Nursing Process
Data that is observable and measurable that can be seen, heard, or felt.
What is objective data?
When mutually discussing the expected outcomes of the nursing care to be provided with the client and family, the nurse illustrates this step of the nursing process.
What is planning?
In this step of nursing process, the nurse uses objective, subjective resources as well as medical records to gather data
What is Assessment?
Equalizing benefits across society
What is Justice?
1. Refers to taking positive actions to help others.
2. Avoidance of harm or hurt.
1. What is beneficence?
2. What is non maleficence?
Used to measure how well the patient has achieved desired outcomes.
What is evaluation?
When administering meds to a patient in congestive heart failure, the nurse is demonstrating this step of the nursing process.
What is implementing?
A patient complains about feeling nauseated after lunch.
What is Subjective Data?
Agreement to keep promises
What is Fidelity?
Place the following in correct order.
1. Collaborate with the client to set outcomes
2. Develop goals and objectives
3. Gather data by looking at labs, diagnostics, and interviewing the patient.
4. Determine if goals were met.
5. Prioritize and identify client's problem
5. Administering pain meds and educating the patient.
Correct order
1. Gather data by looking at labs, diagnostics, and interviewing the patient. (assessment).
2. Prioritize and identify client's problem (diagnosis).
3. Develop goals and objectives (Outcome)
4. Collaborate with the client to achieve outcomes (planning)
5. Administer pain meds and educate the
patient. (implementation).
6. Determine if goals were met. (Evaluation).
Based on her assessment of a 2-year-old child, a nurse identifies a potential problem with normal growth and development in this step of the nursing process.
What is nursing diagnosis?
Based on statements made by a patient that "life just isn't worth living", a nurse identifies a potential problem of risk for suicide in this step of the nursing process.
What is Diagnosis?
When the nurse enters a patient's room to begin a nursing history, the patient's wife is there. What will the nurse do?
What is introduce self and ask the patient if he would like the wife to stay?
The ethical principle of being completely open and honest with patients, even if the truth causes distress.
What is Veracity?
Interpretive Statements were developed as a guide for carrying out nursing responsibilities in a manner consistent with quality in nursing care and the ethical obligations of the profession.
Also known as philosophical ideals of right and wrong that define the principles for providing patient care
What is Code of Ethics?
The action of assessing pain following administration of pain meds reflects this step of the nursing process.
What is evaluating?
A patient is complaining of pain. When the nurse asks the patient about the characteristics of the pain, he is engaging in this step of the nursing process.
What is assessment?
What kind of data is this?
1. Measurement of wound
2. "My head hurts"
1. Objective
2. Subjective
Commitment to include the patient in decisions about all aspects of their care
OR
the right to self-determination.
What is Autonomy?
1. The nurse kept her promise
2. Nurse has the same empathy for the homeless patient and the rich (VIP) patient
3. The nurse understands that the patient has the right to make a bad decision (refuse to take medications, leave the hospital against medical advice)
1. What is Fidelity?
2. What is Justice?
3. What is Autonomy?
Turning a client, every two hours based on an established plan of care, the nurse is demonstrating this step of the nursing process.
What is implementation?
In this step, the nurse carries out the plan of care
What is implementing?
The two types of nursing diagnoses?
What is actual and potential?
1. The ability to answer for one's action
2. Actions taken on behalf of an individual.
1. What is accountability?
2. What is advocacy?
These are examples of which code of Ethics?
Providing patients with emotional support
Holding patient's hand
Ensuring patients’ medical needs are met
Educating patients about healthy lifestyle choices
Coordinating patient care with other healthcare providers
What is Beneficence?