NUR 3225 Exam 1 (100% Error-free Answers)

SBAR correct answers Method of communication used when relaying information about a patient to another healthcare professional. Situation correct answers What is happening with the patient now? Include ALL pertinent information. Background correct answers A brief history of the patient including disease processes and recent complications. Assessment correct answers The facts of what you found during your assessment. OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE DATA. Recommendation correct answers What would you recommend? What is the Nursing Process? And why do we use it? correct answers A problem-solving approach used to identify and treat patient problems. Used to organize the practice of nursing, the knowledge, judgements and actions that the nurse brings to patient care. What is subjective data? correct answers What the patient tells you. Objective Data correct answers Data gathered from your assessment, lab values, etc. Assessment (Nursing Process) correct answers ALWAYS THE FIRST STEP. Collection of data that forms the base on which interventions are planned. Both objective and subjective data. Diagnosis (Nursing Process) correct answers An judgement about a person's health status, reached AFTER analysis of patient assessment. PES: Problem- label Etiology- cause Signs and Symptoms- objective and subjective data. Planning (Nursing Process) correct answers Setting priorities (what will kill the patient first?) KEEPING PATIENT ALIVE, FUNCTIONING, and PSYCHOSOCIAL LAST. Identify outcomes that can be measured. Determine interventions. Implementation (Nursing Process) correct answers Implement interventions as planned. Evaluation (Nursing Process) correct answers Have the outcomes been met? What can be improved? The evaluation step is continuous and should occur throughout the nursing process. What is the number one way to cut down on the transmission of infections? correct answers Hand Hygiene