Name That Step
Priority Setting
Critical Thinking
Assessment
Pain
100
Collecting, organizing, documenting, and validating a patient's health information.
What is assessment.
100
Problems that do not have a major effect on the person if not attended to that day or week
What is low-priority
100
Requires skills, experience, and knowledge.
What is critical thinking in nursing
100
Based on gathering data; is not a social interaction, but requires good communication to be effective.
What is the patient interview
100
Also, known as the 5th vital sign
What is pain
200
Sorting and analyzing the information to identify actual/potential health problems.
What is nursing diagnosis
200
Problems that threaten health or coping ability
What is medium priority
200
Directed, purposeful activity by which ideas are evaluated, plans are constructed, and desired outcomes are decided.
What is critical thinking
200
Data collection tool that helps obtain information to interview patient or prepare for the day's patient assignment
What is chart review
200
May cause shock or even death
What is severe pain
300
Nurse and patient collaboration enables patient to address expected outcomes.
What is planning
300
A patient hemorrhaging after a motor vehicle accident
What is high-priority
300
Effective reading, effective writing, attentive listening, and effective communicating
What is skills for critical thinking
300
Uses techniques of inspection, auscultation, palpation, and percussion.
What is the physical examination
300
Lowers the threshold for pain reception, increased the pain sensation, and intensifies pain reactions.
What is pre-existing anxiety
400
Delegation of tasks to aid in meeting patient's expected outcomes
What is implementation
400
A patient yelling in pain and rating pain 10/10 on the pain scale.
What is medium priority
400
Operating in critical thinking mode while pursuing nursing studies helps develop what skill.
What is clinical judgment.
400
The nurse spends more time assessing the body systems in which there is a problem or potential problem
What is focused physical assessment
400
Treated with NSAIDs, tricyclic antidepressants, anticonvulsants, or corticosteroids
What is neuropathic pain
500
Based on response may need to modify of discontinue to the plan of care.
What is evaluation
500
Life-threatening priority
What is high-priority
500
The goal is to avoid having your decision cause injury to anyone
What is critical thinking
500
Information obtained is summarized
What is the closing stage of the patient interview
500
Help control chronic pain as well as temporary pain associated with exercise.
What is endorphins
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