NUR 222 Exam #1 Study Guide With Complete Solution
Name the 5 steps in the nursing process - Answer assessment
diagnose
planning
implement
evaluation
assessment - Answer gather data regarding the patient's condition
diagnose - Answer identify the patient's problems
planning - Answer identify the goals of care and desired outcomes and choose
appropriate nursing actions
implement - Answer deliver the nursing actions chosen during planning
evaluate - Answer determine whether the goals and anticipated outcomes have been
achieved
steps in clinical judgment - Answer identify cues
Anaylse cues
Prioritise hypotheses
Generate solutions
Act
Evaluate outcomes
Identify cues - Answer filtering information from various sources
ex. medical history, signs and symptoms
, Analyze cues - Answer organizing and relating the identified cues from previous step to
client's clinical presentation
Prioritise Hypothesis - Answer evaluating and ranking hypotheses in order of
priority(urgency, likelihood, risk, difficulty, time etc.)
Generate solutions - Answer identify expected outcomes and using hypotheses to define
a set of interventions for the expected outcome
Take action - Answer implementing the solution (s) that addresses the high priority
Important to recognize that sometimes no action is an action itself
Evaluate outcomes - Answer comparing observed outcomes against expected outcomes
Steps in clinical reasoning - Answer exploring
analyzing
prioritizing
explaining
deciding
evaluating
SMART objectives stand for what? -Answer specific, measurable, attainable,
reasonable, timely
interventions -Answer goes along with implementation step and this is what the nurse
performs to improve patient outcomes
types of interventions -Answer direct
indirect
direct intervention -Answer assessing, monitoring, counseling, medication
administration
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