HHA Exam 1 UTA Questions and Correct Answers the Latest Update and Recommended Version
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Definition of nursing by the American Nurses Association
"the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness
and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human
responses and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, c...
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HHA Exam 1 UTA Questions and
Correct Answers the Latest Update and
Recommended Version
Definition of nursing by the American Nurses Association
✓ "the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness
and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human
responses and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities and populations."
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✓ The emphasis is on diagnosis and treatment which is based on accurate client assessments
American Nurses Association definition of assessment
✓ Assessment is collection by the RN of comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health
or situation.
Scope and Standards of Practice: The RN
✓ Collects data in a systematic manner, prioritizes data collection; involves the patient and
family
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✓ Uses evidence-based assessment techniques
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✓ Synthesizes data and documents findings
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✓ Derives diagnoses based on assessment data
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✓ CUSD
Texas Board of Nursing: Definition of assessment and role of the RN
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✓ "The comprehensive assessment is the first step, and lays the foundation for the nursing
process.....is the initial and ongoing, extensive collection, analysis and interpretation of
data."
Evolution of the Nurse's Role in Health Assessment: FUTURE
✓ 2010 IOM Report on Nursing proposed an expansion of nurse roles and responsibilities:
assess clients across the continuum of health, use telecommunication systems, perform in-
depth physiologic and psychosocial assessments.
Rapidly evolving roles of the nurse and assessment
✓ perform focused assessments and develop nursing diagnoses
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✓ work with multidisciplinary team
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✓ determine the need for physician referrals
holistic health nursing
✓ Nurse collects holistic subjective & objective data to determine a client's overall level of
functioning in order to make a professional clinical judgment
physical medical assessment
✓ Physician focuses primarily on the client's physiologic status
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✓ Assesment
✓ Diagnosis
✓ Planning
✓ Implementation
✓ Evaluation
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✓ Steps are interchangeable: can go back and forth.
Benner's Model
✓ Novice: no experience, uses rules to guide performance
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✓ Competent: takes 2-3 years in similar clinical situations, sees actions in context of goals
for pts
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✓ Proficient: understands a patient situation as a wholev. a list of tasks, sees long-term
goals
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✓ Expert: arrives at a clinical judgement quickly, intuitive grasp of situation.
Framework for health assessment
✓ History of Present Health concern (cheif complaint)
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✓ Personal Health History
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✓ Family History
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✓ Lifestyle and Health Practices
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