NR222 Chapter 16-20 Quiz Review

Attitude of humility is important when you are unsure if you have adequate info to decide if patient outcomes are met.

Ameliorable adverse events: those that occurred due to error or failure to apply an accepted strategy for prevention

A standing order directs patient care in a specific clinical setting

Inspecting the condition of a wound, observing a patient walking, and measuring BP are examples of objective data

The data you gather during an assessment only reveals your patient’s current and past health status.

In Clinical decision making/Planning which of the following are interconnected?

Knowledge is a critical thinking element central to evaluation.

Instrumental activities of daily living are direct care measures performed during a normal day ie: bathing, eating

Indirect care interventions are treatments performed away from a patient but on behalf of the patient or patient groups

The steps of the nursing process include:

Indirect care interventions are treatments nurses provide through interactions with patients or a group of patients

______ are any treatments/actions based on clinical judgment & knowledge that nurses perform to achieve patient outcomes

Adverse events due to negligence: those that occurred due to care that falls below the standards expected of clinicians

Ojective data are your patients’ verbal descriptions of their health problems gathered during interviews

Critical thinking and clinical judgment are integral to evaluation as evidenced by:

Outcomes set a clear direction for the selection and use of nursing interventions and to set specific measures for

Which phase of the patient interview involves gathering accurate, relevant, & complete info about a patient’s condition.

In Clinical decision making/evaluation which of the following are interconnected?

A medical diagnosis identifies a disease condition based on a specific assessment of physical signs and symptoms

If a patient presents with a illness/symptom which critical thinking acronym is most appliable to guide your assessment?

Nursing assessment involves:

Expected outcomes are time limited, measurable ways to determine progression toward resolve of a nursing diagnos

A concept map is a visual representation that show the connections among a patient’s many health problems.

Evaluative measures are made after nursing interventions, when you make decisions about a patient’s status and progress,

Clinical judgment is necessary for nurses to:

Delegation is the process for a nurse to direct another person to perform nursing tasks and activities

Nursing dignosis: Acute Pain related to trauma of surgical incision. Which outcome is correct?

Which of the following are examples of Indirect Care Activities:

____ is the gathering of additional information to ensure that the plan of care is still complete, current, &ppropriate.

Preventable adverse events: those that, while not preventable, could have been less harmful if care had been different

Subjective data include patient feelings, perceptions, and self-reported symptoms.

Standards for evaluation are often outcomes developed from well-established clinical guidelines and protocols.

When patients do not meet outcomes, a reassessment is performed and factors identified that interfere with achievement

What is the first step of the nursing process?

Expertise in evaluation does not rely on experience, by a nurse to have witnessed the effects of interventions.

Direct care such as positioning patients to prevent pressure injury formation is what type of intervention?

Instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) refer to activities that support daily life ie: shopping caring for pet.

An _____________ is a harmful or unintended effect of a medication, diagnostic test, or therapeutic intervention

The ability to manage care in a timely way conveys caring and concern to your patients.

__________ determines whether a patient’s condition or well-being improved after nursing interventions were delivered.

The 2 types of assessment data collection include Patient-centered interview and shift assessment.

Subjective data are the findings resulting from observation of patient behavior and clinical signs

In Clinical decision making/implementation which of the following are interconnected?

A medical diagnosis is a clinical judgment made by a registered nurse to describe a patient’s response health conditions

The nursing assessment is not an ongoing.

In Clinical decision making/Assessment which of the following are interconnected?

Timely, relevant, and accurate communication contributes to misinformation, and duplication of interventions

Which of the following are components of critical thinking?