ANSWERS(RATED A+)
subjective data - ANSWERwhat the person says
objective data - ANSWERwhat you observe
diagnostic reasoning - ANSWERthe process of analyzing health data and drawing
conclusions to identify diagnoses
four major components of the hypothetico-deductive process - ANSWER1. attending to
initially available cues
2. formulating diagnostic hypotheses
3. gathering data relative to the tentative hypotheses
4. evaluating each hypothesis with new data collected - arriving at a final diagnosis
third-level priority problems - ANSWERimportant to the pt's health but can be attended
to after more urgent health problems are addressed
evidence-based practice (EBP) - ANSWERnursing care provided that all patients
deserve to be treated w/ the most current and best-practice techniques
holistic health - ANSWERcaring for the whole person (mind, body, spirit)
health promotion and disease prevention - ANSWERround out our concept of health
PQRST - ANSWERprovocation/palliation
quality/quantity
region/radiation
severity scale
timing
provocation/palliation - ANSWERpt describes methods that provide comfort and relieve
the pain
quality/quantity - ANSWERpt describes the pain felt
region/radiation - ANSWERpt reports the site of pain
severity scale - ANSWERpt reports the severity of pain on a scale of 0 to 10