Nursing Process Flashcards
A complex concept that involves the ability to think, to observe, prioritize, plan, act, and evaluate.
Clinical judgment
Concept mapping, collaborative group learning, and reflection are strategies to develop strong what?
Clinical judgement skills
The process of deliberately thinking of an experience to consider both positive aspects and potential for change
Reflection
This is the foundation of the professional nursing process. It is the framework in which nurses provide care to patients in an organized and effective manner. Requires critical thinking.
The nursing process
What are the five steps of the nursing process? ADPIE
Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation/intervention
Evaluation
Nursing process: Organized and
ongoing appraisal of a patient’s well-being. Involves data collection.
Assessment
What are the 4 different types of data collection involved in assessment?
Primary, secondary, subjective, and objective.
This data involves symptoms patient has and health history.
Subjective data
This data involves signs, physical examination of patient, lab results, and diagnostic test results.
Objective data
What are the three methods of assessment?
Patient interview, working phase, and termination phase
What are the three types of physical assessment?
Comprehensive assessment, focused assessment, and emergency assessment.
Data that involves information coming directly from the patient.
Primary data
Data that involves information shared by family members, friends, or other members of the health community.
Secondary data
What are the 4 different assessment techniques?
Inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation
Using of vision and smell to
examine characteristics of a
whole person and individual
body systems
Inspection
