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| Nursing is both an ______ & a ________. |
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| What are the types of blended skills? |
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1. Cognitive Skills
2. Technical Skills
3. Interpersonal Skills
4. Ethical and Legal Skills |
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| What is the basic definition of nursing? |
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Definition
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| Who was the founder of the American Red Cross? |
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| Who was the first African American nurse to graduate from a school of nursing? |
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| Who defined nursing as both an art and a science? |
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| Nurse originated from the Latin term nutrix, meaning ____________. |
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| What are the aims of nursing? |
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Definition
1. To promote health
2. To prevent illness
3. To restore health
4. To facilitate coping with disability or death |
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| What is the definition of health? |
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| A state of optimal functioning or well-being |
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| What is the definition of health by the World Health Organization? |
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| Includes physical, social, and mental components and is not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. |
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| Health is often a __________ state. |
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Definition
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| What are the nursing roles? |
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1. Caregiver
2. Communicator
3. Teacher/Educator
4. Counselor
5. Leader
6. Researcher
7. Advocate |
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| In what publication did the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services establish health promotion guidelines for the nation as a whole? |
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| What are the goals of Healthy People 2010? |
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Definition
1. To increase quality and years of healthy life
2. To eliminate health disparities |
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| Nursing is a profession based on what criteria? |
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Definition
1. Well-defined body of specific and unique knowledge
2. Strong service orientation
3. Recognized authority by a professional group
4. Code of ethics
5. professional organization that sets standards
6. Ongoing research
7. Autonomy |
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| What was the first international organization of professional women nurses? |
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Definition
| international Council of Nurses (ICN) |
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| What are the professional nursing organizations in the U.S.? |
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Definition
American Nurses Association (ANA)
American Association of Colleges in Nursing (AACN)
National Student Nurses' Association (NSNA) |
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| What professional nurses' organization establishes standards of practice? |
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| What organization is open to all people interested in nursing, including nurses, non-nurses, and agencies? |
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| National League for Nursing (NLN) |
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| What organization conducts one of the largest professional testing services in the United States, including pre-entrance testing for potential students and achievement testing to measure student progress? |
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| What organization is the voice for baccalaureate and higher degree nursing education programs? |
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| National accreditation for college nursing programs is provided through the AACN by _____________. |
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Definition
| Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) |
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| What defines the activities that are specific and unique to nursing? |
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Definition
| ANA's Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice |
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Term
| _______ allow nurses to carry out professional roles, serving as protection for the nurse, the patient, and the institution where healthcare is given. |
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Definition
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Term
| Laws established in each state in the United States to regulate the practice of nursing. |
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Term
| A belief about the worth of something, about what matters, that acts as a standard to guide one's behavior. |
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Term
| An organization of values in which each is ranked along a continuum of importance, often leading to a personal code of conduct. |
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Term
| A mode of value transmission in which children learn what is of high or low value by observing parents, peers, and significant others. |
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Definition
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Term
| A mode of value transmission in which children are taught a complete value system by parents or an institution. |
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Definition
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Term
| A mode of value transmission in which children are left alone to explore values on their own and to develop a personal value system. |
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Definition
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Term
| A mode of value transmission in which children are rewarded for demonstrating values held by parents and punished for demonstrating unacceptable values. |
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Term
| A mode of value transmission in which children are encouraged to explore competing values and weigh their consequences. |
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Term
| A process by which people come to understand their own values and value system. |
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Definition
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Term
| What values epitomize the nursing profession as stated by the AACN? |
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Definition
1. Altruism
2. Autonomy
3. Human Dignity
4. Integrity
5. Social Justice |
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Term
| What are the steps of the process of valuing? |
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Definition
1. Choosing
2. Prizing (treasuring)
3. Acting |
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Term
| The systematic inquiry into principles of right and wrong conduct, of virtue and vice, and of good and evil as they relate to conduct. |
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| Usually refers to personal or communal standards of right and wrong. |
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Term
| Theory of ethics stating that the rightness or wrongness of an action depends on the consequences of the action. |
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Definition
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Term
| Theory of ethics stating that an action is right or wrong independent of its consequences. |
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Term
| Approach to doing ethics that combines elements of both utilitarian and deontologic theories and offers specific action guides for practice. |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the principles of the principle-based approach to bioethics? |
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Definition
1. Autonomy
2. Nonmaleficence
3. Beneficence
4. Justice
5. Fidelity |
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Term
