VN03 - The Nursing Process UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Question: Care plan
Correct Answer: A formal process that identifies existing needs and recognises a patient and client's actual
and potential problems Part of the nursing process Links to reflective practice, accountability, individuality
in care, clinical governance, evidence-based practice clinica
Question: Nursing Process
Correct Answer: Involves assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the patient's needs
while considering the actual and potential problems and any client factors Often supported by nursing
models
Question: Nursing Diagnosis
Correct Answer: Identification of actual and potential problems Differs from veterinary diagnosis as is not
diagnosing a condition/ disease Holistic view of the patient needs
Question: Care bundle
Correct Answer: Combination of nursing procedures tailored to specific conditions/ needs which can be
used alongside nursing care plans e.g. catheter care, sepsis management
Question: Nursing framework
Correct Answer: The combination of the nursing process and the use of nursing models to provide holistic
care
Question: Nursing models
Correct Answer: The Ability Model - Orem - RLT Provide patient-specific care
Question: Dynamic clinical plan
Correct Answer: Set of rules for choosing effective treatments for individual patients
Question: Nursing theories
Correct Answer: Widely recognised in human medicine to define what nursing is, what nurses do and
why. Veterinary nursing theories are limited
Question: Stages of the nursing process (4)
Correct Answer: Assessment (plus nursing diagnosis?) - Planning - identify actual and potential problems
- Implementation- the nursing intervention - Evaluation- evaluate implementation of care plan
Question: Clinical governance
Correct Answer: Continuing process of reflection, analysis and improvement in professional practice for
the benefit of the patient and the owner (RCVS)
Question: Medical model
Correct Answer: Defines patient by their illness/ medical condition Does not take into account other
factors that contribute to health of patient 'Cure' focus
Question: The Nursing Model
CORRECT Answers
Question: Care plan
Correct Answer: A formal process that identifies existing needs and recognises a patient and client's actual
and potential problems Part of the nursing process Links to reflective practice, accountability, individuality
in care, clinical governance, evidence-based practice clinica
Question: Nursing Process
Correct Answer: Involves assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the patient's needs
while considering the actual and potential problems and any client factors Often supported by nursing
models
Question: Nursing Diagnosis
Correct Answer: Identification of actual and potential problems Differs from veterinary diagnosis as is not
diagnosing a condition/ disease Holistic view of the patient needs
Question: Care bundle
Correct Answer: Combination of nursing procedures tailored to specific conditions/ needs which can be
used alongside nursing care plans e.g. catheter care, sepsis management
Question: Nursing framework
Correct Answer: The combination of the nursing process and the use of nursing models to provide holistic
care
Question: Nursing models
Correct Answer: The Ability Model - Orem - RLT Provide patient-specific care
Question: Dynamic clinical plan
Correct Answer: Set of rules for choosing effective treatments for individual patients
Question: Nursing theories
Correct Answer: Widely recognised in human medicine to define what nursing is, what nurses do and
why. Veterinary nursing theories are limited
Question: Stages of the nursing process (4)
Correct Answer: Assessment (plus nursing diagnosis?) - Planning - identify actual and potential problems
- Implementation- the nursing intervention - Evaluation- evaluate implementation of care plan
Question: Clinical governance
Correct Answer: Continuing process of reflection, analysis and improvement in professional practice for
the benefit of the patient and the owner (RCVS)
Question: Medical model
Correct Answer: Defines patient by their illness/ medical condition Does not take into account other
factors that contribute to health of patient 'Cure' focus
Question: The Nursing Model
