Nursing 103 Midterm (weeks 1-3)
A step by step method of providing care to clients
Nurses apply __________ when delivering patient care
American Nurse Association developed standards that set forth the framework of the five-
step nursing process. -
Nursing Process
List the five steps in the current nursing process -
Assessment
diagnosis
planning
implementation
evaluation
what is the purpose of the nursing process? -
diagnose and treat human responses to actual or potential health problems
using the nursing process -
allows nurses to help patients meet agreed-on outcomes for better health.
who coined the term "nursing process' in 1955 -
Lydia Hall
In 1966 ____ ______ identified the nursing process model as the same steps used in the
scientific method: observing, measuring, gathering data and analyzing the findings -
Virginia Henderson
The registered nurse collects comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health or the
situation
Gather information about the patient's condition -
Assessment
The registered nurse analyzes the assessment data to determine the diagnoses or issues.
Identify the patient's problems -
Diagnosis
The registered nurse identifies expected outcomesmfor a plan individualized to the patient or
the situation -
Outcomes Identification
The registered nurse develops a plan that prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain
expected outcomes
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, prioritizing nursing diagnoses
Identifying short-and long-term goals and expected outcomes
determining nursing interventions that will aid in resolution or prevention of each problem
documenting a plan of care -
Planning
The registered nurse implements the identified plan.
The registered nurse coordinates care delivery
The registered nurse employs strategies to promote health and safe environment
performs the nursing actions identified in planning -
Implementation
The registered nurse evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes
Determine if goals and expected outcome are achieved
Careful consideration of results: goals met? Partially met? Not met? -
Evaluation
The ability to think in a systematic and logical manner with opennes to question and reflect
on the reasoning process -
Critical Thinking
Components of critical thinking -
Specific knowledge base
experience
competencies
attitudes
standards
Three levels of critical thinking -
Basic
Complex
Commitment
Thinking is concrete and based on a set of rules or principals.
Ex a nursing student you use a hospital procedure manual to confirm how to change IV
dressing, step by step regardless of patient's positioning for comfort. -
Level 1 Basic
___critical thinkers begin to separate themselves from experts. Ex, while inserting a feeding
tube, you recognize that your patient cannot swallow easily. Thus you adapt on how to insert
it. You analyze the clinical situation and examine choices more independently. A person's
thinking abilities and initiative to look beyond expert opinion begin to change. As a nurse you
learn that alternative and perhaps conflicting solutions exist. -
Level 2 Complex
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A step by step method of providing care to clients
Nurses apply __________ when delivering patient care
American Nurse Association developed standards that set forth the framework of the five-
step nursing process. -
Nursing Process
List the five steps in the current nursing process -
Assessment
diagnosis
planning
implementation
evaluation
what is the purpose of the nursing process? -
diagnose and treat human responses to actual or potential health problems
using the nursing process -
allows nurses to help patients meet agreed-on outcomes for better health.
who coined the term "nursing process' in 1955 -
Lydia Hall
In 1966 ____ ______ identified the nursing process model as the same steps used in the
scientific method: observing, measuring, gathering data and analyzing the findings -
Virginia Henderson
The registered nurse collects comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health or the
situation
Gather information about the patient's condition -
Assessment
The registered nurse analyzes the assessment data to determine the diagnoses or issues.
Identify the patient's problems -
Diagnosis
The registered nurse identifies expected outcomesmfor a plan individualized to the patient or
the situation -
Outcomes Identification
The registered nurse develops a plan that prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain
expected outcomes
1|Page
, prioritizing nursing diagnoses
Identifying short-and long-term goals and expected outcomes
determining nursing interventions that will aid in resolution or prevention of each problem
documenting a plan of care -
Planning
The registered nurse implements the identified plan.
The registered nurse coordinates care delivery
The registered nurse employs strategies to promote health and safe environment
performs the nursing actions identified in planning -
Implementation
The registered nurse evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes
Determine if goals and expected outcome are achieved
Careful consideration of results: goals met? Partially met? Not met? -
Evaluation
The ability to think in a systematic and logical manner with opennes to question and reflect
on the reasoning process -
Critical Thinking
Components of critical thinking -
Specific knowledge base
experience
competencies
attitudes
standards
Three levels of critical thinking -
Basic
Complex
Commitment
Thinking is concrete and based on a set of rules or principals.
Ex a nursing student you use a hospital procedure manual to confirm how to change IV
dressing, step by step regardless of patient's positioning for comfort. -
Level 1 Basic
___critical thinkers begin to separate themselves from experts. Ex, while inserting a feeding
tube, you recognize that your patient cannot swallow easily. Thus you adapt on how to insert
it. You analyze the clinical situation and examine choices more independently. A person's
thinking abilities and initiative to look beyond expert opinion begin to change. As a nurse you
learn that alternative and perhaps conflicting solutions exist. -
Level 2 Complex
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