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Medical Assessments v. Nursing Assessments - Correct Answer ✔️
✔️Medical assessments target data pointing to pathologic conditions;
nursing assessments focus on the patient's responses to health
problems.
Types of Nursing Assessments - Correct Answer ✔️✔️1. Initial
Assessment.
2. Focused Assessment.
3. Emergency Assessment.
4. Time-lapsed Assessment.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Correct Answer ✔️✔️(level 1)
Physiological Needs, (level 2) Safety and Security, (level 3)
,Relationships, Love and Affection, (level 4) Self Esteem, (level 5) Self
Actualization
Validation - Correct Answer ✔️✔️act of confirming or verifying
if discrepancy occurs - Correct Answer ✔️✔️investigate further
the purpose of diagnosing - Correct Answer ✔️✔️1. Identify how
an individual or group responds to actual or potential health and life
processes
2. Identify factors that contribute to or cause health problems and
3. Identify resources or strengths the individual or group can draw on to
prevent or resolve problems
medical diagnosis vs nursing diagnosis - Correct Answer ✔️✔
️Medical Diagnosis: is used to evaluate the cause or etiology of
disease
,Nursing Diagnosis: clinical judements about a persons response to an
actual or potential health state
Types of Nursing Diagnoses - Correct Answer ✔️✔️actual, risk,
health promotion
Etiology - Correct Answer ✔️✔️study of the cause of disease
outcome identification and planning - Correct Answer ✔️✔
️Specification of (1) patient outcomes to prevent, reduce, or resolve
the problems identified in the nursing diagnoses; and (2) related
nursing interventions
goal - Correct Answer ✔️✔️A result that a person aims for and
works hard to reach
outcome - Correct Answer ✔️✔️result
types of outcomes in nursing care - Correct Answer ✔️✔
️pshycomotor
, cognitive
affective
physiologic
Documentation - Correct Answer ✔️✔️the written or electronic
legal record of all pertinent interactions with the patient-assessing,
diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating
patient record - Correct Answer ✔️✔️a compilation of a patient's
health information; the patient record is the only permanent legal
document that details the nurse's interactions with the patient
flow sheet - Correct Answer ✔️✔️a form of documentation with
sections for recording frequently repeated assessment data
according to HIPPA - Correct Answer ✔️✔️see a copy of health
record
update their health record