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CA REVIEWER: Comprehensive Nursing Review Guide - Fundamentals of Nursing Practice. This comprehensive nursing reviewer covers essential fundamentals of nursing practice, including the nursing process, health assessment, documentation, basic nursing procedures, body mechanics, assistive devices, and colostomy care. Designed for nursing students and professionals preparing for licensure examinations, this concise guide provides clear explanations of core nursing concepts with practical applications. What's included: Complete nursing process (ADPIE) with detailed explanations Health assessment types and techniques Documentation and charting methods Wound care principles and interventions Body mechanics and safety practices Range of motion (ROM) exercises Assistive devices for patient mobility Colostomy care and management Key abbreviations and medical terminology Prioritization frameworks (ABC)

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COMPETENCY APPRAISAL REVIEWER


• Inspection, Auscultation, Percussion,
NURSING PROCESS Palpation (Abdomen)

Steps in Assessment
A - Assessment 1. Collection of Data
D - Diagnosis 2. Validation of Data
P - Planning 3. Organization of Data
1 - Implementation 4. Categorizing or identifying patterns of
E - Evaluation data
An overlapping of process can be noted since it 5. Making influences or impressions of
is cyclic data

ASSESSMENT *After data collection, synthesis, analysis and
validation are performed
Types
1. Initial assessment
2. Problem focused assessment DIAGNOSIS
3. Emergency assessment
4. Time-lapsed assessment
Problem + etiology + defining symptoms
Data Collection - first step in assessment *Guided by the NANDA
1. Primary/ Secondary
2. Object (over)/ Subjective (covert) • Knowledge deficit - kulang sa kaisipan
• Knowledge deficiency - kulang sa
Methods of Gathering Data : kaalaman (preferred)
• Therapeutic and non-communication • Self-care deficit - acceptable
• Health History
Ø Medical history - disease focused Types of Nursing Diagnosis
(physiological) • Actual
Ø Nursing history - needs, • Risk for/ Potential for
psychosocial dimension, spiritual • Wellness - readiness and enhancement/
aspects achieve higher level of functioning
• Personal space • Syndrome - "syndrome"
Ø Intimate Space 1 1/2 foot • Possible - vague/ unclear -
Ø Personal Space 1 1/2-4 feet possible/probable
Ø Social Space 4-12 feet
Ø Public Space 12-15 feet Prioritization of Nursing Diagnosis (ABC)
Airway, Breathing, Circulation
Observation
• Use of senses to gather data
• Clinical eye - comes with practice and
experience PLANNING
Examination Short Range & Long Range
• Inspection, Palpation, Percussion, *Must be SMART Specific, Measurable,
Auscultation (General) Attainable, Realistic, Time
• bound)

, COMPETENCY APPRAISAL REVIEWER

*Classify as dependent, interdependent, and
collaborative
DOCUMENTATION
DOCUMENTATION or CHARTING
IMPLEMENTATION
STAT - now
• Reassess if the patient still needs Ad lib - as desired
intervention PRN - as required
• Determine it you need assistance OD - right eye/ once a day
• Carry out intervention, ensure that we OS - left eye
have background OU - both
• Document AD - right ear
AS - left ear
Process of Implementing AU - both ears
• Reassess client Ss – half
• Determine nurses' needs for assistance
• Implementing nursing interventions ERROR: draw a straight line, signature, initials
• Supervising the delegated care
Types of Documentation
• Documenting nursing activities 1. Source Oriented Recording - narrative
account by nurse: all the sheets in the
EVALUATION patient's chart (Standing Order,
Physician's Order etc.)
2. Problem Oriented Recording (POR) -
Purposes of evaluation: problems ranked according to priority
Determine the: by the health care team, date dissolved,
• Client's progress or lack of progress progress notes, problem list
• Overall quality of care provided a. FDAR - Focus, Data, Action, Response
• Promote nursing accountability (patient)
b. SOAPIER - subjective, objective, assessment,
planning, implementation, evaluation, revision
Guidelines for evaluation
1. Computer Assisted Recording - problem
• Systemic process with privacy
• On-going basis 2. Flow Chart
• Revision of the plan of care when 3. Charting by Exception (CBE) - only
needed significant change is documented
• Involve the client, significant others, and Case Management done with a Critical Pathway
other members of the health team Must Variance
be documented - Comprehensive and make sure that it won't
legally be implicated
Process - nurse
Structure - system
Outcome – patient

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