FUNDAMENTAL NURSING
SKILLS AND CONCEPTS
CHAPTER 4 NU136
QUESTION AND ANSWER
2025
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[DATE]
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, 1. What is the nursing process?
A way of thinking and acting based on the scientific method. It is a goal-directed
series of activities whereby the practice of nursing accomplishes its goal of
alleviating, minimizing, or preventing real or potential health problems.
2. What is the scientific method?
A step-by-step process used by scientists to solve problems.
3. What are the five components of the nursing process?
Assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
4. What does "outcomes" mean in nursing?
"Results of action."
5. What during the planning stage results in greater success with the care
plan?
Patient input.
6. Who is often responsible for data collection to assist the RN with the
assessment phase?
The LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse).
7. What is a nursing diagnosis?
A statement that indicates the patient's actual health status, the risk of a
problem developing, the causative or related factors, and specific defining
characteristics.
8. What is assessment in the nursing process?
Collecting, organizing, documenting, and validating data about a patient's health
status.
9. What is planning in the nursing process?
Determining specific desired outcomes for each nursing diagnosis.
10. What is implementation in the nursing process?
Performing an intervention and assessing the response.
11. What is evaluation in the nursing process?
Judgment of the effectiveness of the intervention or plan.
12. What is clinical reasoning?
Critical thinking in the clinical setting.
13. What does "critical" mean?
Requiring careful judgment.
SKILLS AND CONCEPTS
CHAPTER 4 NU136
QUESTION AND ANSWER
2025
[Document subtitle]
[DATE]
[COMPANY NAME]
[Company address]
, 1. What is the nursing process?
A way of thinking and acting based on the scientific method. It is a goal-directed
series of activities whereby the practice of nursing accomplishes its goal of
alleviating, minimizing, or preventing real or potential health problems.
2. What is the scientific method?
A step-by-step process used by scientists to solve problems.
3. What are the five components of the nursing process?
Assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
4. What does "outcomes" mean in nursing?
"Results of action."
5. What during the planning stage results in greater success with the care
plan?
Patient input.
6. Who is often responsible for data collection to assist the RN with the
assessment phase?
The LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse).
7. What is a nursing diagnosis?
A statement that indicates the patient's actual health status, the risk of a
problem developing, the causative or related factors, and specific defining
characteristics.
8. What is assessment in the nursing process?
Collecting, organizing, documenting, and validating data about a patient's health
status.
9. What is planning in the nursing process?
Determining specific desired outcomes for each nursing diagnosis.
10. What is implementation in the nursing process?
Performing an intervention and assessing the response.
11. What is evaluation in the nursing process?
Judgment of the effectiveness of the intervention or plan.
12. What is clinical reasoning?
Critical thinking in the clinical setting.
13. What does "critical" mean?
Requiring careful judgment.
