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caring ?
Ans: the human mode of being
advocacy ?
Ans: protection and support of another's rights
Critical thinking ?
Ans: defined as a "systematic way to form and shape one's thinking"
evidence-based practice?
Ans: in nursing is a problem-solving approach to making clinical decisions using the best
evidence available
-blends science and art of nursing
-considered best because it is collected from sources such as published research, national
standards and guidelines, and reviews of targeted literature.
Nursing Process
Ans: five-step systematic method for giving patient care; involves assessing, diagnosing,
planning, implementing, and evaluating
Steps of the Nursing Process
Ans: 1. Assessment
2. Diagnosis
3. Planning
4. Implementation
5. Evaluation
Assessment (nursing process)
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Ans: Data collection, Verification and Validation of data, Organization of data (Gordons
functional Health Patterns), Interpretation of data, Documentation of data
Diagnosis (nursing process)
Ans: systematic process of analyzing info, ending w/ clinical judgement
gives focus and direction for planning
problems that form the basics for your plan of action
strengths used to develop an effective plan of approach
Planning (nursing process)
Ans: setting priorities, identifying patient-centered goals and expected outcomes, and
prescribing nursing interventions
Implementation (nursing process)
Ans: Step 4 - carrying out the plan of care, implements medical orders as well as nursing
orders, which should complement each other
Evaluation (nursing process)
Ans: Figuring out if you met your goals
Professionalism ?
Ans: the skill, good judgment, and polite behavior that is expected from a person who is
trained to do a job well
clinical judgement
Ans: an interpretation or conclusion about a patient's needs, concerns, or health problems,
and/or the decision to take action (or not), use or modify standard approaches, or improvise
new ones as deemed appropriate by the patient's response
Beneficence ?
Ans: Benefit the patient, and balance benefits against risks and harms
-commit yourself to actively promoting the patient's benefit
Fidelity ?