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Nursing 101 Fundamentals 2

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1. What are Activities with Evaluating in the Nursing Process?
Clear - precise - specific - accurate - relevant - plausible - consistent - logical - deep - broad - complete - significant - adequate (for the purpose) - and fair.
Interpret and analyze patient data - Identify patient strengths and health problems. Formulate and validate nursing diagnoses. Develop prioritized list of nursing diagnoses.
Making assumptions - personal biases - habits and routines - anxiety - pressure and deadlines - lack of confidence - pride.
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).

2. Plan
Developing Accountability.
The human being is always at the heart of nursing. The nursing process ensures that nurses are patient centered rather than task centered.
American Nurses Association Congress for Nursing Practice.
Established patient goals to prevent - reduce - or resolve the problems identified in the nursing diagnoses and determination of related nursing interventions.

3. 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.
Ultimately you must identify alternative judgments or decisions - weigh their merits - and reach a conclusion.
Standards of Practice.
Clear - precise - specific - accurate - relevant - plausible - consistent - logical - deep - broad - complete - significant - adequate (for the purpose) - and fair.

4. Scientific Problem Solving
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).
American Nurses Association Congress for Nursing Practice.
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
Assist patient to achieve desired outcomes -- promote wellness - prevent disease and illness - restore health - and facilitate coping with altered functioning.

5. 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?
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
Implementation.
Direct understanding of a situation based on a background of experience - knowledge and skill that makes expert decision making possible.
Potential Problems - Identifying and flagging - remedy the pitfalls to sound reasoning.

6. What are the goals of the nursing process?

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7. What is the third step in developing a method of critical thinking?
Developing Accountability.
Assist patient to achieve desired outcomes -- promote wellness - prevent disease and illness - restore health - and facilitate coping with altered functioning.
Purposeful - goal - directed effort applied in a systematic way to make a choice among alternatives.
Potential Problems - Identifying and flagging - remedy the pitfalls to sound reasoning.

8. What is the instructional strategy that requires learners to identify - graphically display and link key concepts?
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.
Concept mapping.
Carry out the plan of care.
This helps to discipline thinking by keeping all thoughts directed to the goal.

9. 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
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.
Adequacy of Knowledge - Judgment if you have accurate - complete - factual - timely - and relevant information.
To systematically and continuously collect - validate - and communicate patient data.

10. What are four areas a nurse should consider when seeking to develop a sense of legal and ethical accountability to a patient?
CTIs - evidence - based descriptions of behaviors that demonstrate the knowledge - characteristics - and skills that promote critical thinking in clinical practice.
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
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.

11. Evaluate
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.
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.
Developing Accountability.
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

12. Standards for Critical Thinking
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
Whistle - blower.
Clear - precise - specific - accurate - relevant - plausible - consistent - logical - deep - broad - complete - significant - adequate (for the purpose) - and fair.
Establish priorities. Write outcomes - and develop an evaluative strategy. Select nursing interventions. Communicate plan of nursing care.

13. Expected Outcomes
Instructional strategy that requires learners to identify - graphicallly display and link key concepts.
Specific - measurable criteria used to evaluate whether the patient goal has been met.
Purposeful - goal - directed effort applied in a systematic way to make a choice among alternatives.
Concept mapping.

14. What are obstacles to Critical Thinking?
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
Making assumptions - personal biases - habits and routines - anxiety - pressure and deadlines - lack of confidence - pride.
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.
Continuity - collaboration - and enhanced patient outcomes.

15. What are Activities with Diagnosing in the Nursing Process?
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.
Develop an individualized plan of nursing care. Identify patient strenghts that can be tapped to facilitate achievement of desired outcomes.
Interpret and analyze patient data - Identify patient strengths and health problems. Formulate and validate nursing diagnoses. Develop prioritized list of nursing diagnoses.
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

16. What is the purpose of Assessing in the Nursing Process?
Develop a prioritized list of the nursing diagnoses.
Concept mapping.
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
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.

17. What are four good habits nurses should develop to help them master the manual competencies essential to quality 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
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
Implementation.
Develop a prioritized list of the nursing diagnoses.

