Fundamental Nursing Skills and Concepts,
11th Edition – Nursing process
1. Define the term nursing process.: organized sequence of problem solving
steps used to identify and manage health problems of clients.
2. Name 7 characteristics of the nursing process.: 1. Within the legal scope of
nursing
2. Based on Knowledge
3. Planned
4. Client
5. Goal Directed
6. Prioritized
7. Dynamic
3. Identify 4 sources of Assessment Data.: 1. Client
2. Clients Family
3. Reports
4. Test Results
4. List 3 parts of Nursing Diagnostic Statement: 1. Problem
2. Etiology
3. Signs and Symptoms
5. What 3 outcomes result from an evaluation?: 1. The client has reached some
goals.
2. The client has made some progress.
3. The client has made no progress.
6. Assessment: systematic collection of information.
7. Collabrative Problems: physiologic complication whose treatment requires
both nurse- and physician-prescribed interventions.
8. Concept Mapping: organizing information in a graphic or pictorial form.
9. Critical Thinking: process of objective reasoning; analyzing facts to reach a
valid conclusion.
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, 10. Database Assessment: initial information about the client's physical, emotion-
al, social, and spiritual health.
11. Diagnosis: identification of health-related problems.
12. Evaluation: process of determining whether a goal has been reached.
13. Focus Assessment: information that provides more details about specific
problems.
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11th Edition – Nursing process
1. Define the term nursing process.: organized sequence of problem solving
steps used to identify and manage health problems of clients.
2. Name 7 characteristics of the nursing process.: 1. Within the legal scope of
nursing
2. Based on Knowledge
3. Planned
4. Client
5. Goal Directed
6. Prioritized
7. Dynamic
3. Identify 4 sources of Assessment Data.: 1. Client
2. Clients Family
3. Reports
4. Test Results
4. List 3 parts of Nursing Diagnostic Statement: 1. Problem
2. Etiology
3. Signs and Symptoms
5. What 3 outcomes result from an evaluation?: 1. The client has reached some
goals.
2. The client has made some progress.
3. The client has made no progress.
6. Assessment: systematic collection of information.
7. Collabrative Problems: physiologic complication whose treatment requires
both nurse- and physician-prescribed interventions.
8. Concept Mapping: organizing information in a graphic or pictorial form.
9. Critical Thinking: process of objective reasoning; analyzing facts to reach a
valid conclusion.
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, 10. Database Assessment: initial information about the client's physical, emotion-
al, social, and spiritual health.
11. Diagnosis: identification of health-related problems.
12. Evaluation: process of determining whether a goal has been reached.
13. Focus Assessment: information that provides more details about specific
problems.
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