Critical thinking
Which part of the nursing process follows diagnosis?
Planning
Which nursing process usually follows after assessment?
Diagnosis
A clinical judgment about individual, family or community responses to the actual and potential health problems or life processes.
Nursing diagnosis
"Tell me how you are feeling or Describe how your wife has been helping you?" What are these types of questions?
Open-ended questions
HR 125 bpm, Resp. 24 and labored, B/P 168/90, Temp. 99.0 degrees F
Background
After teaching a patient how to administer a medication on their own, the nurse reviews the situation and the patient's response to the teaching. This is known as what stage in the nursing process?
Evaluation
What stage of the nursing process is a nurse using when gathering information?
Assessment
Nurses use a variety of different assessment techniques to gather data, what would be the first/best option to assess and gather data?
Interviewing the client
Curious, insightful, systematic, analytical, truth-seeking, open-minded, confident and creative are all characteristics of what kind of thinker?
Critical thinker
EKG indicates acute MI with ST elevation changes.
Assessment
What is the advantage of using a payoff table when applicable?
It assists in visualization of the available historic and current data
After assessing the patient and finding out that they have a weakened range of motion and fatigue easily, it would be safe to say that this nurse is in what stage of the nursing process?
Diagnosis
A nurse develops a care plan for a patient with chronic heart failure. After implementing the interventions, the nurse observes no significant improvement in the patient's fluid balance. What specific actions should the nurse take next according to the ADPIE process, and why is this step crucial?
The nurse should return to the assessment phase, gathering additional data on the patient's fluid status, dietary adherence, and medication effectiveness. Based on this reassessment, the nurse may need to update the diagnosis or revise the care plan. This step is crucial because it ensures that patient care remains dynamic and responsive to the patient's current condition, ultimately improving outcomes.
Name an example of the most important qualities a successful decision maker must have.
Courage, sensitivity, energy, & creativity
Charles Downs, RN. Jackson Memorial Hospital, 2B unit
Situation