Nursing Concepts Exam 2 study guide Latest Update 2022

Nursing Concepts Exam 2 study guide Latest Update 2022 Initial assessment - ANS-the assessment done shortly after a patient is admitted to a healthcare facility/service? history or physical exam - ANS-example of an initial assessment? focused assessment - ANS-assessment where the nurse gathers data about a specific problem that has already been identified? what is wrong right at the moment. - ANS-example of a focused assessment? emergency assessment - ANS-assessment where a patient presents with a physiologic or psychologic crisis. the nurse performs this to identify life threatening problems? gunshot, unresponsive, choking - ANS-example of an emergency assessment? time lapsed assessment - ANS-assessment that is scheduled to compare a patients current status to the baseline data obtained earlier? Most patients in residential settings and those receiving nursing care over longer periods of time, such as homebound patients with visiting nurses - ANS-example of a time lapsed assessment? smoking - ANS-example of assessment of community and special populations? 1. preparing for data collection 2. collect data 3. identifying cues and making inferences 4. validating data 5. clustering related data and identifying patterns 6. reporting and recording data - ANS-list the 6 components to the assessment process: -at the initial assessment -by policy -when there is a change in the patient -and before and after a procedure - ANS-when and how often should a nurse assess their patient? subjective data, from patient or family - ANS-explain what the method of collecting data: listening looks like: using 5 senses to get data - ANS-explain what the method of collecting data: observing looks like: get overall health history, ask everything - ANS-explain what the method of collecting data: interviewing looks like: Continues...