Nursing 204 - Exam 1 (With complete solution)

What is Nursing? correct answers -protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities. -prevention of illness and injury -advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities and populations. What is the Nursing Process? correct answers Assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, evaluation. What is the nursing diagnosis? correct answers Risk for or leading to. Nursing includes the family as well as the patient. What does it mean to assess? correct answers establish the database - holistic health history, physical assessment, review of the patient record and nursing literature, consultation of the patient's support people, and healthcare professionals. always make sure you're updating, validating and communicating the database. what is a diagnosis? correct answers first, interpret and analyzing the patient data. next, identify the strengths and health problems. after, formulate and validate nursing diagnoses and lastly prioritize list of nursing diagnosis. outcome identification and planning correct answers Here you write outcomes and develop an evaluative strategy. You would want to select nursing interventions along with communicate the plan of nursing care. This is the step where one's goal would be prevent, reduce or resolve the problem. implementation correct answers This is the step where you carry out the plan of care. One would still continue data collection, and modify the plan of care as needed. The goal is to work towards the patient's desired outcome. evaluation correct answers Here, you measure how well the patient has achieved desired outcomes. One would identify factors that contribute to the patient's success or failure. What is the type of problem solving we use in nursing and how does it work? correct answers Scientific -- First you identify the problem, then you collect data. After data is collected, one makes the hypothesis and their plan of action. After, they make hypothesis testing and interpretation. In conclusion, one evaluates followed by intuitive thinking (what you feel or experienced). Also, evidence based *** What is critical thinking correct answers Evaluating the problem and seeing how it applies; the thought process before one takes action. What are the critical thinking skills (17) correct answers Identifying assumptions