MIDTERM #1 Flashcards
What is subjective data?
What the person says about themselves, their feelings, sensations, health history, verbal descriptions created by care giver, symptoms
What is objective data?
What the health care provider observes during the assessment, what is measurable, seen and heard.
What are the 5 parts of the nursing process
Assessment Nursing Diagnosis Planning Implementation Evaluation
Explain “Assessment” in the nursing process
Collecting, organizing, validating, and documenting Data.
Explain “Nursing Diagnosis” in the nursing process
Analyze data, Identify health problems risks and strengths, formulate diagnostic statements.
Explain “Nursing Planning” in the nursing process
Prioritize problems and diagnoses, formulate goals, design health outcomes, identify nursing intervention
Explain “Nursing Implementation” in the nursing process
Reassess the patient, determine the nurse’s need for assistance, implement nursing interventions, supervise delegated care, document nursing activities.
Explain “Nursing Evaluation” in the nursing process
Collect data related to outcomes, complete data with outcomes, relate nursing actions to patient goals/outcomes, draw conclusions about problem status, continue to modify or end the patient’s care plan.
Nursing Assessment
Collection of data about an individual health state
Inspection
Concentrated/purposeful watching, always performed first
Palpation
Assessment of texture, temperature, moisture, size, swelling vibration etc.
What are your fingertips best at assessing?
Best for determining, texture, swelling, pulsation, and lumps.
What are grasping action between fingers best for assessing?
Best for detecting the position, shape, and consistency of an organ or mass.
What are the back of the hands best for assessing?
Temperature
What are the base of fingers best for assessing?
Vibration
What is percussion
Tapping the person skin and assessing the sound
What is resonant?
medium in sound low pitch and hollow
What is hyper resonant?
Very Loud in sound very deep, booming
What is Tymphany?
Loud in sound, high pitch sounds musical like
What is Dull?
Soft, high pitched muffled thud
What is flat?
Very soft, high pitched instant stop of dull sound
What is ausculation
Listening to sounds
What is the bell for
Low sounds
What is the diaphragm for?
For high sounds