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Final Research Paper

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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 q...

Nursing process - ANS A critical thinking process that professional nurses use to apply the best available evidence to caregiving and promoting human functions and responses to health and illness. Nursing Process Five Steps - ANS Def. Fundamental blueprint for how to care for a patient. "Standard of Practice" 1. Assessment - Collection, verification, and analysis of data. 2. Diagnose - identify the patient's problems 3. Plan- Set goals of care and desired outcomes and id...

what is the nursing process? - ANS a critical thinking five-step process that professional nurses use to apply the best available evidence to caregiving and promoting human functions and responses to health and illness. what did the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses define patient-centered care as? - ANS recognizing a patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for a patient's preferences...

If an infectious disease can be transmitted directly from one person to another, it is a: A) Susceptible host. B) Communicable disease. C) Port of entry to a host. D) Port of exit from the reservoir. - ANS Communicable disease. Which is the most likely means of transmitting infection between patients? A) Exposure to another patient's cough B) Sharing equipment among patients C) Disposing of soiled linen in a shared linen bag D) Contact with a health care worker's hands - ANS...

A nurse caring for a patient with pneumonia sits the patient up in bed and suctions his airway. After suctioning, the patient describes some discomfort in his abdomen. The nurse auscultates the patient's lung sounds and gives him a glass of water. Which of the following is an evaluative measure used by the nurse? A) Suctioning the airway B) Sitting patient up in bed C) Auscultating lung sounds D) Patient describing type of discomfort - ANS Auscultating lung sounds A nurse caring ...

A nurse completes the following steps during her shift of care. Which are the steps of nursing assessment? (Select all that apply.) 1. The review of patient data in the medical record 2. Confirming a patient's self-report of abdominal pain by inspecting the abdomen 3. Reporting results of an ongoing assessment to a nurse working the next scheduled shift 4. Analyzing a set of signs revealing lower leg weakness and unsteady gait with a pattern of mobility alteration 5. Conducting an inter...

The nurse is using critical thinking skills during the first phase of the nursing process. Which action indicates the nurse is in the first phase? - ANS Completes a comprehensive database. A nurse is using the problem-focused approach to data collection. Which action will the nurse take first? - ANS Focusing on the patient's presenting situation After reviewing the database, the nurse discovers that the patient's vital signs have not been recorded by the nursing assistive...

A nurse assesses a patient who comes to the pulmonary clinic. "I see that it's been over 6 months since you've been in, but your appointment was for every 2 months. Tell me about that. Also I see from your last visit that the doctor recommended routine exercise. Can you tell me how successful you have been following his plan?" The nurse's assessment covers which of Gordon's functional health patterns? A) Value-belief pattern B) Cognitive-perceptual pattern C) Coping-stress-tolerance pat...