NSG 3250 Adult Health I Exam 1. 106 Questions and Correct Answers. 100% Correct. 2024/5.
Assessment
The systematic collection of data, through interview, observation, and examination, to determine the patient's health status and any actual or potential problems.
Bundle
A set of three to five evidence-based practices that, when implemented appropriately, can measureably improve patient oucomes
Critical thinking
A cognitive process that utilizes thinking that is purposeful, insightful, reflective, and goal directed to develop conclusions, solutions, and alternatives that are appropriate to the given solution
Evaluation
Determination of the patient's response to nursing interventions and the extent to which the outcomes have been achieved
Evidence-based practice (EBP)
a best practice derived from valid and reliable research studies that also considers the health care setting, patient preferences and values, and clinical judgment
Health
According to the World Health Organization, it is a complete state of physical, mental, and social well-
being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
Health informatics
The use of health information technology to improve the quality, efficiency, or delivery of health care
Health promotion
focuses on the potential for wellness and targets appropriate alterations in personal habits, lifestyle, and environment in ways that reduce risks and enhance health and well-being
Implementation
actualization or carrying out of the nursing plan of care through nursing interventions
Interprofessional collaborative practice employing multiple health professionals to work together with patients, families, and communities to deliver best practices, thus ensuring best patient outcomes
Morality
Specific beliefs or actions whose outcomes are often examined utilizing the principles of autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, double effect, and distributive justice
Moral dilemma
situation in which two or more ethically plausible principles are in opposition to each other and only one
may be chosen
Moral distress
internal response that occurs when a health care provider believes they inherently know the correct ethical action that is needed but cannot act on that knowledge
Moral integrity
virtue composed of veracity, fidelity, benevolence, wisdom, and moral courage
Moral problem
competing moral claim or principle; one principle is clearly dominant
Moral uncertainty
internal conflict that arises when the person cannot define what the moral situation is or what moral principles apply but has a strong feeling that something is not right
Nursing
according to the American Nurses Association (2015b), "the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of healing, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations" (p. 1)
Nursing diagnosis
A clinical judgement concerning a person's, family's, or community's actual or potential health problems,
state of health promotion, or potential risk that can be managed by independent nursing interventions
Nursing process
a systematic, problem-solving approach for meeting people's health care and nursing needs; components include assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation
Patient
a traditional term used to identify someone who is a recipient of health care
Planning
