What is Nursing
This organization defines nursing as the protection, promotion, and optimization of health.
What is the American Nurses Association (ANA)?
These standards incorporate the nursing process.
What are the ANA Standards of Practice?
Health assessment is a systematic method of collecting and analyzing this type of data.
What is health data?
This assessment focuses on a specific problem or symptom.
What is a focused assessment?
This process organizes and clusters data to clarify problems.
What is clinical reasoning?
Nursing focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of these responses.
What are human responses?
This is Standard 1 of the nursing process.
What is assessment?
The purpose of health assessment is to provide this type of care.
What is person-centered care?
This assessment is completed during routine or urgent care visits.
What is a focused health history?
This clinical judgment step involves noticing important findings.
What is noticing?
This nursing role includes advocacy for individuals, families, and communities.
What is advocacy?
This standard involves identifying patient problems.
What is diagnosis/problem identification?
This type of data is gathered from the patient’s statements.
What is subjective data?
This assessment occurs during a nurse’s shift to identify changes in condition.
What is shift screening?
This step involves analyzing data and determining meaning.
What is interpreting?
This concept combines best research evidence, patient preferences, and clinician expertise.
What is evidence-based practice (EBP)?
This standard includes coordination of care and health teaching.
What is implementation?
This type of data includes vital signs and physical findings.
What is objective data?
This factor influences the type of assessment performed by the nurse.
What is patient need?
Documentation must be accurate, concise, and free from this.
What is bias or opinion?
This nursing activity includes physical examination and assessment as part of decision making.
What is clinical expertise?
This standard determines whether outcomes were met.
What is evaluation?
This type of assessment is appropriate for new clients and provides a baseline.
What is a comprehensive assessment?
The amount of assessment data collected depends on this.
What is the nurse’s level of expertise?
Documentation serves as this type of record.
What is a legal document?