NYU HAP Midterm Study Guide

Nursing Process Steps - Answer- Assessment Diagnosis Planning Implementation Evaluation Assessment Primary Components - Answer- Health History, Physical Assessment, Psychosocial Subjective Data - Answer- Information from patient or patient family, symptoms Objective Data - Answer- Findings from direct observation using your senses, SIGNS How do you collect objective data? - Answer- Inspection, Palpation, percussion, Auscultation What are the types of assessments? - Answer- Comprehensive, Episodic, Shift Assessment, Focused Assessment, Emergency ______ of assessments depends on patient needs, setting can be ICU, long term, post treatment, etc. - Answer- Frequency ______ of info gathered depends on content of care, patient need, expertise of nurse - Answer- Amount _____ based on assessments, life threatening is #1 - patient's #1 complaint should be one of your highest priorities - Answer- Prioritize PES - Answer- Problem, Etiology, Signs and Symptoms Evaluation - Answer- Judgment of effectiveness of nursing care in meeting patient goals and outcomes Primary Prevention - Answer- Optimize health and disease prevention through promotion of healthy lifestyle Secondary Prevention - Answer- identifying at early stage before too much damage Tertiary Prevention - Answer- Minimize effects of disease Phases of The Interview - Answer- pre-interaction, beginning, working, closing Health History - Answer- Patient's statement of current and past health, problems, biographic data Revie