NSG 122 Exam 1 Questions with Verified
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Standards of Nursing Practice
Standards allow nurses to carry out professional duties and protect the nurse, patient and
institution
Nurse Practice Acts
laws established in each state in the US to regulate the practice of nursing
Code of Ethics for Nurses
provide the foundation for nursing practice and guide interactions with patients
Data Collection: Assessment
collection, validation and communication of patient data
Nursing aims
To promote health
To prevent illness
To restore health
Facilitate coping with disability and death
Nursing Diagnosis
analysis of patient data to identify patient strengths and health problems that independent
nursing intervention can prevent or solve
planning and identification of outcome goals
, specify patient outcomes to prevent, reduce or resolve problems identified in the nursing
diagnosis
Nursing interventions
implementation
carrying out care plan
teaching
assess the patients knowledge first then assess their knowledge on different treatment options
evaluation
measuring the extent to which the patient achieved the outcome goal, identify factors that
positively or negatively impacted the goal
Assessment should be
complete, relevant, systematic, purposeful, factual, and recording in a standard matter
Initial assessment
preformed shortly after patient admission, establish a data base of patient care plan and
problem identification
client centered assessment
consider culture, health orientation, developmental stage
focused assessment
The nurse gathers data about a specific problem that has already been identified., routinely
part of ongoing data collection
time-lapsed assessment
Correct Answers
Standards of Nursing Practice
Standards allow nurses to carry out professional duties and protect the nurse, patient and
institution
Nurse Practice Acts
laws established in each state in the US to regulate the practice of nursing
Code of Ethics for Nurses
provide the foundation for nursing practice and guide interactions with patients
Data Collection: Assessment
collection, validation and communication of patient data
Nursing aims
To promote health
To prevent illness
To restore health
Facilitate coping with disability and death
Nursing Diagnosis
analysis of patient data to identify patient strengths and health problems that independent
nursing intervention can prevent or solve
planning and identification of outcome goals
, specify patient outcomes to prevent, reduce or resolve problems identified in the nursing
diagnosis
Nursing interventions
implementation
carrying out care plan
teaching
assess the patients knowledge first then assess their knowledge on different treatment options
evaluation
measuring the extent to which the patient achieved the outcome goal, identify factors that
positively or negatively impacted the goal
Assessment should be
complete, relevant, systematic, purposeful, factual, and recording in a standard matter
Initial assessment
preformed shortly after patient admission, establish a data base of patient care plan and
problem identification
client centered assessment
consider culture, health orientation, developmental stage
focused assessment
The nurse gathers data about a specific problem that has already been identified., routinely
part of ongoing data collection
time-lapsed assessment
