Nursing Process
Collaborating with the prescriber when to give a medication
interdependent nursing action
What does NANDA stand for when referring to nursing diagnoses?
North American Nursing Diagnosis Association
Nursing interventions identify specific nursing actions, while measurable goal statements identify specific:
patient behaviors
Requesting more information on adverse effects of a new medication
Cognitive domain
involves the learning of a new procedure or skills
Psychomotor
Formulating an appropriate nursing diagnosis
independent nursing action
When writing the outcome statement for medication therapy, the nurse will describe the expected outcomes from the prescribed medications based on what?
The noted improvement of the symptoms present
The goal of evidence-based practice is to improve patient outcomes by using what?
Best practices that evolved from research
Discussing healthcare changes that will occur when discharged, like when needing an aide
Affective domain
is the level at which basic knowledge is learned and stored
Cognitive domain
The nurse considers the patient's psychosocial and cultural needs during which step of the nursing process?
Planning
Which two types of nursing diagnoses apply to all types of medication therapies?
Noncompliance and Deficient knowledge
The five levels of needs identified by Maslow's hierarchy include:
Self actualization
Esteem
Belonging
Safety
Physiologic
The affective domain of learning refers to:
Feelings, beliefs and values that the patient has
When a patient is discharged from the hospital, what is important for the nurse to document?
1. The time the patient left and who accompanied the patient
2. All care that was received during hospitalization
3. The collaborative problems that will require continued monitoring after discharge
4. The nursing diagnoses that were identified on admission
3. The collaborative problems that will require continued monitoring after discharge
The nurse uses which step of the nursing process to detect any potential complications?
Assessment
Difference between nursing diagnosis and medical diagnosis
The medical diagnosis identifies alterations in structure and function.
The nursing diagnosis deals with human response to actual or potential health problems and life processes.
The medication history that the nurse records includes which important facts to note?
Current medications being taken by the patient and drug allergies
When teaching patients and their families, the nurse must recognize the teachable moment when what occurs?
1. the nurse starts to ask questions regarding home-going care
2. the nurse has the time and is ready to start teaching the patient
3. the patient is gone for a test and the family looks anxious
4. the patient starts to ask questions about what to expect when at home
4. the patient starts to ask questions about what to expect when at home
is the assumption that one's culture provides the right way, the best way, and the only way to live.
Ethnocentrism
Nurses perform the task of patient assessment to determine:
the patient's response to treatments
any adverse effects of medications
if the patient has any risk factors
Three components of the nursing diagnosis
NANDA- approved label
Defining characteristics
and contributing factors
Which four phases are included in the process used for planning patient interventions?
1. The nurse sets priorities
2. The nurse develops measurable goals
3. The nurse identifies "related to" factors
4. The nurse formulate nursing interventions
5. The nurse formulates therapeutic outcomes
1. The nurse sets priorities
2. The nurse develops measurable goals
4. The nurse formulate nursing interventions
5. The nurse formulates therapeutic outcomes
When teaching older adults about new medications, what is important for the nurse to remember?
1. check the patient for vision or hearing aids
2. determine any memory impairment
3. evaluate the gross motor ability of the patient
4. review the content to be covered rapidly
5. lecture the patient about healthy lifestyles
1. check the patient for vision or hearing aids
2. determine any memory impairment
3. evaluate the gross motor ability of the patient
What is MS Gev Quijano's title here at Unitek College Bakersfield?
Lead instructor