Module 1 Flashcards
Diagnostic reasoning 4 major components
1)Attend to initially available cues
2)Form diagnostic hypothesis
3)Gather data tentative to tentative hypothesis
4)evaluate each hypothesis with new data collected
5 phases of the nursing process
1) assessment
2) nursing diagnosis
3) planning
4) implementation
5) evaluation
First level priority problems
Emergencies, life threatening, and immediate
Third level priority problems
Important to patients health but can be addressed after more urgent problems
Collaborative problems
Approach involves multiple disciplines.
Second level priority problems
Next in urgency. Require prompt intervention to forestall further deterioration. IE acute pain, risks of infection, etc.
Biomedical model
Dominant western medicine model. Health viewed as the absence of disease.
Behavioural model
Extends beyond treating disease to include secondary and primary preventions (IE nutrition, quitting smoking)
Socioenvironmental model
Sociological and environmental aspects (IE meet personal needs, cope with every day life)
Social determinants of health
Social, economic, political conditions that shape health of individuals, families, and communities
Complete (total health) database
Includes complete health hx and results of a full physical exam. Describes current and past health states.
Episodic or problem-centred database
Limited for short term medical problem. More focused than the complete data base. Concerns mainly one problem, cue complex, or body system.
Follow-up database
Status of identified problems evaluated at regular and appropriate intervals.
Emergency database
Rapid collection of data, often compiled while life-saving intervention occurs.
3 levels of disease prevention
1) primary
2) secondary
3) tertiary
