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Nursing 101 Fundamentals 2

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1. What are the goals of the nursing process?

2. What is the purpose of Implementing in the Nursing Process?
Specific - measurable criteria used to evaluate whether the patient goal has been met.
Assist patient to achieve desired outcomes -- promote wellness - prevent disease and illness - restore health - and facilitate coping with altered functioning.
Making assumptions - personal biases - habits and routines - anxiety - pressure and deadlines - lack of confidence - pride.
Implementation.

3. How are helpful resources relevant to the successful use of critical thinking competencies?
Five - step systematic method for giving patient care; involves assessing - diagnosing - planning - implementing and evaluating. A systematic - client - centered - goal oriented method of delivering care.
Develop an individualized plan of nursing care. Identify patient strenghts that can be tapped to facilitate achievement of desired outcomes.
Wise professionals are quick to recognize their limits and seek help in remedying their deficiencies.
CTIs - evidence - based descriptions of behaviors that demonstrate the knowledge - characteristics - and skills that promote critical thinking in clinical practice.

4. How is the purpose of thinking relevant to the successful use of critical thinking competencies?
This helps to discipline thinking by keeping all thoughts directed to the goal.
Standards of Practice.
It is important to judge whether the knowledge available to you is accurate - complete - and relevant. If you reason with false information or lack important data - it is impossible to draw a sound conclusion.
Carry out the plan of care.

5. How is the nursing process goal oriented?
The nursing process offers a means for nurses and patients to work together to identify specific goals related to wellness promotion - disease and illness prevention - health restoration - and coping with altered functioning that are most important t
Adequacy of Knowledge - Judgment if you have accurate - complete - factual - timely - and relevant information.
To systematically and continuously collect - validate - and communicate patient data.
Universally applicable - outcome oriented - interpersonal - systematic - and dynamic.

6. What is the purpose of the Nursing Process?
Organize data - formal statement of strategies - efficient - aides in delivery of care that is holistic - goal oriented and individualized.
CTIs - evidence - based descriptions of behaviors that demonstrate the knowledge - characteristics - and skills that promote critical thinking in clinical practice.
Intellectual - technical - interpersonal - and ethical/legal skills as well as the willingness to use these skills creatively when working with patients.
Welcoming flashes of intuition as additions to logical reasoning - rather than as disruptions. Validating intuitions: When an intuition cannot be validated (when a nurse senses something is wrong with her patient although no signs) - careful monitori

7. What traits help nurses develop the attitudes and dispositions to think critically?
Standards of Practice.
Interpret and analyze patient data - Identify patient strengths and health problems. Formulate and validate nursing diagnoses. Develop prioritized list of nursing diagnoses.
Clear - precise - specific - accurate - relevant - plausible - consistent - logical - deep - broad - complete - significant - adequate (for the purpose) - and fair.
Thinking independently - being intellectually humble - and being curious and persevering.

8. Concept Mapping
Medical diagnosis - nursing diagnosis - and all pertinent clinical data.
Potential Problems - Identifying and flagging - remedy the pitfalls to sound reasoning.
Instructional strategy that requires learners to identify - graphicallly display and link key concepts.
To systematically and continuously collect - validate - and communicate patient data.

9. Nursing Diagnoses
Actual or potential health problem that an independent nursing intervention can prevent or resolve. Actual problem is present - Possible problem may be present - but more data are needed to confirm or disconfirm the problem. Potential problem may occ
American Nurses Association Congress for Nursing Practice.
Thinking independently - being intellectually humble - and being curious and persevering.
Standards of Practice.

10. Intuitive Problem Solving
Intellectual - technical - interpersonal - and ethical/legal skills as well as the willingness to use these skills creatively when working with patients.
Direct understanding of a situation based on a background of experience - knowledge and skill that makes expert decision making possible.
Thought that is disciplined - comprehensive - based on intellectual standards - and - as a result - well reasoned; a systematic way to form and shape ones thinking that functions purposefully and exactingly.
Establish priorities. Write outcomes - and develop an evaluative strategy. Select nursing interventions. Communicate plan of nursing care.

