NUR 111 Fundamentals of Nursing Test 1 Questions and Answers(A+ Solution guide)

Steps of the Nursing Process - 1. Assessment 2.Diagnosis 3. Planning 4. implementation 5. Evalulation Components of a health hx - biographical data, chief complaint, hx of present illness, past hx, family hx, lifestyle, and social data. Assessment - Collecting, organizing, and validating data; documenting the pt assessment data; the purpose is to establish a database about the patients response to health concerns or illness and their ability to manage their needs. Nursing Dx - Analyzing and synthesizing data. The purpose is to identify a clients strengths and health problems that can be prevented or resolved by collaborative and nursing interventions. Planning - Determining how to prevent, reduce, or resolve the identified priority client problems; determine how to support the client's strengths; determine how to implement the nursing interventions in an organized, individualized, and goal directed manner. The purpose is to develop individualized plans of care that specifies a client's goals or desired outcomes that are related to the priority nursing interventions. Implementation - carrying out or delegating and documenting the planned nursing interventions. The purpose is to assist the client to meet their desired goals or outcomes, to promote wellness, to prevent illness and disease, to restore health, and to facilitate the client with coping with altered functioning.Evaluation - Measuring the degree to which the clients goals or outcomes have been met or have NOT been met. The purpose is to determine whether to modify, terminate, or continue the client's plan of care. Subjective Data - Symptoms; the client's perception about their health problems. This information is only apparent to the client. Examples include pain, nausea, anxiety, itching.