What is diagnostic reasoning? - Answers It is the process of analyzing health data and drawing
conclusions to identify diagnoses.
What is the hypothetico-deductive process? - Answers 1) attending to intially available cues
2) formulating diagnostic hypotheses
3) gathering data relative to tentative hypotheses
4) evaluating each hypothesis with the new data, collected thus arriving at a final diagnosis.
What is a cue? - Answers It is a piece of information, a sign or symptom, or a piece of laboratory
or imagining data.
What is a hypothesis? - Answers It is a tentative explanation for a cue or set of cues that can be
used as a basis for further investigation.
What could you cluster or group together? - Answers Acute pain and it's associated data are
rapid heart rate, increased BP, and anxiety.
The nursing process includes six phases: - Answers 1) Assessment
2) Diagnosis
3) Outcome identification (Problem)
4) Planning
5) Implementation
6) Evaluation
What is assessment in the nursing process? - Answers 1) Collect data: Review of the clinical
record, health history, physical examination, functional assessment, risk assessment, review of
the literature
2) Use evidence-based assessment techniques
3) Document relevant data
What is diagnosis in the nursing process? - Answers 1) Compare clinical findings with normal
and abnormal variation and developmental events
, 2) Interpert data: Identify clusters of data, make hypothesis, test hypothesis, derive diagnosis
3) Validate diagnoses
4) Document diagnoses
What is the outcome identification in the nursing process? - Answers 1) Identify expected
outcomes
2) Individuals to the person
3) Identify expected culturally appropriate outcomes
4) Establish realistic and measurable outcomes
5) Develop a timeline
What is the planning part in the nursing process? - Answers 1) Establish priorities
2) Develop outcomes
3) Set timelines for outcomes
4) Identify interventions
5) Integrate evidence-based trends and research