11. How is the adequacy of knowledge relevant to the successful use of critical thinking competencies?
It is important to judge whether the knowledge available to you is accurate - complete - and relevant. If you reason with false information or lack important data - it is impossible to draw a sound conclusion.
Clear - precise - specific - accurate - relevant - plausible - consistent - logical - deep - broad - complete - significant - adequate (for the purpose) - and fair.
Whistle - blower.
Each nursing task is a part of an ordered sequence of activities - and each activity depends on the accuracy of the activity that precedes it and influences the actions that follow it.

12. Implement
Organize data - formal statement of strategies - efficient - aides in delivery of care that is holistic - goal oriented and individualized.
Five - step systematic method for giving patient care; involves assessing - diagnosing - planning - implementing and evaluating. A systematic - client - centered - goal oriented method of delivering care.
Method of problem solving that involves testing any number of solutions until one is found that works for that particular problems.
Carry out the plan of care.

13. What are Activities with Diagnosing in the Nursing Process?
Practice a necessary skill until you feel confident in its execution before performing it on a patient. Take time to familiarize yourself with new equipment before using it in a clinical procedure. Identify nurses who are technical experts and ask th
Interpret and analyze patient data - Identify patient strengths and health problems. Formulate and validate nursing diagnoses. Develop prioritized list of nursing diagnoses.
Develop a prioritized list of the nursing diagnoses.
To help the nurse manage each patient's care scientifically - holistically - and creatively to promote wellness - prevent disease or illness - restore health - and facilitate coping with altered function.

14. Critical Thinking Indicators
Wise professionals are quick to recognize their limits and seek help in remedying their deficiencies.
Whistle - blower.
Once nurses have a working knowledge of the nursing process - they can apply it to well or ill patients - young or old patients - in any type of practice setting.
CTIs - evidence - based descriptions of behaviors that demonstrate the knowledge - characteristics - and skills that promote critical thinking in clinical practice.

15. Plan
Specific - measurable criteria used to evaluate whether the patient goal has been met.
Potential Problems - Identifying and flagging - remedy the pitfalls to sound reasoning.
Established patient goals to prevent - reduce - or resolve the problems identified in the nursing diagnoses and determination of related nursing interventions.
Universally applicable - outcome oriented - interpersonal - systematic - and dynamic.

16. How is the nursing process dynamic?
Instructional strategy that requires learners to identify - graphicallly display and link key concepts.
Developing Accountability.
There is a great interaction and overlapping among the five steps; no one step in the process is a one - time phenomenon; each step is fluid and flows into the next step.
Medical diagnosis - nursing diagnosis - and all pertinent clinical data.

17. What is the first step in developing a method of critical thinking?
Purpose of thinking - Identify the purpose or goal of your thinking.
Universally applicable - outcome oriented - interpersonal - systematic - and dynamic.
Purposeful - goal - directed effort applied in a systematic way to make a choice among alternatives.
Developing Accountability.

18. The three important ideas that must be linked together during clinical planning are
American Nurses Association Congress for Nursing Practice.
Universally applicable - outcome oriented - interpersonal - systematic - and dynamic.
Purposeful - goal - directed effort applied in a systematic way to make a choice among alternatives.
Medical diagnosis - nursing diagnosis - and all pertinent clinical data.

19. Nursing Process
Five - step systematic method for giving patient care; involves assessing - diagnosing - planning - implementing and evaluating. A systematic - client - centered - goal oriented method of delivering care.
To systematically and continuously collect - validate - and communicate patient data.
Dynamic.
Each nursing task is a part of an ordered sequence of activities - and each activity depends on the accuracy of the activity that precedes it and influences the actions that follow it.

