Nursing Process-ch13: Planning

Question 1

a visual tool in which ideas or data are enclosed in circles or boxes of some shape and relationships between these are indicated by connecting lines or arrows

Answer 1

Concept map

Question 2

multidisciplinary guidelines for client care based on specific medical diagnoses designed to achieve predetermined outcomes

Answer 2

Critical pathways AKA Collaborative care plan

Question 3

activities carried out on the orders or supervision of a licensed physician or other health care provider authorized to write orders for nurses

Answer 3

Dependent Interventions

Question 4

the process of anticipating and planning for client needs after discharge

Answer 4

Discharge planning

Question 5

a written or computerized guide that organizes information about the clients care

Answer 5

Formal nursing care plan

Question 6

a part of a care plan that describes, in terms of observable client responses, what the nurse hopes to achieve by implementing the nursing interventions

Answer 6

Goals/desired outcomes

Question 7

activities that the nurse is licensed to initiate as a result of the nurse’s own knowledge and skills

Answer 7

Independent interventions

Question 8

an observable client state, behavior, or self-reported perception or evaluation; similar to desired outcomes in traditional language

Answer 8

Indicator

Question 9

a plan tailored to meet the unique needs of a specific client–needs that are not addressed by the standardized plan

Answer 9

Individualized exercise prescription

Question 10

a strategy for action that exists in the nurse’s mind

Answer 10

Informal nursing care plan

Question 11

a standardized plan that outlines the care required for clients with common, predictable–usually medical–conditions

Answer 11

Multidisciplinary care plan

Question 12

any treatment, based on clinical judgement and knowledge, that a nurse performs to enhance patient/client outcomes

Answer 12

Nursing Intervention

Question 13

a taxonomy of nursing actions each of which includes a label, a definition, and a list of activities

Answer 13

Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC)

Question 14

a taxonomy for describing client outcomes that respond to nursing interventions

Answer 14

Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC)

Question 15

rules developed to govern the handling of frequently occurring situations

Answer 15

Policies

Question 16

the process of establishing a preferential order for nursing stragegies

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Priority setting

Question 17

steps used in carrying out policies or activities

Answer 17

Procedures

Question 18

a predetermined and preprinted plan specifying the procedure to be followed in a particular situation

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Protocols

Question 19

the scientific reason for selecting a specific action

Answer 19

Rationale

Question 20

a formal plan that specifies the nursing care plan for groups of clients with common needs (ex: all clients with myocardial infarction)

Answer 20

Standardized care plan

Question 21

an order that may be carried out indefinitely until another order is written to cancel it, or that may be carried out for a specified number of days

Answer 21

Standing Order

Question 22

actions the nurse carries out in collaboration with other health team members, such as physical therapist, social workers, dietitians, and physicians

Answer 22

Collaborative interventions