NURSING PROCESS Flashcards

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deliberative, systematic phase of the
nursing process that involves decision
making and problem solving.

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planning

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Refers to the client’s assessment data and
diagnostic statements for direction in
formulating client goals and designing the
nursing interventions required to present,
reduce or eliminate the client’s health
problems ; nurse’s responsibility

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begins with the first client contact
and continuous until Nurse-Client
relationship ends, usually, when the client is
discharged from the health agency

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planning

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The nurse performs the admission
assessment usually develops the initial
comprehensive plan of care.

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initial planning

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The nurse has the benefit of seeing the client’s
body language and can gather intuitive kinds
of information that are not available solely
from the

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written database

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• Occurs at the beginning of a shift as the
nurse plans the care to be given that day
• All nurses who work with the client do
ongoing planning.

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ongoing planning

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→ To determine whether the client’s health
status has changed
→ To set priorities for the client’s care during
the shift
→ To decide which problems to focus on
during the shift
→ To coordinate the nurse’s activities so that
more than one problem can be addressed
at each client contact

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purposes of ongoing planning

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process of anticipating and planning
for needs after discharge, is crucial part of
a comprehensive health care plan and
should be addressed in each client’s care
plan ; begins at first client contact

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discharge planning

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process of establishing
a preferential sequencing for addressing
nursing diagnosis and intervention

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setting priorities

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In Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs,
the physiologic needs of a person such
as air, food, and water, are basic needs
to life and receive _ priority

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highest

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what are the factors to consider when assigning priorities

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client’s health values and beliefs
client’s priorities
resources available to the nurse and client
urgency of the health problem
medical treatment plan

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12
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Is a desired outcome or change in client
behavior

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goal

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More specific, measurable criteria used to
evaluate whether goal has been met

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expected outcome

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14
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a comprehensive taxonomy of patient
outcomes influenced by nursing care.

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nursing outcomes classification (NOC)

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15
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is required in all phases of the Nursing
Process.

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standardized or common nursing language

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16
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Goals that can happen quickly

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short term goals

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17
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Goals that take a long time to achieve

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long term goals

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Goals and outcomes are derived from the
client’s nursing diagnoses – primarily formt
he ; contains the unhealthy response, what should change

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diagnostic label

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is the client, any
part of the client, or some attribute of
the client, such as the client’s pulse or
urinary output

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subject

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specifies an action the client is
to perform

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verb

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may be added to
the verb to explain the circumstances under
which the behavior is to be performed ; what, where, when, or how

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condition or modifier

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indicates the standard by
which a performance is evaluated or the
level at which the client will perform the
specified behavior ; speed, accuracy, distance, quality

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criterion of desired performance

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The establish a time-achievement criterion,
the nurse needs to ask

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how long

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To establish accuracy criterion, the nurse
asks

