Definitions & the Nursing Process
The process of gathering information about the health status of the patient, analyzing and synthesizing those data, making judgments about nursing interventions based on the findings and evaluating patient care outcomes
What is health assessment?
Type of data where the patient lists their symptoms.
What is subjective?
The phase of the interview where are open-ended questions used
What is working phase?
Most important transmission prevention strategy
What is hand hygiene?
The type of injury a patient is susceptible to as a result of decreased mobility and shearing.
What is pressure injury?
Purposeful, outcome-directed (result-oriented) thinking that is based on nursing process, evidence-based thinking, and scientific method
What is critical thinking?
A calculation based on height and weight used to classify patients
What is BMI?
Type of communication demonstrating caring and empathy.
What is therapeutic communication?
Type of technique that includes clinical touching of specific body areas to assess characteristics
What is palpation?
Layer of the skin housing the blood vessels, connective tissue, sebaceous glands, sweat glands, hair follicles
What is the dermis?
Part of the nursing process where judgment of nursing care efficacy is looked at in meeting patient goals and outcomes based on patient responses to nursing interventions
What is evaluation?
Type of assessment done during a life-threatening or unstable situation.
What is emergency?
Type of pain scale where the patient uses numbers from 0-10 (0 being no pain and 10 being the worst pain ever) to rate the intensity of their pain.
What is numerical scale?
Assessment technique through observing patients,which provides objective physical data leading to accurate diagnoses and treatment
What is inspection?
The name of a bright red pigment primarily in arteries and capillaries (blushing)
What is oxyhemoglobin?
Complex combination of knowledge, attitudes, and skills health care providers use to deliver care that considers the total context of the patient’s situation across cultural boundaries
What is cultural competence?
Type of physical assessment framework that promotes critical thinking.
What is body systems approach?
The most important thing to consider when interviewing a patient about violence and abuse.
What is the patient's patient physical and emotional safety?
Type of PPE you would use with MRSA precautions
What is gown and gloves?
The type of gland that cover most of body, most commonly found in the palms and soles of the feet
What are the eccrine glands?
The purpose for which nurses use assessment data
What is to identify patient outcomes?
Type of assessment done where a complete health history and physical assessment is performed.
What is comprehensive?
The cultural assessment model that involves systematic assessment of individuals, families, and communities regarding their health beliefs and values
What is Leininger’s Cultural Care Diversity and Universality Theory/Model?
Any acute change in mental status, Stridor, Acute changes in vital signs, New onset chest pain, Agitation, Restlessness would warrant activation of what?
What is Rapid Response Team?
Type of skin cancer that occurs in the basal level of epidermis - encompasses 80% of skin cancers and rarely metastasizes
What is Basal Cell Carcinoma?