NUR 256 Test 1 Questions with 100% Verified
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ANA defines nursing as
the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and
injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and
advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations
WHO defines health as
a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity
evidence-based practice
clinical decision making that integrates the best available research with clinical expertise and
patient characteristics and preferences
Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)
Patient-Centered Care
Teamwork and Collaboration
Evidence-Based Practice
Quality Improvement
Safety
Informatics
interprofessional collaboration
employing multiple health professionals to work together with patients, families, and
communities to deliver best practices, thus ensuring best patient outcomes
,critical thinking
a cognitive process that utilizes thinking that is purposeful, insightful, reflective, and goal
directed to develop conclusions, solutions, and alternatives that are appropriate to the given
solution
components of critical thinking
Identify priorities; Gather and validate information; Analyze the information; Draw on past
experience and knowledge; Maintain flexibility; Consider alternatives; Formulate decisions
The nursing process
Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Assessment
· Health history
· Physical assessment
· "Ongoing"
· Relevant information from family, health care team, medical record
· Recording data (electronic health record EHR)
Diagnoses
· Included in ANA’s Scope and Standards of Practice (2015)
· NANDA International (NANDA-I)
,· Based on collection and analysis of assessment data
· Actual or potential health problems
· NOT medical diagnosis
· Collaborative problems
Planning
· Prioritization (Maslow hierarchy)
· Establish expected outcomes (Attainable and quantifiable)
· Establish goals: immediate, intermediate, long-term
· Determine nursing action: planned interventions
· Standardized interventions: NIC system
Implementation
· Carry out the plan of care
· Nurse assumes responsibility
· Goals are used as a focus
· "Ongoing" assessment
· Make revisions when necessary
· All interventions should be patient focused and outcome directed!
Evaluation
· Allows nurse to determine patient's response to interventions
· Have outcomes been met?
· Document
Ethics
, formal systematic study of moral beliefs to understand right and wrong
Morality
specific values, characters, or actions whose outcomes are examined through systematic
ethical analysis
Dilemmas
a clear conflict exists between two or more principles
Distress
one is aware of the correct course of action but institutional constraints are a barrier
ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses
-In all professional relationships, practices with compassion & respect
-Primary commitment is to patient, family, group, community
-Promotes, advocates, protects health, safety, & rights of patients
-Responsible & accountable for his/her own patient care practice
-Owes same duty to self...integrity, competence, growth
-Participates in improving health care environments
-Participates in advancement of profession
-Collaborates with other health professionals & public to meet health care needs
-Profession of nursing, as represented by associations/members...responsible for values &
integrity & shaping social policy
Most common ethical issues
Confidentiality
Use of restraints
Correct Answers
ANA defines nursing as
the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and
injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and
advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations
WHO defines health as
a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity
evidence-based practice
clinical decision making that integrates the best available research with clinical expertise and
patient characteristics and preferences
Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)
Patient-Centered Care
Teamwork and Collaboration
Evidence-Based Practice
Quality Improvement
Safety
Informatics
interprofessional collaboration
employing multiple health professionals to work together with patients, families, and
communities to deliver best practices, thus ensuring best patient outcomes
,critical thinking
a cognitive process that utilizes thinking that is purposeful, insightful, reflective, and goal
directed to develop conclusions, solutions, and alternatives that are appropriate to the given
solution
components of critical thinking
Identify priorities; Gather and validate information; Analyze the information; Draw on past
experience and knowledge; Maintain flexibility; Consider alternatives; Formulate decisions
The nursing process
Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Assessment
· Health history
· Physical assessment
· "Ongoing"
· Relevant information from family, health care team, medical record
· Recording data (electronic health record EHR)
Diagnoses
· Included in ANA’s Scope and Standards of Practice (2015)
· NANDA International (NANDA-I)
,· Based on collection and analysis of assessment data
· Actual or potential health problems
· NOT medical diagnosis
· Collaborative problems
Planning
· Prioritization (Maslow hierarchy)
· Establish expected outcomes (Attainable and quantifiable)
· Establish goals: immediate, intermediate, long-term
· Determine nursing action: planned interventions
· Standardized interventions: NIC system
Implementation
· Carry out the plan of care
· Nurse assumes responsibility
· Goals are used as a focus
· "Ongoing" assessment
· Make revisions when necessary
· All interventions should be patient focused and outcome directed!
Evaluation
· Allows nurse to determine patient's response to interventions
· Have outcomes been met?
· Document
Ethics
, formal systematic study of moral beliefs to understand right and wrong
Morality
specific values, characters, or actions whose outcomes are examined through systematic
ethical analysis
Dilemmas
a clear conflict exists between two or more principles
Distress
one is aware of the correct course of action but institutional constraints are a barrier
ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses
-In all professional relationships, practices with compassion & respect
-Primary commitment is to patient, family, group, community
-Promotes, advocates, protects health, safety, & rights of patients
-Responsible & accountable for his/her own patient care practice
-Owes same duty to self...integrity, competence, growth
-Participates in improving health care environments
-Participates in advancement of profession
-Collaborates with other health professionals & public to meet health care needs
-Profession of nursing, as represented by associations/members...responsible for values &
integrity & shaping social policy
Most common ethical issues
Confidentiality
Use of restraints