18. The Nursing Process provides a framework that enables the nurse and patient to accomplish
American Nurses Association Congress for Nursing Practice.
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
Intellectual - technical - interpersonal - and ethical/legal skills as well as the willingness to use these skills creatively when working with patients.
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

19. How is the purpose of thinking relevant to the successful use of critical thinking competencies?
Developing Accountability.
This helps to discipline thinking by keeping all thoughts directed to the goal.
Thinking independently - being intellectually humble - and being curious and persevering.
Instructional strategy that requires learners to identify - graphicallly display and link key concepts.

20. What are the benefits of 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
Concept mapping.
Assist patient to achieve desired outcomes -- promote wellness - prevent disease and illness - restore health - and facilitate coping with altered functioning.
Continuity - collaboration - and enhanced patient outcomes.

21. A nurse who reports his/her employer's violation of law to law enforcement agencies outside the employers facilities is termed a
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
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.
Purposeful - goal - directed effort applied in a systematic way to make a choice among alternatives.

22. What are the skills necessary to use the nursing process?
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.
Adequacy of Knowledge - Judgment if you have accurate - complete - factual - timely - and relevant information.
American Nurses Association Congress for Nursing Practice.
Intellectual - technical - interpersonal - and ethical/legal skills as well as the willingness to use these skills creatively when working with patients.

23. Systematic
An ordered sequence of activities. Each activity depends on the accuracy of the previous activity - and influences the actions that follow it.
Implementation.
Dynamic.
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.

24. How is the nursing process interpersonal?
Wise professionals are quick to recognize their limits and seek help in remedying their deficiencies.
The human being is always at the heart of nursing. The nursing process ensures that nurses are patient centered rather than task centered.
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

25. What are Activities with Assessing in the Nursing Process?
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.
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
Adequacy of Knowledge - Judgment if you have accurate - complete - factual - timely - and relevant information.
Method of problem solving that involves testing any number of solutions until one is found that works for that particular problems.

26. What do Advocates or Intuition recommend?
Interpret and analyze patient data - Identify patient strengths and health problems. Formulate and validate nursing diagnoses. Develop prioritized list of nursing diagnoses.
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.
Developing Accountability.
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

27. What traits help nurses develop the attitudes and dispositions to think critically?
Purpose of thinking - Identify the purpose or goal of your thinking.
To systematically and continuously collect - validate - and communicate patient data.
Thinking independently - being intellectually humble - and being curious and persevering.
Develop a prioritized list of the nursing diagnoses.

28. Intuitive Problem Solving
Direct understanding of a situation based on a background of experience - knowledge and skill that makes expert decision making possible.
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.
American Nurses Association Congress for Nursing Practice.
Standards of Practice.

29. What is the purpose of the Nursing Process?
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).
Organize data - formal statement of strategies - efficient - aides in delivery of care that is holistic - goal oriented and individualized.
Establish priorities. Write outcomes - and develop an evaluative strategy. Select nursing interventions. Communicate plan of nursing care.
Method of problem solving that involves testing any number of solutions until one is found that works for that particular problems.

30. What is the purpose of Diagnosing in the Nursing Process?
Direct understanding of a situation based on a background of experience - knowledge and skill that makes expert decision making possible.
Establish priorities. Write outcomes - and develop an evaluative strategy. Select nursing interventions. Communicate plan of nursing care.
This helps to discipline thinking by keeping all thoughts directed to the goal.
Develop a prioritized list of the nursing diagnoses.

31. What are the characteristics of the Nursing Process?
Adequacy of Knowledge - Judgment if you have accurate - complete - factual - timely - and relevant information.
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.

32. What is the purpose of Implementing in the Nursing Process?
Assist patient to achieve desired outcomes -- promote wellness - prevent disease and illness - restore health - and facilitate coping with altered functioning.
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
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
Interpret and analyze patient data - Identify patient strengths and health problems. Formulate and validate nursing diagnoses. Develop prioritized list of nursing diagnoses.

33. How is the adequacy of knowledge relevant to the successful use of critical thinking competencies?
Continuity - collaboration - and enhanced patient outcomes.
Developing Accountability.
Clear - precise - specific - accurate - relevant - plausible - consistent - logical - deep - broad - complete - significant - adequate (for the purpose) - and fair.
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.

34. Implement
Carry out the plan of care.
Implementation.
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
The human being is always at the heart of nursing. The nursing process ensures that nurses are patient centered rather than task centered.

