NSG200 Exam 3 # 2023-2024
The nursing process provides - ANSWER A method for organizing & delivering
nursing care
It is flexible enough to be used in any situation or setting
GOSH - ANSWER Goal oriented
Organized
Systemic
Humanistic Care
critical thinking - ANSWER Method of Problem Solving
Requires Reflective Thinking
Includes Personal Ideas and Values
It's Purpose is goal directed
Intention is to make a decision
Background of Nurses - ANSWER Nurses were hand maids of the doctors
Poorly paid
Focused on disease
Did not assess patients themselves
Operates from intuition and assumptions
Nursing Process - ANSWER Assess
Diagnose
Plan
Implement
Evaluate
Step one: Assessment - ANSWER Gathering information in regard to the client
, Establish a medical database of information about the patients health needs
Assessment types - ANSWER Initial Assessment and Focus Assessment
Initial Assessment - ANSWER Occurs when patient 1st comes in, determines what
care the patient needs, and get the story
Focus Assessment - ANSWER Collect data about a specific problem, and status of
the problem has changed
Health history - ANSWER Includes physical, psychological, cultural, spiritual,
and psychosocial data
Main source of information
Guides the physical exam that follows
Open-ended questions vs. closed-ended questions
Primary Source - ANSWER Patient, most reliable unless circumstances prevent
obtaining information directly from patient
Secondary Source - ANSWER Family members, significant others, laboratory
results, health care record, diagnostic procedures, health team members
PQRSTU: What's the story? - ANSWER Mnemonic device to fully explore your
patients chief complaint
What does PQRSTU stand for? - ANSWER P: Provocative or Palliative
Q: Quality or Quantity
R: Region or Radiation
S: Severity
T: Timing
U: Understanding
Subjective data - ANSWER A persons verbal description of their health problems,
needs, feelings, and expressions, and how they describe their symptoms
Objective data - ANSWER Things you observe, measurements of a patients V/S,
information obtained from observations, physical exams, and diagnostic tests,
data that could be verified by another observer
The nursing process provides - ANSWER A method for organizing & delivering
nursing care
It is flexible enough to be used in any situation or setting
GOSH - ANSWER Goal oriented
Organized
Systemic
Humanistic Care
critical thinking - ANSWER Method of Problem Solving
Requires Reflective Thinking
Includes Personal Ideas and Values
It's Purpose is goal directed
Intention is to make a decision
Background of Nurses - ANSWER Nurses were hand maids of the doctors
Poorly paid
Focused on disease
Did not assess patients themselves
Operates from intuition and assumptions
Nursing Process - ANSWER Assess
Diagnose
Plan
Implement
Evaluate
Step one: Assessment - ANSWER Gathering information in regard to the client
, Establish a medical database of information about the patients health needs
Assessment types - ANSWER Initial Assessment and Focus Assessment
Initial Assessment - ANSWER Occurs when patient 1st comes in, determines what
care the patient needs, and get the story
Focus Assessment - ANSWER Collect data about a specific problem, and status of
the problem has changed
Health history - ANSWER Includes physical, psychological, cultural, spiritual,
and psychosocial data
Main source of information
Guides the physical exam that follows
Open-ended questions vs. closed-ended questions
Primary Source - ANSWER Patient, most reliable unless circumstances prevent
obtaining information directly from patient
Secondary Source - ANSWER Family members, significant others, laboratory
results, health care record, diagnostic procedures, health team members
PQRSTU: What's the story? - ANSWER Mnemonic device to fully explore your
patients chief complaint
What does PQRSTU stand for? - ANSWER P: Provocative or Palliative
Q: Quality or Quantity
R: Region or Radiation
S: Severity
T: Timing
U: Understanding
Subjective data - ANSWER A persons verbal description of their health problems,
needs, feelings, and expressions, and how they describe their symptoms
Objective data - ANSWER Things you observe, measurements of a patients V/S,
information obtained from observations, physical exams, and diagnostic tests,
data that could be verified by another observer
