Summary NR 511 Final Exam Study Guide 1.

Week 1 1. Define diagnostic reasoning a. Involves critical thinking in a way that evaluates new data to support the hypothesis and reduce alternative hypothesis. This is done by evaluating all the avenues to reach a conclusion that gives the best evidence to support the main theory or hypothesis. b. Examples of diagnostic reasoning are problem solving, health promotion, and screening for disease or illness. All of these will require sensitivity, complexity, contest, and a sense of probability and uncertainty. 2. Discuss and identify subjective & objective data a. Subjective- what the patient reports as the CC and the responses to the questions in the interview. Includes ROS, CC, and HPI b. Objective – Information gained through exam, labs, imaging and other diagnostic tests.