20. How is the nursing process systematic?
Potential Problems - Identifying and flagging - remedy the pitfalls to sound reasoning.
Intellectual - technical - interpersonal - and ethical/legal skills as well as the willingness to use these skills creatively when working with patients.
Each nursing task is a part of an ordered sequence of activities - and each activity depends on the accuracy of the activity that precedes it and influences the actions that follow it.
Universally applicable - outcome oriented - interpersonal - systematic - and dynamic.

21. Dynamic
No one step in the nursing process is a one - time phenomenon; each step flows into the next step. All five stages can occur almost simultaneously.
Purpose of thinking - Identify the purpose or goal of your thinking.
Establish priorities. Write outcomes - and develop an evaluative strategy. Select nursing interventions. Communicate plan of nursing care.
Concept mapping.

22. Assess
Systematic problem - solving process that involves 1. Problem Identification. 2. Data collection. 3. Hypothesis formulation. 4. Plan of Action. 5. Hypothesis testing. 6. Interpretation of Results - and 7. Evaluation resulting in conclusion or revisio
To systematically and continuously collect - validate - and communicate patient data.
Instructional strategy that requires learners to identify - graphicallly display and link key concepts.
Ultimately you must identify alternative judgments or decisions - weigh their merits - and reach a conclusion.

23. When a nurse assists a patient to achieve desired goals such as promoting wellness - preventing disease and illness - restoring health - or facilitating coping with altered functioning - he/she is using Which part of the nursing process?
Intellectual - technical - interpersonal - and ethical/legal skills as well as the willingness to use these skills creatively when working with patients.
Wise professionals are quick to recognize their limits and seek help in remedying their deficiencies.
Clear - precise - specific - accurate - relevant - plausible - consistent - logical - deep - broad - complete - significant - adequate (for the purpose) - and fair.
Implementation.

24. Evaluate
Measurement of the extent to which the patient has achieved the goals specified in the plan of care; factors that positively or negatively influence goal achievement are identified - and the plan of care is terminated or revised.
Ultimately you must identify alternative judgments or decisions - weigh their merits - and reach a conclusion.
Developing Accountability.
Thought that is disciplined - comprehensive - based on intellectual standards - and - as a result - well reasoned; a systematic way to form and shape ones thinking that functions purposefully and exactingly.

25. What are four good habits nurses should develop to help them master the manual competencies essential to quality nursing process?
Direct understanding of a situation based on a background of experience - knowledge and skill that makes expert decision making possible.
Assist patient to achieve desired outcomes -- promote wellness - prevent disease and illness - restore health - and facilitate coping with altered functioning.
Practice a necessary skill until you feel confident in its execution before performing it on a patient. Take time to familiarize yourself with new equipment before using it in a clinical procedure. Identify nurses who are technical experts and ask th
Clear - precise - specific - accurate - relevant - plausible - consistent - logical - deep - broad - complete - significant - adequate (for the purpose) - and fair.

26. How is critique of judgments/decisions relevant to the successful use of critical thinking competencies?
Develop an individualized plan of nursing care. Identify patient strenghts that can be tapped to facilitate achievement of desired outcomes.
Wise professionals are quick to recognize their limits and seek help in remedying their deficiencies.
Concept mapping.
Ultimately you must identify alternative judgments or decisions - weigh their merits - and reach a conclusion.

27. What characteristic of the nursing process is defined as a great deal of overlapping interaction among the five steps - with each step being fluid and flowing into the next step?
Continuity - collaboration - and enhanced patient outcomes.
Ultimately you must identify alternative judgments or decisions - weigh their merits - and reach a conclusion.
Each nursing task is a part of an ordered sequence of activities - and each activity depends on the accuracy of the activity that precedes it and influences the actions that follow it.
Dynamic.

28. What are Activities with Planning in the Nursing Process?
Establish priorities. Write outcomes - and develop an evaluative strategy. Select nursing interventions. Communicate plan of nursing care.
Interpret and analyze patient data - Identify patient strengths and health problems. Formulate and validate nursing diagnoses. Develop prioritized list of nursing diagnoses.
The human being is always at the heart of nursing. The nursing process ensures that nurses are patient centered rather than task centered.
Developing Accountability.

