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Lesson 3 - The Nursing Process Flashcards

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The Nursing Process

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-ongoing (cyclical) process used with every patient interaction

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Nursing Process Characteristics

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-client-centered
-focuses on problem solving and decision making
-collaborative
-uses critical thinking

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Purpose of the Nursing Process

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-gather data (ie. by interview, chart, environment)
-cluster data (ie. by body system or hierarchy of needs)
-engage in critical thinking and clinical reasoning
-make decisions
-plan and evaluate care

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Step 1: Assessment

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-collect, organize, validate, document data
-results in comprehensive understanding of patient situation
-holistic: past and present health status

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Initial Assessment

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-explores presenting problem and contributing factors
-physical assessment
-health history
-psychosocial assessments

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Focused Assessment

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-gathers specific details about presenting concern
-confirms or rules out abnormalities

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Time-lapsed Assessment

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-reevaluate status
-has condition improved, worsened, or remained?

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Emergency Assessment

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-ensure ABCs (airway, breathing, circulation)
-identify primary cause of problem

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Expected Findings Before Nursing School

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-world view
-previous experiences
-culture, religion, family, friends
-K-12 knowledge

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Expected Findings During/After Nursing School

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-understanding other perspectives
-school and clinical experiences
-cultural humility
-interpersonal relationship knowledge
-nursing knowledge

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Step 2: Nursing Diagnosis

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-analyze data (significant vs. insignificant)
-identify problems, risks, strengths
-formulate diagnostic statements
-expected vs. unexpected findings

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Step 3: Planning

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-prioritize (Mazlows Hierarchy of Needs)
-goals/desired outcomes
-identify nursing interventions

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Step 4: Implementation

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-reassess patient
-determine need for assistance
-implement nursing interventions
-ensure interventions are in scope of practice
-document what you have done
-maintain safety
-teaching

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Step 5: Evaluation

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-collect outcome related data
-draw conclusions
-continue, modify, or end care plan

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Interprofessional Teams (data sources)

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-physicians (+ their notes)
-dietician
-PT
-OT
-spiritual caregiver
-social worker

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Medical Record/Chart

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-holds various info in the form of a patient “file”
-nursing documentation, medical records, progress notes, test/lab results, interdisciplinary team notes

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Other sources of data

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-books
-physical assessment
-patient and family

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Health Interview

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-opportunity for nurse and patient to exchange information and form a therapeutic relationship
-doesn’t always have to be formal
-trust, respect, genuine

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Health Interview: Verbal Communication

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-open + closed ended questions
-leading + neutral questions
-paraphrasing
-clarification

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Health Interview: Nonverbal Communication

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-facial expressions
-gestures
-posture
-attentiveness

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Social Determinants of Health

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-provide important context to life situations, health, relationships, outcomes, risks

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Sight (Assessment Tool)

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-skin tone/bruises
-abnormal movements
-consciousness level
-response to touch

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Smell (Assessment Tool)

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-unique smells

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Touch (Assessment Tool)

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-skin temp
-fluid volume (edema)

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Sound (Assessment Tool)

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-verbal
-body processes

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Primary Data Sources

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-patient

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Secondary Data Sources

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-family & friends
-environment
-records
-interprofessional team
-literature

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Subjective Data

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-based on feelings, opinions

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Objective Data

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-factual, measurable
-not based on opinion

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Inference

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-conclusion reached from evidence and reasoning
-confirm with patient
-look at other data to validate

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Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns

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-used to gather patient info and sort the data into categories
-ie. elimination, nutrition-metabolic, sleep-rest, role-relationship, etc.

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

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-from bottom (physiological needs) to top (self-actualization)

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Physiological Needs (bottom)

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-breathing, food, water, excretion

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Safety

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-security of body, employment, health, property

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Love/belonging

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-family and friends
-intimacy

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Esteem

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-confidence, respect, achievement

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Self-actualization (top)

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-morality
-creativity
-lack of prejudice

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Nursing Diagnosis

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-focus on human response to actual or potential health problems/quality of life
-within scope of practice

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Medical Diagnosis

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-focus on illness/medical problem

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NANDA-I

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-North American Nursing Diagnosis Association - International
-13 categories
-ie. nutrition, activity and rest, comfort, etc.
-use nursing diagnosis handbook

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Steps to formulate Nursing Diagnosis

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  1. Choose a NANDA-I label (actual/risk/wellness/syndrome)
  2. determine etiology (likely cause) of problem
  3. List manifestations (signs and symptoms) - not for RISK!
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Initial Planning

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-based on admission assessment
-directs patient care

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Ongoing Planning

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-continually changing plans based on response to care
-based on assessment and evaluation

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Discharge Planning

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-anticipate and plan for care needs when patient moves home or to another facility

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Goals/Outcomes

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-broad statements
-relate to nursing diagnosis

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SMART Goals

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-specific
-measurable
-achievable
-relevant
-timely

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Independent Nursing Intervention

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-nurse can accomplish without order from doc or np

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Dependent Nursing Intervention

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-based on doc orders

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Collaborative Nursing Intervention

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-nurse + another professional work together

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Direct Care

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-involves working directly with the patient

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Indirect Care

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-communicating with other HCPs about care
-delegate, supervise, evaluate others work
-plan and document care

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NURS 175 - Nursing Practice Foundations (11 decks)

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