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NUR 200 Final Revised Exam 2025
Critical thinking defined - --an active, organized, cognitive process used to carefully
examine ones thinking and the thinking of others
-recognizing an issue exists, analyzing info, evaluating info, and making conclusions
-using critical thinking
Thinking and learning - --learning is a lifelong process
-intellectual knowledge, as well as refining the ability to think, solve problems, and make
judgements
-what level of critical thinking (basic, complex, commitment)
5 components of critical thinking - -
1.) Knowledge base
2.) Experience
3.) Nursing process competencies
4.) Attitudes
5.) Standards
Nursing process definition - --a systematic problem solving process that guides all
nursing actions
-purpose is to help the nurse provide goal-directed, client-centered care
-originated in 1955 as a series of phases describing the process of nursing
-assists in establishing priorities
Phases of the nursing process - -1.) Assessment
2.) Diagnosis
3.) Planning (outcomes, then interventions)
4.) Implementation
5.) Evaluation
-all the steps are interrelated
Assessment: the first phase - --gathering data
-continuing process
Diagnosis - --may be independent or collaborative problem
-use nanda
-identify the client's health needs
Nanda - --is the language all nurses are supposed to speak
Planning - --planning outcomes (noc)
-planning interventions (nic)
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Implementation - --action phase when the nurse acts or carries out the plans that were
supposed to happen
Evaluation - --compare the actual results with the results that were predicted
2 stages to assessment - --collection and validation of data
-analysis of data
What can a uap do? - --standard, unchanging procedures
-never delegate something to a uap that is assessment, evaluation, or teaching
-can reiterate the information that was already told/taught to them, the cannot inform
them of new information
What should/must a nurse do? - --need to do the thinking piece
-assessment, evaluation, and teaching
-will always conduct the interview
Subjective data - --symptoms
-the client is sharing the information
-must be put in quotations
-covert data
Objective data - --signs
-overt data
Primary data - --my assessment
-client statements
Secondary data - --chart review
-family statements
Initial assessment - --the first impression and assessment made
Ongoing assessment - --tracking old issues and new issues
-typically occurs after the initial assessment
Comprehensive assessment - --completed our database
-more about them (social)
Focused assessement - --special needs assessment
-adl assessments
Adl assessment areas - --mobility
-transfer
NURS 200
NUR 200 Final Revised Exam 2025
Critical thinking defined - --an active, organized, cognitive process used to carefully
examine ones thinking and the thinking of others
-recognizing an issue exists, analyzing info, evaluating info, and making conclusions
-using critical thinking
Thinking and learning - --learning is a lifelong process
-intellectual knowledge, as well as refining the ability to think, solve problems, and make
judgements
-what level of critical thinking (basic, complex, commitment)
5 components of critical thinking - -
1.) Knowledge base
2.) Experience
3.) Nursing process competencies
4.) Attitudes
5.) Standards
Nursing process definition - --a systematic problem solving process that guides all
nursing actions
-purpose is to help the nurse provide goal-directed, client-centered care
-originated in 1955 as a series of phases describing the process of nursing
-assists in establishing priorities
Phases of the nursing process - -1.) Assessment
2.) Diagnosis
3.) Planning (outcomes, then interventions)
4.) Implementation
5.) Evaluation
-all the steps are interrelated
Assessment: the first phase - --gathering data
-continuing process
Diagnosis - --may be independent or collaborative problem
-use nanda
-identify the client's health needs
Nanda - --is the language all nurses are supposed to speak
Planning - --planning outcomes (noc)
-planning interventions (nic)
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Implementation - --action phase when the nurse acts or carries out the plans that were
supposed to happen
Evaluation - --compare the actual results with the results that were predicted
2 stages to assessment - --collection and validation of data
-analysis of data
What can a uap do? - --standard, unchanging procedures
-never delegate something to a uap that is assessment, evaluation, or teaching
-can reiterate the information that was already told/taught to them, the cannot inform
them of new information
What should/must a nurse do? - --need to do the thinking piece
-assessment, evaluation, and teaching
-will always conduct the interview
Subjective data - --symptoms
-the client is sharing the information
-must be put in quotations
-covert data
Objective data - --signs
-overt data
Primary data - --my assessment
-client statements
Secondary data - --chart review
-family statements
Initial assessment - --the first impression and assessment made
Ongoing assessment - --tracking old issues and new issues
-typically occurs after the initial assessment
Comprehensive assessment - --completed our database
-more about them (social)
Focused assessement - --special needs assessment
-adl assessments
Adl assessment areas - --mobility
-transfer
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