NS 125 Jacs FINAL EXAM STUDY CARDS Questions and Answer

*What are the steps to the Nursing Process? Ans: 1. Assessment 2. Nursing Diagnosis 3. Planning 4. Implementation 5. Evaluation What is the purpose of using the Nursing Process? Ans: enables the nurse to organize and deliver care, promotes individualized nursing care, variation of scientific reasoning, differentiation in practice - holistic care (not just physical, mental and spiritual) What is included in the "Assessment" of the Nursing Process? Ans: data gathering (interview, health history, physical exam, data interpretation) -objective information - direct interview technique- obtain factual info, ask closed ended questions What is completed during the "Planning" step of the Nursing Process? Ans: create goals with outcomes and interventions What is a rationale? Ans: justification based on reasoning (scientific principals are based on rationales) What is an intervention? Ans: planned strategies based on scientific rationale, devised by the nurse to assist the patient in meeting the patient outcomes. What are the different type of nursing interventions? Ans: independent: actions that a nurse is permitted to perform independently dependent: orders written by physicians for implementation by the nurse interdependent: nursing actions that require shared actions by individuals from another discipline What is a Nursing Diagnosis? Ans: a statement that describes an actual or potential response to a health problem What is the Etiology