Week 5 Objectives Flashcards
Critical thinking in nursing practice
Disciplined, intellectual process of applying skillful reasoning as a guide to belief or action
Theoretical
Thinking
Practical
Doing
Self
Caring, knowing yourself
Ethical
Caring, our sense of morality and right
phases of the nursing process
assessment, diagnosis, implementation, evaluation
Assessment
data gathering
diagnosis
identifying patient’s health needs
implementation
action phase caring out intervention
evaluation
measuring effectiveness of interventions
skills required for a nursing assessment
collect, categorize record, and synthesize data.
observe
overall appearance
auscultate
hear
palpate
feel
different types of data to support assessment findings
subjective, objective, comprehensive, focused assessment, patient interview
subjective data
anything stated that cannot be verified. ex feels dizzy, fell down the stairs
objective data
observed data using the 5 senses ex. heart rate, bleeding
comprehensive assessment
head to toe, patient story, physical appearance
focused assessment
looking closer at something that stood out
patient interview
open ended questions, give them time to answer, use therapeutic silence when needed to support them.
document assessment information
record findings, nurse brain sheet, EHR/EMB, legal docs, analysis and diagnosis
aspects of holistic full spectrum nursing
build trust in the caring relationship, self care towards yourself, compassion and concern towards others well-being, look at the whole person for wellness
NANDA
standardized classification system, is a way to find a diagnosis domain depending on what the patient is explaining what they are feeling.
Medical diagnosis
focuses on injury or illness