Week 13: Introduction to Clinical Judgement, Review of Systems & Head to Toe

Question 1

Definition: Assessment

Answer 1

Nursing health history
- Differentiating important data from the total data
collected, Recognizing Cues, Analyzing Cues

Question 2

Definition: Clinical judgment

Answer 2

Making informed decisions about patient care based on a thorough assessment of their condition, critical thinking, and evidence-based knowledge.

Question 3

Definition: Clinical reasoning

Answer 3

A critical thinking process used in healthcare to analyze patient situations, collect relevant information, and make sound judgments about diagnosis and management.

Question 4

Definition: Evaluation

Answer 4

The making of a judgment about the amount, number, or value of something; assessment.

Question 5

Definition: Implementation

Answer 5

The process of putting a decision or plan into effect; execution.

Question 6

Definition: Interpreting

Answer 6

Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions).

Question 7

Definition: Noticing

Answer 7

Become aware of.

Question 8

Definition: Nursing diagnosis

Answer 8

A nursing diagnosis focuses on a patient’s actual or
potential response to a health problem rather than on
the physiological event, complication, or disease

Question 9

Definition: Planning

Answer 9

Nurse sets patient-centred goals and expected
outcomes, plans nursing interventions, and prioritizes
interventions; requires critical thinking, applied through
deliberate decision making and problem solving.

Question 10

Definition: Reflecting

Answer 10

Think deeply or carefully about.

Question 11

Definition: Responding

Answer 11

Saying or doing something in response to words or actions.