Nursing Process

Question 1

What are the 3 skills required for nursing practice?

Answer 1

Interpersonal skills
Psychomotor (technical) skills
Cognitive skill

Question 2

What are the 3 levels of critical thinking?

Answer 2

Level 1: Basic
Level 2: Complex
Level 3: Commitment

Question 3

What are the components of critical thinking?

Answer 3

Specific knowledge base
Experience
Competencies
Attitudes
Standards

Question 4

What techniques are used to develop critical thinking skills?

Answer 4

Case-based learning
Reflective writing
Concept mapping

Question 5

What is critical thinking?

Answer 5

The use of knowledge and reasoning to make accurate clinical judgments and decisions

Question 6

What are the 5 steps of the nursing process?

Answer 6

Assessment
Nursing diagnosis
Planning
implementation
Evaluation

Question 7

What is the nursing assessment?

Answer 7

Collection of data to determine a client’s current and past health status and functional status and determine the client’s coping patterns

Question 8

What are the steps of a nursing assessment?

Answer 8

Collection and verification of data
Analysis of data

Question 9

What is the purpose of a nursing assessment?

Answer 9

To establish a database about the client’s health status including their perceived needs and health problems that will inform the nurse’s clinical decision-making

Question 10

Name the methods of data collection

Answer 10

Interview
Health history
Physical exam
Diagnostic and lab data

Question 11

What is the last component of a nursing assessment?

Answer 11

Documentation

Question 12

What is a nursing diagnosis?

Answer 12

A clinical judgment about the client’s response to an actual or potential health problem

Question 13

What is NANDA International’s mission?

Answer 13

To facilitate the development, refinement, dissemination and use of standardized diagnostic terminology

Question 14

What is the purpose of NANDA-I?

Answer 14

Precise definitions and a common language
Clear communication
Distinguishes the nurse’s role

Question 15

What are the 4 types of nursing diagnoses?

Answer 15

Actual
Risk
Health-promotion
Wellness

Question 16

What are the components of an actual nursing diagnosis?

Answer 16

Diagnosis label
Related factors
Defining characteristics

Question 17

What are the components of a risk nursing diagnosis?

Answer 17

Diagnosis label
Related factors

Question 18

What component is part of a health promotion/wellness nursing diagnosis?

Answer 18

Diagnosis label

Question 19

What is concept mapping?

Answer 19

Visual representation that allows nurses to graphically illustrate the connections between a client’s health problems

Question 20

How are health priorities classified?

Answer 20

High
Intermediate
Low

Question 21

What are the 3 phases of nursing care planning?

Answer 21

Initial
Ongoing
Discharge

Question 22

What are the 3 types of nursing interventions?

Answer 22

Independent nursing interventions
Dependent nursing interventions
Collaborative interventions

Question 23

What are the 6 factors to consider for the selection of nursing interventions?

Answer 23

Nursing diagnosis
Expected outcomes
Evidence base for intervention
Feasibility to the client
Acceptability to the client
Nurse’s competency

Question 24

Who developed the Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC)?

Answer 24

The Iowa Intervention Project

Question 25

What is the Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC)?

Answer 25

Defines interventions as any treatment based on clinical judgment and knowledge, that a nurse performs to enhance the condition of a client Provides standardization Improves communication

Question 26

What are the 4 steps of implementing nursing care?

Answer 26

Reassess the client Review and revisit the existing nursing care plan Organize resources and care delivery Anticipate and prevent complications

Question 27

What is included in direct care?

Answer 27

ADLs IADLs Physical care Life-saving measures Counselling Teaching Anticipate and control adverse reactions Preventive measures

Question 28

What is included in Indirect care?

Answer 28

Communicating nursing interventions Documentation Medical order transcription Infection control Computer data entry Delegating, supervising and evaluating the work of other staff members

Question 29

What are the 5 elements included in the evaluation of nursing care?

Answer 29

Identify evaluation criteria and standards Collect evaluative data Interpret and summarize findings Document findings and clinical judgments Terminate, continue, or revise the care plan

Question 30

What is a collaborative problem?

Answer 30

An actual or potential complication that nurses monitor to detect a change in client status