NURS 246: Test 1 (Nursing Assessment) with Complete Solutions.

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 correct answers nursing process a _______________________ care approach is holistic and essential when applying the nursing process correct answers patient-centered a nursing assessment must be what three things in order for the nurse to correctly identify a person's desire to improve their health or identify any health problem? correct answers 1) complete 2) relevant to a patient's condition 3) accurate the nursing process is a form of ________________________ reasoning correct answers scientific deliberate and systematic collection of information about a patient to determine the patient's current and past health and functional status and their present and past coping patterns correct answers assessment two steps of nursing assessment correct answers 1) collection of information from a primary source (a patient) and secondary sources (family, friends, health professionals, and the medical record) 2) the interpretation and validation of data to ensure a complete database five sources of information in a nursing assessment correct answers 1) the patient through interview, observations, and physical examination 2) family members or significant others' reports and response to interviews 3) other members of the health care team 4) medical record information (patient history, laboratory work, x-ray film results, multidisciplinary consultations) 5) scientific and medical literature (evidence about disease conditions, assessment techniques, and standards) true or false: assessment is part of the working phase of a nurse-patient relationship correct answers true three benefits from the relational process of assessment correct answers 1) mobilizes hope for a patient and nurse 2) allows for an acceptable interpretation and understanding go a patient's illness, pain, fear, and anxiety 3) helps a patient use support form health care providers