing interventions to meet identified needs
To evaluate and monitor the patient’s condition
It states that health never stays as it is whereas health is always between the death and good health
Health illness continuum
A state of complete mental, physical, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease infirmity
Health
