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Lecture 6 - The Nursing Process Flashcards

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What are the two professional nursing organizations in Canada?

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–> Canadian Nurses Association (CNA)
–> Canadian Nurses Protective Society (CNPS)

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What is the role of professional nursing organizations in Canada?

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To serve as official representative of the nursing profession and interact with government officials on issues concerning the health of a population.

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What is the professional regulatory body for Canadian nurses?

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College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO)

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Which professional union exists for all Canadian nurses?

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Canadian Nurses Association (CNA)

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What is critical thinking?

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A process and set of skills, includes the use of knowledge and reasoning to make accurate clinical judgements and decisions.

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What are the steps of a critical thinking process?

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–> Recognizing the client’s health problem or concern
–> Analyze data
–> Review assumptions and evidence
–> Explore alternative solutions and prioritize the client’s preferences
–> Consider ethical principles
–> Draw conclusions on how to proceed

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What is basic critical thinking?

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–> Thinking is concrete and based on a set of rules or principles
–> Rigid, black and white thinking with little flexibility for patient preferences or comfort

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What is complex critical thinking?

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–> Begin to separate one’s own thinking from those of other experts
–> Realize that alternative and conflicting solution to a problem can exist - one must weigh the benefits and risk.

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What is the commitment level of critical thinking?

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When one anticipates the need to make choices without assistance from other professionals, then assumes responsibility and accountability to those choices.

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What are the five components of critical thinking?

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–> Specific Knowledge base
–> Experience
–> Competencies
–> Attitudes
–> Standards

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The analysis of data, the diagnosis, etiologies, current plans, and implemented interventions are part of which step in the nursing process?

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Evaluation

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Data analysis, problem identification, and label are part of which step in the nursing process?

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Diagnosis

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Priority and goal setting is part of which step in the nursing process?

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Planning

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Nurse-initiated and physician initiated treatments are part of which step in the nursing process?

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Implementation/intervention

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Subjective and objective data are part of which step in the nursing process?

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Assessment

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What is nursing assessment?

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The systematic and deliberate collection of data to determine a client’s current and past health status and functional status to determine the client’s present and past coping patterns.

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What are primary sources of information?

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The client

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What are secondary sources of information?

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–> Family and significant others
–> Health care team
–> Medical records

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What are tertiary sources of information?

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–> Literature
–> Nurse’s experience

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What is the first step in a nursing assessment?

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The Interview
–> Introduce oneself, and explain role as HCP
–> Establish therapeutic relationship
–> Obtain Insight about client’s concerns or worries
–> Determine the client’s goals and expectations
–> Obtain cues about what may require furthur assessment

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What is the second step in a nursing assessment?

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Collecting Health History
–> Bio
–> AMPLE
–> Psychological, spiritual, sociocultural, developmental variables
–> Current state of health and reason for interview

21
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What is the third step in nursing assessment?

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Physical Assessment

22
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What is done during data analysis and interpretation?

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Data validation and recognition of patterns and trends.
Comparing with normal trends is also helpful.
All of this is needed for appropriate clinical decision making

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What is the purpose of a nursing diagnosis?

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To determine the client’s health problems that are within the domain of nursing, in order to decide what care the client should receive

24
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What is the difference between a medical and nursing diagnosis?

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A medical diagnosis is the identification of a disease condition based on specific evaluation of signs and symptoms

A nursing diagnosis is a clinical judgement about a client’s response to an actual or potential health problem

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What is a collaborative problem?

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An actual or potential complication that nurses monitor to detect a change in the client status

26
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What is NANDA? What is their mission?

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North American Nursing Diagnosis Association
–> Mission is to facilitate the development, refinement, dissemination, and use of the standardized nursing terminology

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What is NANDA’s purpose?

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–> TO determine precise definitions and a common language among the profession
–> To allow for clear communication
–> To distinguish the nurse’s role

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What is an Actual Nursing Diagnosis?

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One that describes responses to health conditions or life processes that exist in an individual, family, or community

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What is a Risk Nursing Diagnosis?

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One that describes responses to health conditions of life processes that may develop.

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What is a Health Promotion Nursing Diagnosis?

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A clinical judgement of a person’s family’s or community’s motivation and desire to increase well-being by readiness to enhance specific health behaviours, such as nutrition and exercise

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What is a Wellness Nursing DIagnosis?

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One that describes the levels of wellness in an individual, family, or community that can be enhanced.

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What is the difference between a health promotion nursing diagnosis and a wellness nursing diagnosis?

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A wellness nursing diagnosis describes wellness that can be enhanced, whereas a health promotion diagnosis can be used in any state and no not necessarily reflect current levels of wellness.

33
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The following statement is an example of which kind of nursing diagnosis?

Risk for infection related to a site for organism invasion secondary to surgery

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Risk Nursing Diagnosis

33
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What are the three components of an Actual Nursing Diagnosis?

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Problem
–> From NANDA-I list)
Etiology
–>Related cause or contributor to the problem
Symptoms
–> As described by patient

[Diagnosis label] related to [Etiology] as evidences by [symptoms]

33
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What are the two components of a Risk Nursing Diagnosis?

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Diagnosis
–> Taken from official NANDA=I list

Related Factors
–> Risk factors

[Diagnosis Label] related to [Risk factor]

33
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The following statement is an example of which kind of nursing diagnosis:

Acute pain related to stress on surgical area during movement as evidences by patient report, elevated heart rate, and BP

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Actual Nursing Diagnosis

34
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What is the only component of a health promotion or wellness nursing diagnosis?

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The official label from NANDA-I list

35
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The following statement is an example of which kind of nursing diagnosis:

Readiness for enhanced self-care

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Health Promotion / Wellness

36
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What is the difference between a goal and expected outcome?

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A goal represents the predicted resolution of nursing diagnosis or health problem, whereas expected outcome is the measurable criteria to evaluate goal achievement.

These may be combined

37
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What are the the three types of interventions?

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Independent
–> Nurse initiated
Dependent
–> Physician initiated
Collaborative
–> Interdependent

38
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Which six factors must be considered when selecting interventions?

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  1. The nursing diagnosis
  2. Expected outcomes
  3. Evidence base for interventions
  4. Feasibility of the intervention
  5. Acceptability to the client
  6. Nurse’s competency
39
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Who developed the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC)?

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The Iowa Intervention Project

40
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What are four important components of the implementation step of the nursing process?

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–> Reassessing the client
–> Reviewing and revising existing nursing care plan
–> Organizing resources and care delivery
–> Anticipating and preventing complications

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What is indirect care? What are some examples?

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Indirect care are actions that support the effectiveness of direct care intervention, such as:
–> Communicating nursing interventions
–> Documentation
–> Medical order transcription
–> Infection control
–> Computer data entry
–>Delegation, supervision, and evaluation of the work of staff members

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What are the five elements of evaluation in nursing care?

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  1. Identify evaluative criteria and standards
  2. Collect evaluate data
  3. Interpret and summarize findings
  4. Document findings and clinical judgements
  5. Terminate, continue, or revise the care plan.

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