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how well

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Write goals and outcomes in terms of __ not nurse activitie
client responses
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Make sure that each goal is derived from only __ nursing diagnosis.
one
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Nursing process is action oriented, client centered and outcome directed ; action phase in which the nurse performs the nursing intervention ; doing and documenting
implementation
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Treatments performed through interaction with patients ; medication, IV insertion, counseling
direct care
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performed away from the patient but on behalf of the patient or group of patients ; managing environment, documentation, interdisciplinary collaboration
indirect care
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Nurse initiated intervention ; without supervision or directions from the others ; licensed to initiate on the basis of their knowledge and skills
independent nursing intervention
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Health care provider-initiated intervention ; orders or supervision of a licensed pysicians
dependent intervention
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• Interdependent intervention • Are therapies that require the combined knowledge, skill & expertise of multiple health care providers • Actions the nurse carries out in collaboration with other health team members
collaborative intervention
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safe and appropriate for age, health condition ; achievable w resources available ; congruent w client's beliefs and other therepies ; based on nursing knowledge and experience; established standards
criteria for choosing nursing intervention
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• Problem Solving • Decision Making • Critical thinking
cognitive skills
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• Verbal non verbal communication • Therapeutic communication
interpersonal skills
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• Manipulating equipment • Giving injections • Bandaging • Moving, lifting and repositioning the client
technical skills
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what is the implementation process
reassing a patient determining the nurse's need for assistance implementing nursing intervnetion supervising the delegated care documenting nursing activities
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→ Continuous process with each patient interaction modification of a care plan to meet a client whose status has changed significantly → The nurse must reassess the client to make sure if intervention is still needed → New data may indicate a need to change the priorities of care of the
reassessing the client
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→ The nurse unable to implement the nsg activity safely or deficiently alone (e.g. ambulating an unsteady obese client) → assistance would reduce stress on the client (e.g. turning a person who experience acute pain when moved) → The nurse lack of knowledge or skills in implementing a particular nursing activities (e.g. nurse
determining the nurses need for assistance
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→ Base nursing interventions on scientific knowledge, nursing research & professional standards of care → Clearly understand the intervention to be implemented & question any that are not understood → Adapt activities to the individual client
implementing nursing interventions
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→ The nurse responsible for the overall care must ensure that the activities have been implemented according to the care plan → The nurse validate & responds to any adverse findings or client response, this may involve modifying nursing care
supervising delegated care
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→ the nurse completes the implementing phase by recording the interventions & client responses in the nursing progress notes → Nursing care must not be recorded in advance → The nurse may record routine or recurring activities ( eg mouth care) in the client record at the end of the shift
documenting nursing activities
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planned, ongoing, purposeful activity in which the clients & health care professionals determine: → the clients progress towards achievement of goals/outcomes → The effectiveness of the nursing care plan
evaluation
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The desired outcomes must be stated concretely in _- terms
behavioral
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→ During assessment the nurse collects data for the purposes of __
making diagnosis
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→ During evaluation the nurse collects data for purposes of __
comparing it to preselected goals/outcomes & judging the effectiveness of the nursing care
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what are the components of the evaluation phase
collecting data comparing data w desired outcomes relating nursing acts drawing conclusions ab problem stat continuing, modifying, or terminating the nursing care plan
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The nurse collects data so that conclusions can be drawn about whether
goals have been met
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• Data must be recorded _ and _ to facilitate the next part of evaluating process
concisely & accurately
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the client response is the same as the desired outcome
goal was met
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either a short term outcome was achieved but the long term goal was not, or desired goal was incompletely attained
goal was partially met
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TRUE OR FALSE It should never be assumed that a nursing activity was the cause of or the only factor in meeting, partially meeting, or not meeting a goal
TRUE
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The actual problem stated in the nursing diagnosis has been resolved or the potential problem is being prevented & risk factors no longer exist
drawing conclusions
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• The potential problem stated in the nursing diagnosis is being prevented but the risk factors are still present
drawing conclusions
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• The actual problem still exist even though some goals are being met
drawing conclusions
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incomplete or incorrect database ; the nurse needs to
reassess the client and record new data (new data may indicate the need for new nursing diagnosis, new goals, nursing intervention)
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If the database is incomplete new diagnostic statements may be required • If the database is complete the nurse needs to analyze whether the problems were identified correctly & whether the nursing diagnoses were relevant to the database
planning
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• If the nursing diagnosis was inaccurate, obviously the goal/outcome statement will need revision • If the nursing diagnosis was appropriate the nurse then checks if the goals were realistic & attainable
desired outcomes
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Even all the sections of care plan appear to be satisfactory, the manner in which the plan was implemented may have __
interfered with goal achievement
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an ongoing systematic process designed to evaluate & promote excellence in the health care provided to clients ; evaluation of level of care provided in health care agency ; limited to the evaluation of the performance
quality assurance program
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what are the components of quality assurance
structure evaluation process evaluation outcome evaluation
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Focuses on the setting in which care is given
structure evaluation
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Focuses on how the care was given
process evaluation
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→ Focuses on demonstrable changes in the client’s health status as a result of nursing care
outcome evaluation
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Follows client’s care rather than organizational structure ; process rather than individuals ; systematic approach with an intention of improving quality of care rather than ensuring quality of care.
quality improvement
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rather than individuals, uses a systematic approach with an intention of improving quality of care rather than ensuring quality of care ; national voluntary standards for nursing sensitive care
national quality forum
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Refers to the examination or review of records
audit
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→ Is the evaluation of a client’s record after discharge from an agency → Relating to the past events
retrospective audit
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→ Is the evaluation of a client¡¦s health care while the client is still receiving care from the agency
concurrent audit