29. What is the purpose of Assessing in the Nursing Process?
Making assumptions - personal biases - habits and routines - anxiety - pressure and deadlines - lack of confidence - pride.
Ultimately you must identify alternative judgments or decisions - weigh their merits - and reach a conclusion.
Measurement of the extent to which the patient has achieved the goals specified in the plan of care; factors that positively or negatively influence goal achievement are identified - and the plan of care is terminated or revised.
Make a judgment about the patients health status - ability to manage his or her own healthcare - and need for nursing. Plan individualized holistic care that draws on patient strengths and is responsive to changes in the patients conditions.

30. What do Advocates or Intuition recommend?
Welcoming flashes of intuition as additions to logical reasoning - rather than as disruptions. Validating intuitions: When an intuition cannot be validated (when a nurse senses something is wrong with her patient although no signs) - careful monitori
Instructional strategy that requires learners to identify - graphicallly display and link key concepts.
Standards of Practice.
To systematically and continuously collect - validate - and communicate patient data.

31. What are obstacles to Critical Thinking?
Welcoming flashes of intuition as additions to logical reasoning - rather than as disruptions. Validating intuitions: When an intuition cannot be validated (when a nurse senses something is wrong with her patient although no signs) - careful monitori
The human being is always at the heart of nursing. The nursing process ensures that nurses are patient centered rather than task centered.
Making assumptions - personal biases - habits and routines - anxiety - pressure and deadlines - lack of confidence - pride.
Systematically collect patient data (assessing) - clearly identify patient strengths and actual and potential problems (diagnosing) - develop a holistic plan of individualized care that specifies the desired patient goals and related outcomes and the

32. Critical Thinking
Welcoming flashes of intuition as additions to logical reasoning - rather than as disruptions. Validating intuitions: When an intuition cannot be validated (when a nurse senses something is wrong with her patient although no signs) - careful monitori
Thought that is disciplined - comprehensive - based on intellectual standards - and - as a result - well reasoned; a systematic way to form and shape ones thinking that functions purposefully and exactingly.
Concept mapping.
The human being is always at the heart of nursing. The nursing process ensures that nurses are patient centered rather than task centered.

33. Scientific Problem Solving
Universally applicable - outcome oriented - interpersonal - systematic - and dynamic.
Thought that is disciplined - comprehensive - based on intellectual standards - and - as a result - well reasoned; a systematic way to form and shape ones thinking that functions purposefully and exactingly.
Welcoming flashes of intuition as additions to logical reasoning - rather than as disruptions. Validating intuitions: When an intuition cannot be validated (when a nurse senses something is wrong with her patient although no signs) - careful monitori
Systematic problem - solving process that involves 1. Problem Identification. 2. Data collection. 3. Hypothesis formulation. 4. Plan of Action. 5. Hypothesis testing. 6. Interpretation of Results - and 7. Evaluation resulting in conclusion or revisio

34. What are Activities with Evaluating in the Nursing Process?
Specific - measurable criteria used to evaluate whether the patient goal has been met.
Interpret and analyze patient data - Identify patient strengths and health problems. Formulate and validate nursing diagnoses. Develop prioritized list of nursing diagnoses.
Direct understanding of a situation based on a background of experience - knowledge and skill that makes expert decision making possible.
Measure how well the patient has achieved desired outcomes. Identify factors that contribute to the patients success or failure. Modify the plan of care (if indicated).

35. The steps of the nursing process were legitimized in 1973 when the ANA Congress for Nursing Practice Developed What to guide nursing performance?
This helps to discipline thinking by keeping all thoughts directed to the goal.
Welcoming flashes of intuition as additions to logical reasoning - rather than as disruptions. Validating intuitions: When an intuition cannot be validated (when a nurse senses something is wrong with her patient although no signs) - careful monitori
American Nurses Association Congress for Nursing Practice.
Standards of Practice.

