Prioritizing in Nursing –
Study Guide & Practice
Questions 2026–2027
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Terms in this set (22)
Prioritization Ranking the patient's problems or a nursing diagnoses in order of
importance or urgency
Why is priority setting important? Preferential order of nursing actions, prioritizes aspects of care,
anticipates and sequences nursing actions in the planning process,
classifies patients priorities
Priorities Change as clients condition changes, problems, planning, interventions
(nursing process), requires critical thinking/nursing judgment, requires
client/family involvement when possible, ethics, culture, religion play a
role in prioritizing
Levels of priority setting First(immediate priorities), Second (immediate, after you initiate
treatment for first level priorities), third (later priorities)
First (immediate priorities) Airway, breathing, circulation (cardiac), vital signs (ABC's plus V)
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