Unit 1 Flashcards

Question

Critical Analysis

Answer 1

a set of questions one can apply to a particular situation to determine essential information and ideas and discard bad information

Answer 2

a technique one can use to look beneath the surface, recognize and examine assumptions, search for inconsistencies, examine multiple points of view, and differentiate what one knows from what one believes.

Answer 3

generalizations are formed from a set of facts or observations

Answer 4

reasoning from a general premise to the specific conclusion

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a systemic, rational method of planning and proving individualized nursing care

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a mental activity in which a problem is identified that represents an unsteady state

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a number of approaches are tried until a solution is found

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a problem-solving approach that relies on a nurses inner sense

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a decision-making process to ascertain the right nursing action to be implemented at the appropriate time in the clients care.

Answer 10

a formalized, logical, systematic approach to problem solving

Answer 11

thinking for yourself

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assess all viewpoints with the same standards and do not base their judgments on personal or group bias or prejudice

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open to the possibility that their personal biases or social pressures and customs could unduly affect their thinking they actively try to examine their own biases and bring them to awareness each time they think or make a decision

Answer 14

having an awareness of the limits of ones own knowledge

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a nurse is willing to consider and examine fairly his or her own ideas or views

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individuals apply the same rigorous standards of proof to their own knowledge and beliefs as they apply to the knowledge and beliefs of others

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finding effective solutions to client and nursing problems lifelong

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well-reasoned thinking will lead to trustworthy conclusions

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the curious nurse may value traditions but is not afraid to be sure they are still valid

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collecting, organizing, validating, and documenting client data

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analyzing and synthesizing data

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determine how to prevent, reduce, or resolve the identified problem

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carrying out and documenting the planned nursing interventions

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measuring the degree to which goals have been achieved

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symptoms what the client states

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signs observed or measured

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the client

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anyone but the client

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problem and definition - related to (etiology) - as evidence by (signs)

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the freedom from disease-causing microorganisms

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all practices intended to confine a specific microorganism to a specific area

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practices that keep an area or object free of all microorganisms

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isolation room N95 gloves

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mask | gloves

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private room gloves soap and water to wash hands gown

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rubella varicella tuberculosis

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diphtheria, pneumonia, scarlet fever

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c diff, MRSA, hepatitis

Unit 1 Flashcards

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