36. What is the instructional strategy that requires learners to identify - graphically display and link key concepts?
To help the nurse manage each patient's care scientifically - holistically - and creatively to promote wellness - prevent disease or illness - restore health - and facilitate coping with altered function.
No one step in the nursing process is a one - time phenomenon; each step flows into the next step. All five stages can occur almost simultaneously.
Establish priorities. Write outcomes - and develop an evaluative strategy. Select nursing interventions. Communicate plan of nursing care.
Concept mapping.

37. How is the nursing process interpersonal?
Establish the Database: Nursing History - Physical Assessment - Review of patient record and nursing literature - consultation with patients support people and healthcare professionals. Continuously update the Database. Validate Data. Communicate Dat
The human being is always at the heart of nursing. The nursing process ensures that nurses are patient centered rather than task centered.
Making assumptions - personal biases - habits and routines - anxiety - pressure and deadlines - lack of confidence - pride.
Practice a necessary skill until you feel confident in its execution before performing it on a patient. Take time to familiarize yourself with new equipment before using it in a clinical procedure. Identify nurses who are technical experts and ask th

38. A nurse who reports his/her employer's violation of law to law enforcement agencies outside the employers facilities is termed a
Implementation.
Whistle - blower.
Make a judgment about the patients health status - ability to manage his or her own healthcare - and need for nursing. Plan individualized holistic care that draws on patient strengths and is responsive to changes in the patients conditions.
Carry out the plan of care.

39. Which group legitimized the steps of the nursing process in 1973 by developing standards of practice to guide nursing practice?
Universally applicable - outcome oriented - interpersonal - systematic - and dynamic.
Each nursing task is a part of an ordered sequence of activities - and each activity depends on the accuracy of the activity that precedes it and influences the actions that follow it.
No one step in the nursing process is a one - time phenomenon; each step flows into the next step. All five stages can occur almost simultaneously.
American Nurses Association Congress for Nursing Practice.

40. What are the benefits of Nursing Process?
Make a judgment about the patients health status - ability to manage his or her own healthcare - and need for nursing. Plan individualized holistic care that draws on patient strengths and is responsive to changes in the patients conditions.
Do I know my legal boundaries of my practice? Do I own my personal strengths and weaknesses and seek assistance as needed? Am I knowledgeable about - and respectful of patient rights? Does my documentation provide a legally defensible account of my p
Purpose of thinking - Identify the purpose or goal of your thinking.
Continuity - collaboration - and enhanced patient outcomes.

41. Trial - and - Error Problem Solving
There is a great interaction and overlapping among the five steps; no one step in the process is a one - time phenomenon; each step is fluid and flows into the next step.
Method of problem solving that involves testing any number of solutions until one is found that works for that particular problems.
Purposeful - goal - directed effort applied in a systematic way to make a choice among alternatives.
Make a judgment about the patients health status - ability to manage his or her own healthcare - and need for nursing. Plan individualized holistic care that draws on patient strengths and is responsive to changes in the patients conditions.

42. How is the nursing process universally applicable?
Once nurses have a working knowledge of the nursing process - they can apply it to well or ill patients - young or old patients - in any type of practice setting.
An ordered sequence of activities. Each activity depends on the accuracy of the previous activity - and influences the actions that follow it.
Do I know my legal boundaries of my practice? Do I own my personal strengths and weaknesses and seek assistance as needed? Am I knowledgeable about - and respectful of patient rights? Does my documentation provide a legally defensible account of my p
Ultimately you must identify alternative judgments or decisions - weigh their merits - and reach a conclusion.

