ADPIE
LVN checks a patient's temperature, and oxygen saturation. The patient also reports feeling short of breath. Which step of the nursing process is the nurse performing?
What is Assessment?
This step of the nursing process involves analyzing assessment data to identify a patient's responses to health problems.
What is nursing diagnosis?
A student explains in their own words why hand hygiene helps prevent the spread of infection. Which level of Bloom’s Taxonomy is this?
What is Understanding?
This nurse became known as the Lady with the Lamp for caring for wounded soldiers during the Crimean War and helping improve sanitation in hospitals.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
This type of learner benefits from diagrams, charts, pictures, and color-coded notes.
What is a visual learner?
LVN sets a goal for a patient to maintain an oxygen saturation of 95% or higher, as appropriate for the patient, within the next hour. Which step of the nursing process is this?
What is Planning?
A patient reports pain rated 8 out of 10, and the nurse observes guarding of the affected area. Is this an actual nursing diagnosis or a risk nursing diagnosis?
What is an actual nursing diagnosis?
A student memorizes the six levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy. Which level of thinking is the student demonstrating?
What is Remembering?
This nurse founded the American Red Cross and provided care to soldiers during the Civil War.
Who is Clara Barton?
A student remembers information best by listening to lectures, discussing topics, and explaining concepts out loud. Which type of learner might this student be?
What is an auditory learner?
LVN positions a patient in High Fowler's position to help ease breathing. Which step of the nursing process is the nurse performing?
What is Implementation?
In the PES format for an actual nursing diagnosis, these three elements are represented by the letters P, E, and S.
What are Problem, Etiology, and Signs/Symptoms?
LVN reviews a patient's vital signs, symptoms, and laboratory results to identify patterns that may indicate the patient's condition is worsening. Which level of Bloom’s Taxonomy is this?
What is Analyzing?
In 1879, this woman became the first Black nurse to obtain a professional nursing license in the United States.
Who is Mary Eliza Mahoney?
A nursing student learns best by practicing vital signs on a manikin rather than only reading about the procedure. Which type of learner might this student be?
What is a kinesthetic/tactile learner?
After providing an intervention, the nurse reassesses the patient's breathing and oxygen saturation to determine whether the intervention helped. Which step is this?
What is Evaluation?
A patient has limited mobility following surgery but has no current skin breakdown. Which type of nursing diagnosis may be appropriate?
What is a risk nursing diagnosis, such as Risk for Pressure Injury, when supported by the patient's risk factors?
LVN uses the correct procedure to administer a medication to a patient. Which level of Bloom’s Taxonomy is demonstrated?
What is Application?
This nurse founded the Henry Street Settlement in New York City in 1893 to provide care and support to people in the community.
Who is Lillian Wald?
A student uses flashcards with pictures, records lectures to listen to later, and practices nursing skills in the lab. What is the benefit of using these different strategies?
What is using multiple learning strategies to reinforce learning?
LVN identifies that a patient has difficulty breathing and needs assistance. Which step involves identifying the patient's nursing problems based on assessment findings?
What is Analysis/Diagnosis?
A student writes, “Pneumonia related to infection as evidenced by fever and productive cough.” What is the problem with this nursing diagnosis?
What is using a medical diagnosis instead of a nursing diagnosis as the problem statement?
A student is given a patient scenario and must decide which nursing action to take first. Which level of Bloom’s Taxonomy is most closely associated with this type of question?
What is Applying?
This reformer advocated for better treatment of people with mental illness and helped improve conditions in institutions.
Who is Dorothea Dix?
A VN student is struggling to remember the steps of a sterile dressing change. Name one study strategy the student could use to practice the procedure more effectively.
What is watching a demonstration, reviewing a visual checklist, talking through the steps, or practicing the procedure?