Fundemental Flashcards
(36 cards)
What is the nursing process?
The framework for providing professional, quality nursing care that directs activities for health promotion, protection, and disease prevention.
What are the five steps in the nursing process?
- Assessment
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Planning
- Implementing
- Evaluating
What does subjective data refer to?
Symptoms or covert data that are apparent only to the person affected.
What is included in subjective data?
- Sensations
- Feelings
- Values
- Beliefs
- Attitudes
- Perception of personal health status
Define objective data.
Signs or overt data that are detectable by an observer and can be measured or tested.
What is the purpose of the nursing process?
To organize and deliver nursing care, identify, diagnose, and treat human responses to health and illness.
How often should plans of care be updated?
Every shift, reflecting reassessment of patient needs and significant changes in condition.
What is a nursing diagnosis?
A statement of how the client is responding to an actual or potential problem that requires nursing intervention.
Differentiate between medical diagnosis and nursing diagnosis.
- Medical Diagnosis: Focuses on curing pathology, stays the same as long as the disease is present.
- Nursing Diagnosis: Identifies responses to health and illness, can change from day to day.
What is care planning?
The development of nursing strategies designed to ameliorate patient problems.
What are the types of assessments in nursing?
- Initial
- Problem-Focused
- Emergency
- Time-lapsed
What is the role of a Registered Nurse in formulating a nursing care plan?
To formulate the plan after reviewing assessment information from all appropriate disciplines.
True or False: The nursing process is a linear, one-time approach.
False: The nursing process is cyclical, with interrelated and recurrent steps.
Fill in the blank: The nursing process provides the basis for _______ in nursing.
[critical thinking]
What should a patient care plan address?
Learning needs, including any barriers.
What is the significance of reassessing the nursing care plan?
To ensure it reflects the current needs of the patient and any significant changes in condition.
What is a key characteristic of emergency assessments?
Performed during physiological or psychological crises to identify life-threatening problems.
What is the NANDA?
North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, responsible for formulating nursing diagnoses.
What is the nursing process?
The framework for providing professional, quality nursing care that directs activities for health promotion, protection, and disease prevention.
What are the five steps in the nursing process?
- Assessment
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Planning
- Implementing
- Evaluating
What does subjective data refer to?
Symptoms or covert data that are apparent only to the person affected.
What is included in subjective data?
- Sensations
- Feelings
- Values
- Beliefs
- Attitudes
- Perception of personal health status
Define objective data.
Signs or overt data that are detectable by an observer and can be measured or tested.
What is the purpose of the nursing process?
To organize and deliver nursing care, identify, diagnose, and treat human responses to health and illness.
