The Nursing Process
What are the five steps of the nursing process?
Answer: What are assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation?
When is the best time to begin patient education?
Answer: What is at admission?
What is critical thinking in nursing?
Answer: What is directed, purposeful, mental activity by which you create and evaluate ideas, analyze data, anticipate problems, use expansive thinking, reflect on experience, construct plans, and determine desired outcomes
What type of communication builds trust with patients?
Answer: What is therapeutic communication?
Who can an LPN delegate tasks to?
Answer: What is unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)?
Which part of the nursing process involves setting goals for the patient?
Answer: What is the planning phase?
What is the most important consideration in patient teaching?
Answer: What is assessing the patient’s readiness to learn?
What are cues that a nurse is using active listening?
Answer: what are use nonverbal cues such as leaning forward, focusing on the speaker's face, and slightly nodding to indicate that the message has been heard
A patient asks, “Why do I need to take this medication every day?” What should the nurse do?
Answer: What is explain the medication’s purpose, effects, and importance of adherence?
A nurse gathers subjective and objective data. What stage is this?
Answer: What is assessment?
What teaching method is most effective for hands-on skills?
Answer: What is demonstration?
A patient has shortness of breath. What is the first nursing action?
Answer: What is assess respiratory status/obtain vital signs
Give an example of a therapeutic communication technique.
Answer: What is asking open-ended questions/using general leads/restating/using silence/clarifying/therapeutic touch
A nurse is planning care for a patient who is at risk for falls. What is the most important action during the planning phase of the nursing process?
Answer: What is setting specific, measurable, and achievable goals to prevent falls, such as providing assistive devices and implementing safety measures?
You determine that a patient is at risk for falls. What is this step called?
Answer: What is nursing diagnosis?
A patient speaks limited English. What should the nurse do?
Answer: What is use an interpreter?
You suspect a medication error. What should you do first?
Answer: What is assess the patient and verify the order
A patient refuses care. What should the nurse do first?
Answer: What is explore the reason for refusal respectfully?
During a conversation, a patient says, “I feel like I’m just a burden.” What’s an appropriate response?
Answer: What is “Can you tell me more about how you’re feeling?”
How would a nurse evaluate if a care plan was successful?
Answer: What is by comparing patient outcomes to expected goals?
What should you include in discharge teaching for a diabetic patient?
Answer: What is blood glucose monitoring, diet, medication, and follow-up care?
A patient with a history of heart failure gains 3 pounds in 24 hours, has crackles in the lungs, and reports shortness of breath. What should the nurse prioritize and why?
Answer: What is assess oxygen saturation and notify the provider, because the patient may be experiencing fluid overload requiring immediate intervention?
Name two blocks to effective communication.
Answer: what is giving advice/making defensive comments/asking prying or probing questions/using clichés/listening inattentively/changing the subject/false reassurance
A nurse is evaluating the effectiveness of a care plan for a diabetic patient. The patient’s blood glucose level remains elevated despite interventions. What should the nurse do next in the evaluation phase?
Answer: What is reassess the care plan, identify possible reasons for the lack of improvement, and adjust the interventions accordingly?