Timby Chapter 2 Exam Questions And
Answers (Guaranteed A+)
Nursing process - Answer✔An organized sequence of problem-solving steps used to identify and
manage the health problems of clients.
Steps of the nursing process - Answer✔1. Assessment
2. Diagnosis
3. Planning
4. Implementation
5. Evaluation
Critical thinking - Answer✔a process of objective reasoning or analyzing facts to reach a valid
conclusion
Characteristics of the nursing process - Answer✔Planned, client-centered, goal-directed,
prioritized and dynamic
Assessment - Answer✔first step of nursing process; collecting and organizing information about
a resident
Objective date - Answer✔observable and measurable facts and are referred to as signs of a
disorder
Subjective data - Answer✔-information that only the client feels and can describe
-also called symptoms
Database assessment - Answer✔initial information about the client's physical, emotional, social,
and spiritual health
Focus assessment - Answer✔information that provides more details about specific problems and
expands the original database, repeated frequently
example; VS, lung sounds, pain assessment
Functional Assessment - Answer✔Comprehensive evaluation of a client's physical strengths and
weaknesses
diagnosis - Answer✔identification of a disease
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