Implementing Nursing Care Flashcards

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When does implementation begin?

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After you develop a patient’s plan of care

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What are direct care interventions?

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Treatments that nursed provide through interactions with patients or a group of patients

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What are indirect care interventions?

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Treatments performed away from a patient but on behalf of the patient or group of patients

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Two examples of indirect patient care interventions:

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Documentation

Interprofessional collaboration
- Communicating nursing interventions (written or oral)
- Delegating, supervising, and evaluating the work of other staff members

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Benefits of standard interventions

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Allow nurses to act more quickly and appropriately
Help capture patient care info that can be shared across disciplines and care settings

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Examples of types of standard interventions

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Clinical practice guidelines and protocols
Care bundles
Standing orders
Nursing interventions classification (NIC) interventions
Standards of practice

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What are clinical practice guidelines and protocols?

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A systematically developed set of statements about appropriate health care for specific health care problems or clinical situations

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What is a care bundle?

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Group of interventions related to a disease process or condition

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What are standing orders?

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Preprinted document containing medical orders
Directs patient care in a specific clinical setting

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What are NIC interventions?

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Common interventions recommended for various nursing diagnoses/nursing problems

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Which standards of practice do nurses use as evidence of the standard of care provided to patients

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ANA standards of professional nursing practice

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What is the Quality and safety education for nurses (QSEN)?

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Standard competencies in knowledge, skills, and attitudes for the preparation of future nurses

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When using critical thinking in implementation, what should nurses do?

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  • Review all possible nursing interventions for the patient’s problem
  • Review all possible consequences associated with each possible nursing action
  • Determine the probability of all possible consequences
  • Judge the value of the consequence to the patient
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*What does implementation always begin with?

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  • Reassessing your patient
    (This is a continuous process each time you interact with your patient)
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What does reassessing a patient before implementation entail?

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Reviewing and revising the existing nursing care plan
- Revise assessment data to reflect current status
- Revise nursing diagnosis, goals, and outcomes
- Select or revise interventions
- Choose methods of evaluation to determine whether outcomes were met

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  • Which steps should nurses take to prepare for implementation?
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  • Time management
  • Equipment
  • Personnel (can you perform the intervention? Do you need to delegate it to someone else? Or have another RN assist you?)
  • Environment (patient safety)
  • Patient (must be physically and psychologically comfortable first)
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How should you prevent complications during implementation?

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  • Identify risks to the patient
  • Adapt interventions to the situation
  • Evaluate the relative benefit of treatment vs. the risk
  • Initiate risk-prevention measures
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How can you identify areas of assistance during implementation?

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Seek info about a procedure
Collect all necessary equipment
Consider consequences of performing the procedure
Request another nurse’s assistance and guidance

19
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Which type of implementation skills do we perform as nurses?

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Cognitive skills
Interpersonal skills
Psychomotor skills

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What are cognitive skills?

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Critical thinking and decision making

21
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What are cognitive skills?

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Decision making and critical thinking

22
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What are interpersonal skills?

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Developing a trusting relationship
Expressing caring
Communicating clearly with patients and their families

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What are psychomotor skills?

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Integrate cognitive and motor skills
Ex: when giving and injection, you need to understand A&P

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What are ADLs?

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Direct care measures usually performed during a normal day

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What are instrumental ADLs?
Activities that support daily life and are oriented toward interacting with the environment
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What are physical care techniques?
The safe and competent administration of nursing procedures
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What is patient adherence?
Patients and families invest time in carrying out required treatments