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Nursing is an art and a science - Correct Answer Art- communication, patient care, etc
Science- medical
Nursing is a profession - Correct Answer professional organization that sets standards of practice and
education
Nursing - Correct Answer the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities,
prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of
human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations
professionalism - Correct Answer the competence or skill expected of a professional
-accountable
-responsible
critical thinking - Correct Answer challenges nurses to interpret and evaluate information.
-organizing info
-picking relevant information
-judgements made on reason and rationale
technical nursing skills - Correct Answer -use psychomotor skills to provide care
-use technical equipment
-adapt equipment and procedures to meet patient needs
nursing responsibilities - Correct Answer -WHY you are performing a task
-demonstrate understanding
-define goals
-assess- patient health history
-reassess- recheck pt as needed (hour, 4 hr, 15 min, etc)
-evaluate- patient and effectiveness of interventions
,nursing interpersonal skills - Correct Answer communicate with patient, family, members of health
care team.
interactions with patients, significant others, colleagues- promote respect.
-elicit personal strengths and abilities of patients to acheive health goals and establish caring
relationships.
TJC goal #1 - Correct Answer identify patient correctly-
2 identifiers (name, dob, medical record number)
TJC goal #2 - Correct Answer improve staff communication
TJC goal #6 - Correct Answer use alarms safely
make improvements to ensure that alarm on medical equipment are heard and responded to on
time
TJC Goal #7 - Correct Answer reduce the risk of health care associated infections
-hand hygiene
-reduce risk of central line infections
-reduce risk of CAUTIS, catheter associated UTI
TJC goal #15 - Correct Answer identify patient safety risk
-fall risk, etc
nursing process - Correct Answer 5 step method that enables nurses to organize and deliver nursing
care to meet patient needs.
Assessment - Correct Answer step 1 - collect, validate, organize data
Subjective: what signs/symptoms is this patient displaying?
Objective: what signs do you see, hear, feel?
Analyze - Correct Answer step 2 -analyze data, formulate a diagnosis
arrive at a patient problem( health needs)
, Planning - Correct Answer step 3
establishing goals and outcomes.
implement skills
Implementation - Correct Answer step 4
carrying out the plan
performing of the skill, care for the patient
Evaluation - Correct Answer step 5 - reassessment
was goal achieved?
documentation
patient's response to procedure.
ACC ADN philosophy - Correct Answer develop nurses and leaders in the community as responsive,
contempt, and caring professionals.
nursing code of ethics - Correct Answer Codes of ethics are presented as general statements and thus
do not give specific answers to every possible ethical dilemma that might arise, it's purpose is to
offer guidance.
nursing scope of practice - Correct Answer Tasks or procedures that the nurse can perform within the
state the nurse is working in.
critical thinking - Correct Answer the objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a
judgment.
critical reasoning - Correct Answer ways of thinking about patient issues
critical judgement - Correct Answer ability to assess, discern, and choose among various options in a
situation
cognitive competencies - Correct Answer knowledge, skills, and abilities.