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NURS 205 Midterm Exam With Correct Questions And Answers 2024
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NURS 205 Midterm Exam With Correct Questions And Answers 2024What is the nursing process? - CORRECT ANSWERS--A way of thinking and acting that nurses use
-What nurses do when planning and giving patient care
-Provides basic framework within which nurses apply the unique combination of knowledge, skill and caring that nursing's all about
-It's a systematic problem-solving approach used to identify, prevent and treat health problems
-Used to promote wellness
-Involves creativity and intuition
6 Phases of the nursing process - CORRECT ANSWERS-Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning outcomes
Planning interventions
Implementation
Evaluation
ADPPIE
Nursing Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS-Nursing theories define or describe nursing as: -An art and science with its own evolving SCIENTIFIC BODY OF KNOWLEDGE
-Holistic
-Involves caring
-Occurs in a variety of settings
-Is concerned with health promotion, disease prevention and care during illness
Medical focus - CORRECT ANSWERS-Diagnose and treat illness. Cure. Pathophysiological, biological, physical. Teach about treatments.
Nursing focus - CORRECT ANSWERS-Diagnose, treat and address human response!
Care.
Holistic and psychosocial, cultural and spiritual. Teach self-care and wellness activities.
4 Human responses to health problems - CORRECT ANSWERS-1. Biological
2. Psychological
3. Social
4. Spiritual Importance of the nursing process - CORRECT ANSWERS--Promote collaboration
-Is cost-efficient
-*Helps people understand what nurses do
-Is required by professional standards of practice
-Increases client participation in care and promotes client autonomy
-*Promotes individualized care
-Promotes efficiency
-*Promotes continuity and coordination of care
-Increases your job satisfaction
Characteristics of the Nursing process - CORRECT ANSWERS--Dynamic and cyclic
-Client Centered!!!
-Planned and outcome-directed
-Flexible
-Universally applicable
-Cognitive (thinking) process
Assessment - CORRECT ANSWERS-The systematic gathering of relevant and important data on a patient's present health status. We use this data to:
-Identify health problems
-Plan nursing care
-Evaluate patient outcomes
Overview: -Interview
-Observation
-Physical examination
-Validate conflicting data
-Organize and record data
Validating data - CORRECT ANSWERS--Ensure that assessment information is complete, accurate and factual. -Eliminate their own errors, biases and misconceptions of data
-Avoid jumping to faulty conclusions about the data
Suggestions for validating data:
-Ask patients more questions
-Always compare subjective with objective data
-Compare data with previous data
-Recheck your measurement to be sure it is accurate
-Ask someone else to verify your findings
-Use references to explain findings
Diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWERS--What is the patient's presenting health status?
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