Plan Implement Evaluate, Patient-Centered
Interviews, Health Patterns, Physical
Examination, Subjective Objective Data
Collection, Observation and Inference
Techniques, Motivational Interviewing,
Effective Communication Skills, Cultural
Considerations, Review of Systems, Concept
Mapping, Data Clustering, Nonverbal Cues,
Older Adult Assessment, Standards
Knowledge Attitudes, Gordon’s Functional
Health Patterns, Patient Role Relationships,
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Nursing Process
Assess - Gather info about patient's condition
Diagnose - Identify the patient's problems
Plan - Set goals and desired outcomes, identify nursing action
Implement - Perform the nursing actions identified in planning
Evaluate - Determine if goals and outcomes are achieved
(This is a critical five-step thinking process)
Assessment
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, 2 steps
1. Collection of information from a primary source (patient) and secondary source (Family,
friends, professionals, record)
2. Interpretation and validation of data to ensure a complete database
Experience
Previous patient care experience, validation of assessment findings, observation of assessment
techniques
Knowledge
Underlying disease process, normal growth and development, normal physiology and
psychology, normal assessment findings, health promotion, assessment skills, communication
skills
Standards
ANA Scope and Standards of Nursing Process
Specialty standards of practice
Intellectual standards of measurement
Attitudes
Perseverance, Fairness, Integrity, Confidence, Creativity
Types of assessment
*The Patient-Centered Interview
*Physical examination
*Periodic assessments made during rounding or administering care
Cue
Information obtained through use of the senses
Inference
Judgment or interpretation of cues
Health perception-health management
Patients self report of health and well-being
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