Nursing Process Flashcards
Cornerstone of the Nursing Profession
Nursing Process
incorporates an interactive/interpersonal approach with a problem-solving and decision-making process that serves as an framework for the delivery of nursing care.
Nursing Process
directs nursing activities for health promotion, health protection, and disease prevention and is used by nurses in every practice setting and specialty.
quality nursing care
Phases of the Nursing Process
ADOPIE
Collecting, validating, recording data
Establish a data base
Assessment
Interview, physical exam, research, review of records, observation.
Assessment
Types of Data:
Subjective Data
Objective Data
Subjective Data (Symptoms):
What the Client Says
Objective Data (Signs):
What the nurse Observes
clinical judgment about individual, family, or community responses to actual or potential health problems/life processes.
Diagnosis
provide the basis for selection of nursing interventions to achieve outcomes for which the nurse is accountable.
Diagnosis
Analysis and synthesis are part of what phase of NP
Diagnosis
Statement of client’s potential or actual alteration of health status.
Nursing Diagnosis
NANDA means
North American Nursing Diagnosis Association
Formulating and documenting achievable Goals
Outcome Identification
Goal -AIE
Aim
Intent
End