Nursing Process
The first step of the nursing process.
What is assessment?
Which step of clinical judgment involves implementation?
What is taking action?
What are the three levels of critical thinking?
What is basic, complex and commitment?
Patricia Benner defines caring as the __________ of excellent nursing.
What is essence?
What is the main way to avoid spreading pathogens?
What is hand hygeine?
The final step of the nursing process.
What is evaluation?
Which two steps in clinical judgment use assessment of data?
What is recognizing cues & analyzing cues?
What critical thinking attitude includes original thinking outside the box?
What is creativity?
Madeline Leininger has a ____________ view of caring.
What is transcultural?
What causes a superinfection?
What is taking an antibiotic that wipes out normal flora?
When assessing, name a primary source.
Who is the patient?
Which steps in the nursing process correspond to prioritizing your hypothesis?
What is diagnosis and planning?
What two main standards are used in critical thinking?
What are intellectual and professional standards?
Jean Watson's transpersonal caring theory places care over ______.
What is cure?
What are signs/symptoms of a generalized (systemic) infection?
What are fever, general malaise, high WBCs, nausea/vomiting, fatigue?
Before using an intervention, what should an RN do?
What is make sure the intervention is appropriate?
What is the final step in clinical judgment?
What is evaluating outcomes?
How is reflection used in critical thinking?
What is reviewing previous experiences to help make present decisions?
Why is knowing a patient important in caring?
Because you understand the person, make better clinical decisions?
What is surgical asepsis?
What is being sterile?
What is the difference between a medical and a nursing diagnosis?
What is that a nursing diagnosis is a condition, not a medical problem.
What external factors can influence/affect clinical decision making?
What is the environment (time pressure, setting, interruptions...)?
What is the first step of critical thinking for clinical decision making?
What is a scientific knowledge base? Then, use the nursing process.
What is "providing presence?"
What is being there, being with?
What helps to boost the immune system?
What is proper rest, nutrition; immunizations, handwashing?