NSE111 STUDY GUIDE

NSE111 STUDY GUIDE What is Nursing Process? - clinical decision making approach - assist nurses with identifying and treating health related concerns and helps patient obtain health outcomes What does the nursing process do? - framework for making holistic patient focused care - methods of thinking - nursing process- aims to diagnose and treat protinal issues from holistic POV Components of Nursing Process assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluationAssessment - Nurse as detective - get cues relating to clients health care status - From chart, visual assessment, verbal convo - Ex. patient states they are in pain, they are groaning, you check the patient's chart and indicated that they have a surgery and need painkillers Diagnosis - Taking data, make sense of it, analyse and find out why the issue is occurring - Make clinical judgement in the form of a nursing diagnosis - Creation of goals and outcomes for patients and their issue- Ex. determine they are experiencing pain from surgery, outcome to decrease pain level Planning - Create a plan to find strategies to reach intended goal - Ex. educating patient to take meds, reposting in patients Implementation - Carry out intended plan - Educating patient on importance of meds and side effects Evaluation - Determine of plan has worked - Ex. assess pain level, if yes then you have achieved the intended goal. If no reevaluate and create new plans.