Nursing Process
This is the first step of the nursing process and involves collecting subjective and objective data.
What is Assessment?
This is the integration of nursing, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data in nursing practice.
What is Nursing Informatics?
These are unexpected events that cause or could cause harm but are often preventable.
What are Adverse Events?
This principle of prioritization ensures life-threatening issues are addressed first.
What is ABC (Airway, Breathing, Circulation)?
This legal document allows patients to outline their preferences for medical care if they become incapacitated.
What is an Advance Directive?
This type of data includes information the patient reports about their feelings, perceptions, and concerns.
What is Subjective Data?
This is the term for the application of nursing informatics to improve patient safety.
What is Clinical Decision Support?
The organization that sets national patient safety goals in the United States.
What is The Joint Commission?
In prioritization, this type of patient problem is addressed before chronic or stable issues.
What is an Acute Problem?
Nurses who administer medication incorrectly and harm a patient may face this legal consequence.
What is Malpractice?
Name two methods nurses use to gather data during the assessment phase.
What are Observation and Interview?
This type of data, such as temperature and lab results, is collected directly from medical devices.
What is Objective Data?
This system ensures the right patient, medication, dose, route, and time are met.
What are the Five Rights of Medication Administration?
A patient with an obstructed airway is categorized under this level of priority in triage (Urgency).
What is Emergent?
This doctrine holds that professionals should act with the knowledge and skills expected of their role.
What is the Standard of Care?
The hierarchy used to prioritize patient needs in planning.
What is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?
This principle ensures that patient data is shared only with authorized individuals.
What is Confidentiality?
Implementing hourly rounding can help prevent this type of incident.
What are Patient Falls?
In prioritizing care, this principle ensures respect for the patient’s preferences.
What is Autonomy?
This legal concept emphasizes protecting the public by regulating nursing practice.
What is the Nurse Practice Act?
This acronym helps nurses develop SMART goals for patients.
What is Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound?
The ethical use of informatics emphasizes this overarching principle of benefitting the patient.
What is Beneficence?
Effective teamwork relies on this kind of communication, which is clear, concise, and timely.
What is Closed-Loop Communication?
A nurse has four patients: one with shortness of breath, one awaiting a dressing change, one experiencing nausea, and one stable but ready for discharge. Who should be seen last?
Who is the stable patient ready for discharge?
A nurse who shares a patient’s medical history without consent could face this legal charge.
What is Breach of Confidentiality?