The Nursing Process

Question 1

Name the 7 steps of the nursing process in order.

Answer 1

1- Assessment

2- Nursing Diagnoses

3- Outcome Identification

4- Planning

5- Implementation

6- Evaluation

7- Documentation

Question 2

This is an ongoing process, and you collect data pertaining to the patient. All findings in this step should be documented. This data spans 
physiological, 
psychological, 
sociocultural, 
developmental, and 
spiritual aspects.

Answer 2

Assessment

Question 3

This is a statement that describes the desired, favorable patient condition that can be achieved through nursing interventions.

These determines the focus of the nursing interventions.

Answer 3

Outcome Identification

What I want to happen for this patient

Question 4

This is when you identify and classify the collected data as critical, primary, or secondary.
This is formed based on data you gathered from the assessment

Answer 4

Nursing Diagnoses

Question 5

Critical, primary, or secondary nursing diagnosis?

1- Altered protection

2- Pain

3- Impaired verbal communication

4- Risk for infection

5- Impaired tissue integrity

6- Decisional conflict

7- Ineffective coping

8- Perioperative positioning injury

9- Altered family process

10- Risk for fluid volume deficit

Answer 5

1- primary

2- Primary

3- secondary

4- critical

5- primary

6- secondary

7- secondary

8- critical

9- secondary

10- primary

11- primary

Question 6

This phase of the nursing process involves incorporating the identified interventions into actions aimed at attaining the expected outcomes.

Answer 6

Planning

Question 7

This involves checking, observing, and appraising the results of the nursing care delivered to determine whether the care rendered to the patient, based on the assessment and diagnosis was effective or whether there were any positive or negative effects.
This is also an ongoing component of the nursing process

Answer 7

Evaluation

Question 8

This is when you actually perform the nursing care interventions that were planned as well as continuously assessing the responses to those interventions and making necessary changes to the interventions.

The goal of the interventions is to ensure optimal patient care that is safe, skilled, efficient, and effective

Answer 8

Implementation

Question 9

This stage is an ongoing process that enables health care providers to keep patients in the continuum of care throughout their stay. This occurs throughout all of the stages of the nursing process.
It must accurate and include a description of the patient, the nursing diagnoses and outcome indicator, the nursing care given, and the patient’s response to the care given.

Answer 9

Documentation