43. What is the third step in developing a method of critical thinking?
Continuity - collaboration - and enhanced patient outcomes.
Dynamic.
Potential Problems - Identifying and flagging - remedy the pitfalls to sound reasoning.
Establish the Database: Nursing History - Physical Assessment - Review of patient record and nursing literature - consultation with patients support people and healthcare professionals. Continuously update the Database. Validate Data. Communicate Dat

44. The Nursing Process provides a framework that enables the nurse and patient to accomplish
Systematically collect patient data (assessing) - clearly identify patient strengths and actual and potential problems (diagnosing) - develop a holistic plan of individualized care that specifies the desired patient goals and related outcomes and the
Clear - precise - specific - accurate - relevant - plausible - consistent - logical - deep - broad - complete - significant - adequate (for the purpose) - and fair.
Establish the Database: Nursing History - Physical Assessment - Review of patient record and nursing literature - consultation with patients support people and healthcare professionals. Continuously update the Database. Validate Data. Communicate Dat
Thought that is disciplined - comprehensive - based on intellectual standards - and - as a result - well reasoned; a systematic way to form and shape ones thinking that functions purposefully and exactingly.

45. What are Activities with Assessing in the Nursing Process?
Purpose of thinking - Identify the purpose or goal of your thinking.
Five - step systematic method for giving patient care; involves assessing - diagnosing - planning - implementing and evaluating. A systematic - client - centered - goal oriented method of delivering care.
Established patient goals to prevent - reduce - or resolve the problems identified in the nursing diagnoses and determination of related nursing interventions.
Establish the Database: Nursing History - Physical Assessment - Review of patient record and nursing literature - consultation with patients support people and healthcare professionals. Continuously update the Database. Validate Data. Communicate Dat

46. Expected Outcomes
Once nurses have a working knowledge of the nursing process - they can apply it to well or ill patients - young or old patients - in any type of practice setting.
Actual or potential health problem that an independent nursing intervention can prevent or resolve. Actual problem is present - Possible problem may be present - but more data are needed to confirm or disconfirm the problem. Potential problem may occ
Specific - measurable criteria used to evaluate whether the patient goal has been met.
Making assumptions - personal biases - habits and routines - anxiety - pressure and deadlines - lack of confidence - pride.

47. What interpersonal skill is displayed by a nurse who is attentive and responsive to the healthcare needs of individual patients and ensures the continuity of care when leaving the patient?
There is a great interaction and overlapping among the five steps; no one step in the process is a one - time phenomenon; each step is fluid and flows into the next step.
Potential Problems - Identifying and flagging - remedy the pitfalls to sound reasoning.
Developing Accountability.
Do I know my legal boundaries of my practice? Do I own my personal strengths and weaknesses and seek assistance as needed? Am I knowledgeable about - and respectful of patient rights? Does my documentation provide a legally defensible account of my p

48. What are the characteristics of the Nursing Process?
Organize data - formal statement of strategies - efficient - aides in delivery of care that is holistic - goal oriented and individualized.
Universally applicable - outcome oriented - interpersonal - systematic - and dynamic.
Specific - measurable criteria used to evaluate whether the patient goal has been met.
The nursing process offers a means for nurses and patients to work together to identify specific goals related to wellness promotion - disease and illness prevention - health restoration - and coping with altered functioning that are most important t

49. Systematic
Whistle - blower.
Concept mapping.
Medical diagnosis - nursing diagnosis - and all pertinent clinical data.
An ordered sequence of activities. Each activity depends on the accuracy of the previous activity - and influences the actions that follow it.

50. What are the skills necessary to use the nursing process?
Thought that is disciplined - comprehensive - based on intellectual standards - and - as a result - well reasoned; a systematic way to form and shape ones thinking that functions purposefully and exactingly.
Practice a necessary skill until you feel confident in its execution before performing it on a patient. Take time to familiarize yourself with new equipment before using it in a clinical procedure. Identify nurses who are technical experts and ask th
Five - step systematic method for giving patient care; involves assessing - diagnosing - planning - implementing and evaluating. A systematic - client - centered - goal oriented method of delivering care.
Intellectual - technical - interpersonal - and ethical/legal skills as well as the willingness to use these skills creatively when working with patients.