Potter, Ostendorf, and Laplante | All 1-42 Chapters Covered With Questions
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, TABLE OF CONTENT
UNIT 1 Supporting the Patient Through the Health Care System
1. Clinical Judgment in Nursing Practice
2. Communication and Collaboration
3. Admitting, Transfer, and Discharge
4. Documentation and Informatics
UNIT 2 Vital Signs and Physical Assessment
5. Vital Signs
6. Health Assessment
UNIT 3 Special Procedures
7. Specimen Collection
8. Diagnostic Procedures
UNIT 4 Infection Control
9. Medical Asepsis
10. Sterile Technique
UNIT 5 Activity and Mobility
11. Safe Patient Handling and Mobility
12. Exercise, Mobility, and Immobilization Devices
13. Support Surfaces and Special Beds
UNIT 6 Safety and Comfort
14. Patient Safety
15. Disaster Preparedness
16. Pain Management
17. End-of-Life Care
UNIT 7 Hygiene
18. Personal Hygiene and Bed Making
19. Care of the Eye and Ear
UNIT 8 Medications
20. Safe Medication Preparation
21. Nonparenteral Medications
22. Parenteral Medications
UNIT 9 Oxygenation
23. Oxygen Therapy
,24. Airway Management
25. Cardiac Care
26. Closed Chest Drainage Systems
27. Emergency Measures for Life Support
UNIT 10 Fluid Balance
28. Intravenous and Vascular Access Therapy
29. Blood Therapy
UNIT 11 Nutrition
30. Oral Nutrition
31. Enteral Nutrition
32. Parenteral Nutrition
UNIT 12 Elimination
33. Urinary Elimination
34. Bowel Elimination and Gastric Intubation
35. Ostomy Care
UNIT 13 Care of the Surgical Patient
36. Preoperative and Postoperative Care
37. Intraoperative Care
UNIT 14 Dressings and Wound Care
38. Wound Care and Irrigation
39. Pressure Injury Prevention and Care
40. Dressings, Bandages, and Binders
UNIT 15 Home Care
41. Home Care Safety
42. Home Care Teaching
, Chapter 1: Clinical Judgment in Nursing Practice
Study Guide & Test Bank | Based on Clinical Nursing Skills and Techniques, 11th Edition
Authors: Perry, Potter, Ostendorf, and Laplante
Learning Objectives
By the end of this chapter, the learner should be able to:
1. Define clinical judgment and its components.
2. Differentiate between critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and clinical judgment.
3. Identify the phases of the nursing process.
4. Describe the role of reflection in clinical decision-making.
5. Recognize barriers to effective clinical judgment.
6. Apply clinical judgment to patient care scenarios.
Key Concepts Summary
Term Definition
The process of integrating knowledge, skills, and attitudes to make sound
Clinical Judgment clinical decisions.
A disciplined, self-directed thinking that uses logic and reasoning to solve
Critical Thinking problems.
Clinical Reasoning The mental process used by nurses to analyze and evaluate patient situations.
A systematic, patient-centered framework: Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning,
Nursing Process Implementation, Evaluation (ADPIE).
Reflection The act of reviewing one's own practice to improve future performance.
Tanner's Clinical
Judgment Model A four-phase model: Noticing, Interpreting, Responding, Reflecting.