Nursing Process Flashcards
Informatics
Information and technology used to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate errors and support decision making.
Nursing informatics
Technology and physical devices w nursing knowledge and nursing clinicals.
Barcode scanning
Scanning barcodes to improve client safety and accurate documentation
Scan:meds, armbands
Near miss event
An event that could’ve caused harm to patient but was caught in time and avoided.
Collaboration
Client centered care where different healthcare teams work together towards common Goal for patient.
Interprofesional teams
2+ healthcare professionals working together to improve access and coordination of health care services
Nursing process
Critical thinking process client centered,problem solving, and decision making framework.
AAPIE
A-Assessment
A-Analysis
P-Planning
I- Implementations
E-Evaluate
Receive-Record-Read back
Record it
Read it
Read back as written by prescriber
(Verify)
I-SBAR-R
I-Introduction:name and role
S- Situation: describe situation
B-Background: clinical background
A-Assessment: evaluate situation
R- Recommendations: give suggestions
R- Read back: summarize, repeat info, questions
I-SBAR
Communication tool that delivers information to provider- to another provider during transfer of care.
Hand off report
Communication where nurses/providers hand off care of client to another by giving detailed report
Watson theory
To care for others nurses, must first take care of their selves (self care)
Swansons Theory
Views caring as process of 5 categories a person goes through to achieve well-being.
Priority setting
Delivery of nursing care based on urgency or importance of client needs. Essential skill for nursing
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
self actualization
esteem
social belongings
safety needs
physiological needs
ABCDE Method
Used for establishing for individual
A-Airway
B-breathing
C-circulation
D-diasability
E-exposure
CURE hierarchy
Prioritize client care when managing numerous client’s needs.
CURE
Critical:Emergent life thereatening situations
Urgent: situations in which client could be harmed if delay in care
Routine: routine tasks associated w/ client care
Extras: Tasks that are not essential to client care
Triage
Prioritization, involves ranking nursing actions in order of importance based on quick initial,acuity, and time client can wait on treatment.
5 levels of triage
level 1 most urgent life threatening illness
level 5 least urgent stable
Resource Allocation
