Test 2 Flashcards
(136 cards)
Diagnosing
Analyzing patient data to identify patients strengths and problems
Assessing
Collecting, validating and communicating of patient data
Planning
Specifying patient outcomes and related nursing interventions
Implementing
Carrying out the plan of care
Evaluating
Measuring extent to which patient achieved outcomes
Nursing knowledge
Comes from a variety of sources maybe traditiona,l authoritative or scientific
Traditional knowledge
Nursing practice passed down from generation to generation
Authoritative knowledge
Comes from an expert and is accepted as truth based on the persons perceived expertise
Scientific knowledge
Knowledge obtained from the scientific method through research also known as evidence-based practice
Nursing theory
Serves the purpose of describing, explaining, predicting and controlling desired outcomes of nursing care practices
For concepts that determine nursing practice are?
the patient, the environment, health, nursing
Nursing research
Encompasses both research to improve the care of people in the clinical setting and also the broader study of people in the nursing profession, including studies of education, policy development, ethics, and nursing history
Evidence-based practice
Problem-solving approach to making clinical decisions using the best evidence available
PICO
P-Patient, population or problem of interest I-Intervention C-Comparison O- Outcome
Systematic
Part of an ordered sequence of activities
Dynamic
Great interaction and overlapping of the five steps
Interpersonal
Humans are always at the heart of nursing
Outcome oriented
Nurses and patients work together to identify outcomes
Universally applicable
A framework for all nursing activities
Characteristics of the nursing process
Systematic, dynamic, interpersonal, outcome oriented, universally applicable
Cognitive skills
Make sense of the situation and grasp what is necessary to achieve goals
Technical skills
Manipulate equipment skillfully to produce desired outcome
Interpersonal skills
Establish and maintain caring relationships that facilitate achievement of goals
Ethical/legal skills
Personal moral code and professional role responsibilities