Intro Stuff Flashcards
Parts of Diagnostic reasoning
Formulating hypotheses
Gathering data
Evaluating hypotheses AND data
Parts of the Nursing Process
Assessment
Diagnosis (Nursing)
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Priority Levels
First level
- Emergent, life-threatening/immediate
Second Level
- Urgent, prompt intervention
Third Level
- Important, addressed after more urgent problems
Collaborative problems
- Treatment involves multiple disciplines
Communication skills
Unconditional positive regard
Empathy
Active listening
Comminication techniques
Open ended questions (Gather narrative info)
Closed ended questions
(Gather specific, factual, and short info)
10 Traps of interviewing
- Providing false assurance or false reassurance
- Giving unwanted advice
- Using authority
- Using avoidance language
- Engaging in distancing
- Overusing professional jargon or casual language
- Using leading or biased questions
- Talking too much
- Interrupting
- Using “why” questions
LOTTAARRPP
Location
Onset
Type
Timing
Aggravating
Alleviating
Radiating
Related symptoms
Personal perception
Precipitating event
Examples of biographical data
Name
Address and phone number
Health card / Insurance information
Age and birth date
Birthplace
Gender
Marital status
Ethnocultural background
Occupation (usual and present)
Source of information
A-G Asssessment
airway, breathing, circulation, disability, exposure, further information (including family and friends) and
goals
Skills of physical examination
Inspection
palpation
Percussion
auscultation
Performed one at time, in the above order (EXCEPT for the abdominal assessment).
4 Assessment tequniques
Inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation
What are you looking for when inspecting a patient?
Assess for normal physical appearance and deviations. Colour, size, location, movement, texture, symmetry, odors, and sounds in each body system.
What is auscultation
Listening for various lung, heart, and bowel sounds w/ stethascope
What is an assessment for?
collection of data about an individual’s health state
Cue
A cue is a piece of information, sign or symptom, or lab data.