PPN102 Nursing Process Exam Questions And
Correct Answers
What two types of thinking are involved in the nursing process? - General and specific
critical thinking
What is the difference between general and specific critical thinking? - General is what
we use everyday to get through our day, where as specific critical thinking is more
discipline related.
What are the 3 components of specific critical thinking? - Diagnostic reasoning,
inference and clinical decision making
What is diagnostic reasoning? -Answer It is when you determine a pt's health status
after you make physical and behavioural observations, and after creating meaning to
those cues displayed by the patient
What does it mean by inference? - Answer drawing conclusions from related pieces of
evidence
what is clinical decision making? - Answer it focuses on defining pt problems and
selecting MOST appropriate interventions
What does the nursing process do? -Answer It helps nurses think critically, its a guide to
collect data and plan care, it categorizes the data, it helps with documentation and it is a
tool. Helps make the continuity of care for a client with multiple HCPs easier
What step in the process do we collect data? - Answer Assessment
, When do we explain the behaviours of the client, or client's response to problems
happen? - Answer Diagnosis
When do nurses pick strategies and interventions for the client's care? - Answer
Planning
When do the nurses carry out plans? - Answer implementation
When does the nurse compare the achieved outcomes to the expected outcomes? -
Answer evaluation
When do we analyze if the implementations were effective for the client? - Answer
evaluation
TRUE OR FALSE: The nursing process's components are separated parts not
concerning/connecting w one another? -Answer FALSE. The nursing process relate and
cross over with one another. This cycle is not linear and will sometime require you to
have to go back and forth
What are the different sources we can collect from for patient information? -Answer
Client, family, partners, health care team, medical records, literature and nursing
experience
What is objective and subjective data different?- Answer Subjective is what the client
says, and objective is something we can collect, assess or observe
A client is obtaining a health history from a client. At what stage is the NP? -Answer
Assessment
A client presents to you with a bp of 90/60 and verbalizes that they are feeling
lightheaded. What type of assessment would you provide for them? problem or
comprehensive? And why? - Answer Problem based assessment, because the client is
presenting with an identified concern, 'lightheadedness'. It would appear
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