The Nursing Process Flashcards
The nursing process is the
method nurses use to plan and deliver nursing care
The 5 steps of the nursing process
○Assessment ○Nursing diagnosis ○Planning ○Implementation ○Evaluation
Assessment involves
collecting information about the person.
Objective data (signs) are
seen, heard, felt, or smelled.
Subjective data (symptoms) are
things a person tells you about that you cannot observe through your senses
The RN uses assessment information to
make a nursing diagnosis.
A nursing diagnosis describes
a health problem that can be treated by nursing measures.
The implementation step is
performing or carrying out nursing measures (interventions) in the care plan
Use your assignment sheet to
organize your work and set priorities
Evaluation involves
measuring if the goals in the planning step were met.
Mrs. Shumway’s nursing care plan lists CHF (Congestive Heart Failure) as her primary dx. (diagnosis). You would expect her ADL routine to include what?
Daily am weight measurement
The plan that starts on the resident’s admission and assists when the resident goes home is called
The discharge plan
Holism is
a concept that considers the whole person.
The whole person has
physical, social, psychological, and spiritual parts.
Abraham Maslow theory
Basic needs must be met for a person to survive and function.
