NUS215 Quiz Review Chs 14-19

Nurses identify potential health problems that the patient is likely to experience if not addressed.

Nurse-initiated interventions do not require a health care provider's (or other team member's) order.

Carrying out a physician-initiated order is an example of an independent nursing action.

Cognitive outcome is: “Within one day after teaching, the patient will list three benefits of daily exercise.”

During evaluation phase, nurse independently measures achievement of pt. outcome goals/reports this information to pt.

A focused assessment is conducted to gather data about a specific problem that has already been identified.

Concrete thinking to abstract thinking allows nurse to test hypothesis/consider information outside of what is perceived

Process evaluation is nature and sequence of activities carried out by nurses who are implementing the nursing process.

Actual/potential health problems can be prevented/resolved by independent nursing interventions termed nursing diagnoses

Nurses engaging in clinical inquiry are advancing/informing practice through ongoing process of questioning/evaluation

Evaluative criteria measurable qualities, attributes, characteristics that specify skills, knowledge, or health status.

Standing orders empower the nurse to initiate actions that ordinarily require the order or supervision of a physician.

Nursing process outlines way nurses think, while care plan considered a teaching tool, developing steps for pts. care

Subjective data are observable/measurable data can be seen, heard, or felt by someone other than person experiencing it.

Criteria and standards refer to measurable qualities or attributes that identify skills, knowledge, or health states.

Nurses with limited experience and knowledge are ideal for performing triage.

Problem statements focus on unhealthy responses to health and illness.

Unless specified otherwise, the data recorded in the nursing history are assumed to have been collected from the patient

Diagnostic statements should include pts. problem and etiology, will also sometimes include problem's signs and symptom

The phrase expected outcomes is used to refer to broad, outcome criteria which may or may not be measurable.

Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) project defines an indirect care intervention as any nursing activity.

During implementation phase of nursing process, nurse collects data and continues to modify the plan of care as needed.

(NGN) was developed by the (NCSBN) to evaluate the development of clinical judgment in nurses seeking state licensure

Most experienced nurses begin the work of interpreting and analyzing data after they have finished collecting it.

Traditional nursing assessments include comprehensive initial, focused, medical, and triage assessments.

Comprehensive care plan specifies any routine nursing assistance that the patient needs to meet basic human needs 

Clinical reasoning, clinical judgment, critical thinking refer to same method of assessing pt. data/implementing EBP

The chief purpose of ongoing planning is to prepare the patient for discharge home and self-care.

Quality by inspection focuses on finding opportunities for improvement, fosters an environment that thrives on teamwork.

Protocols, hand-off tools, and warning systems have been embedded in EHRs are tools used to develop clinical reasoning.