What is a problem solving method that you use everyday on the job?
It will become second nature
"An organized, systematic method of giving individualized nursing care that focuses upon identifying and treating unique responses of individuals or groups to actual or potential alterations in he...
WKU Nursing Fundamentals Chapters 16,
17, 18, 19, 20, 26 The Nursing Process
Exam Questions And Answers
What is a problem solving method that you use everyday on the job?
It will become second nature
"An organized, systematic method of giving individualized nursing care that focuses upon
identifying and treating unique responses of individuals or groups to actual or potential
alterations in health." - ANS The nursing process
What are the parts of the nursing process? - ANS Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation (Interventions)
Evaluation
What are some questions to ask during your assessment? - ANS To what extent can he
manage his own health?
To what extent does he need nursing intervention?
Assist client in achieving or maintaining independence
In what part of the nursing process do you gather and examine information (data) to obtain all
the facts necessary to determine your patient's health status and to describe strengths and
problems? - ANS Assessment
What are the activities involved with assessment? - ANS Establish a data base
Nursing history and physical exam (head to toe)
Review of records/literature
Consult with support persons and healthcare professionals
, Continually update, validate, and communicate the database
What are open-ended questions? - ANS Questions that elicit multiple answers
What are close-ended questions? - ANS Questions that elicit a direct answer
What is subjective data? - ANS Data that the patient says
What is objective data? - ANS Data that you as the nurse find
What are the cues that lead you to a diagnosis and are obtained through the use of the five
senses? - ANS Defining Characteristics
"From the report I received from your night shift nurse and the information I read in your chart, I
gather that you have been nauseated since 2am. Is that correct?"
This is an example of what? - ANS Validating data
What are absences of defining characteristics mentioned in care plan book that should suggest
to you that the proposed diagnosis is likely not correct? - ANS Clustering of cues "Red
Flags"
What should you learn first:
Normals or Abnormals - ANS Normals
What should you do if in doubt when assessing a patient? - ANS Consult an appropriate
resource
What organization was established in 1973 and is responsible for appropriate nursing
diagnoses? - ANS NANDA
Once necessary facts are obtained through the assessment, analyze data to identify what? -
ANS Strengths of the patient
Actual and/or potential problems that nursing interventions can prevent or resolve
A clinical judgment os being made
Medical diagnosis doesn't always...? - ANS Determine that priority nursing diagnosis
What are the different types of diagnoses? - ANS Problem-Focused Nursing Diagnosis
Risk Nursing Diagnosis
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