Nursing Process Flashcards

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What are the 3 skills required for nursing practice?

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Interpersonal skills
Psychomotor (technical) skills
Cognitive skill

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What are the 3 levels of critical thinking?

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Level 1: Basic
Level 2: Complex
Level 3: Commitment

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What are the components of critical thinking?

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Specific knowledge base
Experience
Competencies
Attitudes
Standards

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What techniques are used to develop critical thinking skills?

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Case-based learning
Reflective writing
Concept mapping

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What is critical thinking?

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The use of knowledge and reasoning to make accurate clinical judgments and decisions

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What are the 5 steps of the nursing process?

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Assessment
Nursing diagnosis
Planning
implementation
Evaluation

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What is the nursing assessment?

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Collection of data to determine a client’s current and past health status and functional status and determine the client’s coping patterns

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What are the steps of a nursing assessment?

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Collection and verification of data
Analysis of data

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What is the purpose of a nursing assessment?

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To establish a database about the client’s health status including their perceived needs and health problems that will inform the nurse’s clinical decision-making

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Name the methods of data collection

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Interview
Health history
Physical exam
Diagnostic and lab data

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What is the last component of a nursing assessment?

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Documentation

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What is a nursing diagnosis?

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A clinical judgment about the client’s response to an actual or potential health problem

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What is NANDA International’s mission?

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To facilitate the development, refinement, dissemination and use of standardized diagnostic terminology

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What is the purpose of NANDA-I?

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Precise definitions and a common language
Clear communication
Distinguishes the nurse’s role

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What are the 4 types of nursing diagnoses?

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Actual
Risk
Health-promotion
Wellness

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What are the components of an actual nursing diagnosis?

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Diagnosis label
Related factors
Defining characteristics

17
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What are the components of a risk nursing diagnosis?

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Diagnosis label
Related factors

18
Q

What component is part of a health promotion/wellness nursing diagnosis?

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Diagnosis label

19
Q

What is concept mapping?

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Visual representation that allows nurses to graphically illustrate the connections between a client’s health problems

20
Q

How are health priorities classified?

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High
Intermediate
Low

21
Q

What are the 3 phases of nursing care planning?

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Initial
Ongoing
Discharge

22
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What are the 3 types of nursing interventions?

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Independent nursing interventions
Dependent nursing interventions
Collaborative interventions

23
Q

What are the 6 factors to consider for the selection of nursing interventions?

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Nursing diagnosis
Expected outcomes
Evidence base for intervention
Feasibility to the client
Acceptability to the client
Nurse’s competency

24
Q

Who developed the Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC)?

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The Iowa Intervention Project

25
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What is the Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC)?

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Defines interventions as any treatment based on clinical judgment and knowledge, that a nurse performs to enhance the condition of a client
Provides standardization
Improves communication

26
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What are the 4 steps of implementing nursing care?

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Reassess the client
Review and revisit the existing nursing care plan
Organize resources and care delivery
Anticipate and prevent complications

27
Q

What is included in direct care?

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ADLs
IADLs
Physical care
Life-saving measures
Counselling
Teaching
Anticipate and control adverse reactions
Preventive measures

28
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What is included in Indirect care?

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Communicating nursing interventions
Documentation
Medical order transcription
Infection control
Computer data entry
Delegating, supervising and evaluating the work of other staff members

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What are the 5 elements included in the evaluation of nursing care?

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Identify evaluation criteria and standards
Collect evaluative data
Interpret and summarize findings
Document findings and clinical judgments
Terminate, continue, or revise the care plan

30
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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 client status