35. The three important ideas that must be linked together during clinical planning are
Continuity - collaboration - and enhanced patient outcomes.
Medical diagnosis - nursing diagnosis - and all pertinent clinical data.
Intellectual - technical - interpersonal - and ethical/legal skills as well as the willingness to use these skills creatively when working with patients.
Specific - measurable criteria used to evaluate whether the patient goal has been met.

36. Which group legitimized the steps of the nursing process in 1973 by developing standards of practice to guide nursing practice?
Established patient goals to prevent - reduce - or resolve the problems identified in the nursing diagnoses and determination of related nursing interventions.
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
To systematically and continuously collect - validate - and communicate patient data.
American Nurses Association Congress for Nursing Practice.

37. 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.
Instructional strategy that requires learners to identify - graphicallly display and link key concepts.
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
Thinking independently - being intellectually humble - and being curious and persevering.

38. What is the second step in developing a method of critical thinking?
Making assumptions - personal biases - habits and routines - anxiety - pressure and deadlines - lack of confidence - pride.
Whistle - blower.
Adequacy of Knowledge - Judgment if you have accurate - complete - factual - timely - and relevant information.
Method of problem solving that involves testing any number of solutions until one is found that works for that particular problems.

39. 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
An ordered sequence of activities. Each activity depends on the accuracy of the previous activity - and influences the actions that follow it.
Purpose of thinking - Identify the purpose or goal of your thinking.
The human being is always at the heart of nursing. The nursing process ensures that nurses are patient centered rather than task centered.

40. The steps of the nursing process were legitimized in 1973 when the ANA Congress for Nursing Practice Developed What to guide nursing performance?
Standards of Practice.
Developing Accountability.
Organize data - formal statement of strategies - efficient - aides in delivery of care that is holistic - goal oriented and individualized.
Clear - precise - specific - accurate - relevant - plausible - consistent - logical - deep - broad - complete - significant - adequate (for the purpose) - and fair.

41. 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.
Whistle - blower.
Develop an individualized plan of nursing care. Identify patient strenghts that can be tapped to facilitate achievement of desired outcomes.

42. Critical Thinking Indicators
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.
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.
CTIs - evidence - based descriptions of behaviors that demonstrate the knowledge - characteristics - and skills that promote critical thinking in clinical practice.
Continuity - collaboration - and enhanced patient outcomes.

43. How is the nursing process 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.
Wise professionals are quick to recognize their limits and seek help in remedying their deficiencies.
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.
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.

44. What is the purpose of Planning in the Nursing Process?
Develop an individualized plan of nursing care. Identify patient strenghts that can be tapped to facilitate achievement of desired outcomes.
Method of problem solving that involves testing any number of solutions until one is found that works for that particular problems.
The human being is always at the heart of nursing. The nursing process ensures that nurses are patient centered rather than task centered.
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

45. Trial - and - Error Problem Solving
Method of problem solving that involves testing any number of solutions until one is found that works for that particular problems.
Adequacy of Knowledge - Judgment if you have accurate - complete - factual - timely - and relevant information.
CTIs - evidence - based descriptions of behaviors that demonstrate the knowledge - characteristics - and skills that promote critical thinking in clinical practice.
Specific - measurable criteria used to evaluate whether the patient goal has been met.

46. 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?
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.
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.
Dynamic.
Specific - measurable criteria used to evaluate whether the patient goal has been met.

47. How is the nursing process systematic?
Whistle - blower.
Dynamic.
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.

48. How is the nursing process goal oriented?
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
Interpret and analyze patient data - Identify patient strengths and health problems. Formulate and validate nursing diagnoses. Develop prioritized list of nursing diagnoses.
To systematically and continuously collect - validate - and communicate patient data.
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. How is critique of judgments/decisions relevant to the successful use of critical thinking competencies?
Ultimately you must identify alternative judgments or decisions - weigh their merits - and reach a conclusion.
The human being is always at the heart of nursing. The nursing process ensures that nurses are patient centered rather than task centered.
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.
Specific - measurable criteria used to evaluate whether the patient goal has been met.

50. What is the first step in developing a method of critical thinking?
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.
Dynamic.
Purpose of thinking - Identify the purpose or goal of your thinking.