PPN 102 Exam Review Week 4-5
questions with solutions 2025.
The nursing process (NP) - Ans incorporates general (scientific method,
problem solving, and decision making) and specific critical thinking
competencies (diagnostic reasoning, inference and clinical decision making)
in a manner that focuses on a particulars pt's needs
What does the nursing process do? - Ans - assists nurses in their critical
thinking
- provided a guideline for data collection and care planning
- helps organize nurse's work
- assists with documentation of client's needs and plan of care
The nursing process is not: - Ans - A conceptual framework
- A theory or theoretical framework
- A model of care
- A standard for the profession
Instead, the NP is a: - Ans tool
Steps of the nursing process (ADPIE) - Ans Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Assessment 1 - Ans the nurse gathers and analyzes information to
understand the client's health status
, Diagnosis 2 - Ans the nurse identifies the client's response to health
problems within the domain of nursing
Planning 3 - Ans the nurse prioritizes proposed strategies and interventions
and creates a client centered care plan identifying expected outcomes
Implementation 4 - Ans the nurse carries out the care plan
Evaluation 5 - Ans the nurse looks at the achievement of outcomes to
determine whether or not the interventions have been effective
Nursing care plan (NCP) - Ans written care plans, nursing filing card systems,
standardized care plans, computerized care plans
- includes nursing diagnoses, goals and/or expected outcomes, specific
nursing interventions, and a section for evaluation findings so any nurse is
able to quickly identify a patient's clinical needs and situation.
- any nurse should be able to identify a client's clinical needs and situation
based on the care plan
- allows for continuity and coordination of nursing care
NP - CJM- critical thinking - Ans -assessment ( collect data)- recognize cues-
observing, distinguishing important/ unimportant/relevant/ irrelevant data,
validating data, organizing data, categorizing data
- Nursing diagnosis ( identifies appropriate ND based on assessment)-
analyzing cues/ prioritize hypothesis- finding patterns and relationships,
making inferences, stating the problem, suspending judgement
- Planning (develop individualized care plan through collaboration- generate
solutions- generalizing, transfer knowledge from one situation to another,
developing evaluative criteria
questions with solutions 2025.
The nursing process (NP) - Ans incorporates general (scientific method,
problem solving, and decision making) and specific critical thinking
competencies (diagnostic reasoning, inference and clinical decision making)
in a manner that focuses on a particulars pt's needs
What does the nursing process do? - Ans - assists nurses in their critical
thinking
- provided a guideline for data collection and care planning
- helps organize nurse's work
- assists with documentation of client's needs and plan of care
The nursing process is not: - Ans - A conceptual framework
- A theory or theoretical framework
- A model of care
- A standard for the profession
Instead, the NP is a: - Ans tool
Steps of the nursing process (ADPIE) - Ans Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Assessment 1 - Ans the nurse gathers and analyzes information to
understand the client's health status
, Diagnosis 2 - Ans the nurse identifies the client's response to health
problems within the domain of nursing
Planning 3 - Ans the nurse prioritizes proposed strategies and interventions
and creates a client centered care plan identifying expected outcomes
Implementation 4 - Ans the nurse carries out the care plan
Evaluation 5 - Ans the nurse looks at the achievement of outcomes to
determine whether or not the interventions have been effective
Nursing care plan (NCP) - Ans written care plans, nursing filing card systems,
standardized care plans, computerized care plans
- includes nursing diagnoses, goals and/or expected outcomes, specific
nursing interventions, and a section for evaluation findings so any nurse is
able to quickly identify a patient's clinical needs and situation.
- any nurse should be able to identify a client's clinical needs and situation
based on the care plan
- allows for continuity and coordination of nursing care
NP - CJM- critical thinking - Ans -assessment ( collect data)- recognize cues-
observing, distinguishing important/ unimportant/relevant/ irrelevant data,
validating data, organizing data, categorizing data
- Nursing diagnosis ( identifies appropriate ND based on assessment)-
analyzing cues/ prioritize hypothesis- finding patterns and relationships,
making inferences, stating the problem, suspending judgement
- Planning (develop individualized care plan through collaboration- generate
solutions- generalizing, transfer knowledge from one situation to another,
developing evaluative criteria
