Nursing Process Flashcards
Its a systematic problem solving process. Guides all nursing actions.
Nursing Process
Type of thinking and doing of nurses. Requires Critical Thinking to apply best caregiving and promoting human functions and responses
Nursing Process
Its the corner stone of the nursing profession. An essential skill for clinical and application of knowledge and theory
Nursing Process
Its synonymous wiht problem solving and its organized, systematic, Goal Oriented, Humanistic Care
Nursing Process
This person introduced 3 steps
- note observation
- Administration of care
- Validation
Lydia Hall
This person also introduced the 3 steps
- assessment
- decision
- Nursing action
Dorothy Johnson
What are the 6 phases of the Nursing Process
- Assessment
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcome Identification
- Plan
- Implementation
- Evaluation
Identify Phase:
- collects patients health data
Assessment
Two types of data
subjective and objective data
It is the symptoms or covert data. Verified only by the client
Subjective data
This data is only apparent to the one experiencing it.
Subjective data
These are the signs or overt data.
Objective data
Its the info gathered from physical assessment or tests
Objective Data
Data that is measurable and observable
Objective Data
What are the two sources of data
Primary and Secondary Data
Source of data that can be subjective and objective
Primary Data
Name methods of Data Collection
Observation and Interview
It is planned communication. Purposeful and structured. Focuses on establishing rapport and gathers data for nursing data base
Interview
This phase is based on the data collected in the assessment phase
Nursing Diagonosis
This phase identifies problem areas of client after analyzing data collected
Nursing Diagnosis
What are the three steps of Nursing Diagnosis Phase
- Data Analysis
- Problem Identification
- Formulation of Nursing Diagnosis
Components of Nursing Diagnosis
- Problem Statement
- Etiology
- Risk Factor
- Defining Characteristics
Component of Nursing Diagnosis:
- describes client health problem or response
- its two parts: qualifiers and ?
Problem Statement
It is the words added to some NANDA label to give additional meaning
Qualifiers
Qualifier Meaning and its focus
Deficient - ?
Imbalanced - ?
Impaired - ?
Ineffective - ?
Risk For - ?
Deficient - Fluid volume
Imbalanced - Nutrition lacking body requirements
Impaired - Gas exchange
Ineffective - Tissue Protection
Risk For - Injury
Component of Nursing Diagnosis:
- Its aka related factors. identifies one or more probable cause of health problems
Etiology
Component of Nursing Diagnosis:
- gives direction to required nursing therapy
- enable nurse to individualize client’s care
Etiology
Component of Nursing Diagnosis:
- its the conditions involved in development of problem
- Uses phrase related to and linked with problem statement
Etiology
Component of Nursing Diagnosis:
- uses phrase “related to”
Etiology
Component of Nursing Diagnosis:
- Forces that puts an individual or group at increased vulnerability to unhealthy condition.
Risk Factors
Component of Nursing Diagnosis:
- used when etiology not present
Risk Factors
Component of Nursing Diagnosis:
- clusters of sign and symptoms
- when used in actual nursing diagnosis : identifies signs and symptoms of client
- when used in risk nursing diagnosis: no signs and symptoms present
Defining Characteristics