Autonomous actions performed by a nurse based on scientific rationale
to benefit the patient in a predictable way, related to the nursing
diagnosis and projected outcomes.
Nurse-Initiated Interventions
Actions performed by the nurse to monitor patient health status, reduce
risks, resolve, prevent, or manage problems, promote independence
with daily activities, enhance physical, psychological, and spiritual well-
being, and provide patients with the information they need to make
informed decisions and be independent.
Nursing Interventions
An order from a healthcare provider or other team member that is
required for certain interventions, but not for nurse-initiated interventions.
Healthcare Provider's Order
A clinical judgment about individual, family, or community responses to
actual or potential health problems or life processes.
Nursing Diagnosis
The cause or contributing factors to a patient's problem, which suggests
the nursing interventions.
Etiology
A condition characterized by excessive body fat accumulation, often
caused by factors such as deficient nutritional knowledge, convenience
of high-calorie fast foods, lifetime snacking habits, limited food budget,
little exercise, and low self-esteem.
Obesity
Desired outcomes for the patient derived from the nursing diagnosis.
Patient Goals
Different approaches to nursing care for a specific patient, including
administering pain medication, assessing pain quality, exploring
contributing factors, using empathic listening, changing patient's
position, offering a back rub, suggesting distracting activities, and using
positive suggestion.
Nursing Care Options
, The nurse's decision-making process based on critical thinking,
knowledge, and experience when selecting nursing interventions for a
particular patient.
Clinical Judgment
A comprehensive, validated list of nursing interventions applicable to all
settings that helps nurses identify appropriate interventions.
Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC)
Considerations for selecting interventions, including desired patient
outcomes, characteristics of the nursing diagnosis, research base for the
intervention, feasibility, acceptability to the patient, and nurse's
capability.
Factors for Choosing Interventions
Various approaches such as skilled nursing procedures, appropriate use
of silence, respectful listening, humor, teaching, counseling, and touch
that can be effective in different situations.
Nursing Strategies
Nursing interventions supported by research findings and have a
statistical pattern for predicting the probability of success.
Evidence-Based Interventions
Considerations for selecting nursing interventions, including valuing by
the patient and family, appropriateness to the nursing diagnosis and
patient outcomes, consistency with research findings and standards of
care, realism in terms of available resources, compatibility with patient's
values, beliefs, and cultural background, and compatibility with other
therapies.
Guidelines for Selecting Nursing Interventions
Interventions initiated by a physician in response to a medical diagnosis
but carried out by a nurse based on a doctor's order.
Physician-Initiated Interventions
Interventions carried out by a nurse that were initiated by other
healthcare providers such as pharmacists, respiratory therapists, or
physician assistants.
Collaborative Interventions
Strategies used by the nurse to evaluate the patient's progress towards
achieving desired outcomes, including recording the achievement of
outcomes, evaluative statements, and recommendations for revising the
care plan.
Evaluative Strategies