NUR 225 Final Exam with precise detailed answers ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
assessment - correct answer✔✔collection of data about an individuals health ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
database - correct answer✔✔subjective and objective data together ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
purpose of assessment - correct answer✔✔to make a judgment or diagnosis
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diagnostic reasoning - correct answer✔✔process of analyzing health data and drawing ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
conclusions to identify diagnosis, involving hypothesis forming and deductive reasoning ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
4 components of diagnostic reasoning - correct answer✔✔- attending to initially available
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cues
- formulating diagnostic hypotheses
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- gathering data relative to the tentative hypotheses
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- evaluating each hypothesis with the new data collected
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nursing process - correct answer✔✔assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification,
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planning, implementation, and evaluation ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
novice nurse - correct answer✔✔no experience with a specified patient, uses rules to guide
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performance
proficient nurse - correct answer✔✔understands a patient situation as a whole rather than
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as a list of tasks
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, expert nurse - correct answer✔✔vault over the steps and arrive at a clinical judgment in
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one leap ||//\\||
critical thinking - correct answer✔✔the means by which we learn to assess and modify, if
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indicated, before action ||//\\|| ||//\\||
first-level priority problems - correct answer✔✔emergent, life threatening and immediate ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
second-level priority problems - correct answer✔✔urgency; those requiring your prompt ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
intervention to forestall further deterioration ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
third-level priority problems - correct answer✔✔those that are important to the patient's ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
health but can be addressed after more urgent health problems are addressed
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collaborative problems - correct answer✔✔approach to treatment involves multiple ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
disciplines
evidence-based practice - correct answer✔✔conviction that all patients deserve to be treated ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
with the most current and best-practice techniques
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complete (total health) database - correct answer✔✔includes the complete health history ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
and a full physical exam; describes the current and past health state and forms a baseline
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against which all future changes can be measured ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
focused or problem-centered database - correct answer✔✔a limited or short-term problem;
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collect a "mini" database, more targeted than the complete database
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follow-up database - correct answer✔✔the status of any identified problems should be ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
evaluated at regular and appropriate intervals ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
assessment - correct answer✔✔collection of data about an individuals health ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
database - correct answer✔✔subjective and objective data together ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
purpose of assessment - correct answer✔✔to make a judgment or diagnosis
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
diagnostic reasoning - correct answer✔✔process of analyzing health data and drawing ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
conclusions to identify diagnosis, involving hypothesis forming and deductive reasoning ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
4 components of diagnostic reasoning - correct answer✔✔- attending to initially available
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
cues
- formulating diagnostic hypotheses
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
- gathering data relative to the tentative hypotheses
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
- evaluating each hypothesis with the new data collected
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
nursing process - correct answer✔✔assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification,
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planning, implementation, and evaluation ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
novice nurse - correct answer✔✔no experience with a specified patient, uses rules to guide
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
performance
proficient nurse - correct answer✔✔understands a patient situation as a whole rather than
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
as a list of tasks
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
, expert nurse - correct answer✔✔vault over the steps and arrive at a clinical judgment in
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
one leap ||//\\||
critical thinking - correct answer✔✔the means by which we learn to assess and modify, if
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
indicated, before action ||//\\|| ||//\\||
first-level priority problems - correct answer✔✔emergent, life threatening and immediate ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
second-level priority problems - correct answer✔✔urgency; those requiring your prompt ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
intervention to forestall further deterioration ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
third-level priority problems - correct answer✔✔those that are important to the patient's ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
health but can be addressed after more urgent health problems are addressed
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
collaborative problems - correct answer✔✔approach to treatment involves multiple ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
disciplines
evidence-based practice - correct answer✔✔conviction that all patients deserve to be treated ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
with the most current and best-practice techniques
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
complete (total health) database - correct answer✔✔includes the complete health history ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
and a full physical exam; describes the current and past health state and forms a baseline
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
against which all future changes can be measured ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
focused or problem-centered database - correct answer✔✔a limited or short-term problem;
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
collect a "mini" database, more targeted than the complete database
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
follow-up database - correct answer✔✔the status of any identified problems should be ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
evaluated at regular and appropriate intervals ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
