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Florida State College
*Assessment* - correct answer *Assessment* is the collection of subjective and
objective data about a patient's health.
*Subjective data* - correct answer *Subjective data* consist of information
provided by the affected individual.
*Objective data* - correct answer *Objective data* include information obtained by
the health care provider through physical assessment, the patient's record, and
laboratory studies.
*The database* - correct answer The *database* is the totality of information
available about the patient. The purpose of assessment is to make a judgment or
diagnosis.
,*Diagnostic reasoning* - correct answer *Diagnostic reasoning* is the process of
analyzing health data and drawing conclusions to identify diagnoses.
Diagnostic reasoning has which four major components? - correct answer
*Diagnostic reasoning* has which four major components?
(1) *Attending to* initially available *cues*, which are pieces of information, signs,
symptoms, or laboratory data;
(2) *Formulating diagnostic hypotheses*, which are tentative explanations for a cue
or a set of cues and can serve as a basis for further investigation;
(3) *Gathering data* relative to the tentative hypotheses;
(4) *evaluating each hypothesis* with the new data collected, which leads to a final
diagnosis.
The *nursing process* includes which six phases? - correct answer The *nursing
process* includes which six phases?
(1) *assessment*,
,(2) *diagnosis*,
(3) *outcome identification*,
(4) *planning*,
(5) *implementation*, and
(6) *evaluation*.
It is a dynamic, interactive process in which practitioners move back and forth
within the steps.
The *novice nurse* - correct answer The *novice nurse* has no experience with
specific patient populations and uses rules to guide performance.
The *experienced nurse* - correct answer The *experienced nurse* understands a
patient situation as a whole rather than as a list of tasks, attends to an assessment
data pattern, and acts without consciously labeling it.
, *Critical thinking* - correct answer *Critical thinking* is the multidimensional
thinking process needed for sound diagnostic reasoning and clinical judgment.
Seventeen critical thinking skills have been identified, including *setting priorities.*
*First-level priority problems* - correct answer *First-level priority problems* are
emergent, life-threatening, and immediate, such as establishing an airway or
supporting breathing.
*Second-level priority problems* - correct answer *Second-level priority
problems* are next in urgency. They require prompt intervention to prevent
deterioration, and may include a mental status change or acute pain.
*Third-level priority problems* - correct answer *Third-level priority problems* are
important to the patient's health, but can be addressed after more urgent problems.
Examples include lack of knowledge or family coping.