| Arise when attempted adherence to basic ethical principles results in two conflicting courses of action. |
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Definition
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Term
| Directs attention to the specific situations of individual patients viewed within the context of their life narrative. |
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| Ethical approach that aims to critique existing patterns of oppression and domination in society, especially as these affect women and the poor. |
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Term
| the natural ability to behave in a way and to do the ethically right thing because it is the right thing to do. |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the essential elements of ethical agency? |
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Definition
1. Ethical sensibility
2. Ethical responsiveness
3. Ethical reasoning and discernment
4. Ethical accountability
5. Ethical character
6. Ethical valuing
7. Transformative ethical leadership |
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Term
| Occurs when the nurse knows the right thing to do but either personal or institutional factors make t difficult to follow the correct course of action. |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the basic models of healthcare decision making? |
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Definition
1. Paternalistic model
2. Patient sovereignty
3. Shared decision making |
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Term
| The protection and support of another's rights. |
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Definition
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Term
| A standard or rule of conduct established and enforced by the government. |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the sources of laws? |
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Definition
1. Constitutions
2. Statutes
3. Administrative Law
4. Common Law |
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Term
| Indicate how the federal and state governments are created and are given authority and state the principles and provisions for establishing certain laws. |
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Term
| Nurse Practice Acts are an example of what type of law? |
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Definition
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Term
| A legislative body enacts ______ laws that must be in keeping with federal and state constitutions. |
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Definition
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Term
| The rules and regulations that state boards adopt are ___________ laws. |
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Definition
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Term
| _________ law is court-made law. |
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Definition
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Term
| The case that first sets down the rule by decision in common law is called a ___________. |
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Definition
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Term
| The process of bringing and trying a lawsuit. |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the levels of courts in the United States? |
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Definition
Trial courts
Appellate courts |
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Term
| What is the most important law affecting your nursing practice? |
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Definition
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Term
| Who established the standards of practice? |
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Definition
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Term
| Refers to the ways in which professional competence is ensured and maintained? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the sequential methods used for credentialing in nursing? |
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Definition
Accreditation
Licensure
Certification |
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Term
| What organizations offer voluntary accreditation? |
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Definition
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Term
| What primary organizations offer certification? |
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Definition
1. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
2. ANA |
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Term
| A wrong against a person or his or her property, but the act is considered to be against the public as well (punishable by the state). |
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Definition
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Term
| A wrong committed by a person against another person or his or her property (punishable by civil court). |
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Definition
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Term
| A threat or an attempt to make bodily contact with another person without that person's consent. |
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Definition
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Term
| An assault that is carried out and includes every willful, angry, and violent or negligent touching of another person's body or clothes or anything attached to or held by that other person. |
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Term
| An intentional tort in which one party makes derogatory remarks about another that diminish the other party's reputation. |
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Definition
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Term
| ________ is oral defamation of character, ________ is written defamation. |
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Definition
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Term
| What Amendment gives citizens the right of privacy and the right to be left alone. |
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Definition
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| According to HIPAA, what do patients have a right to regarding their health information? |
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Definition
1. To see and copy their health record
2. Update their health record
3. To get a list of the disclosures a healthcare institution made for purposes of treatment, payment, and healthcare operations.
4. To request a restriction on certain uses or disclosures.
5. To choose how to receive health information |
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Term
| Willful and purposeful misrepresentation that could cause, or has caused, loss or harm to a person or property. |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the elements of liability? |
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Definition
1. Duty
2. Breach of duty
3. Causation
4. Damages |
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Term
| What are the elements of informed consent? |
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Definition
1. Disclosure
2. Comprehension
3. Competence
4. Voluntariness
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Term
| The exchange of promises between two parties. |
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Definition
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Term
| An unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury, or risk thereof. |
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Definition
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Term
| The Patient's Bill of Rights is also known as what? |
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Definition
| The Patient Care Partnership |
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Term
| How does the ANA define nursing? |
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Definition
| The diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual and potential health problems. |
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Term
| What are the components or dimensions of human beings? |
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Definition
1. Physiologic
2. Psychologic
3. Sociocultural
4. Spiritual
5. Environmental
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Term
| A model of nursing care in which one designated nurse is responsible for planning the patient's care and ensuring that all of the needs of the patient are met. |
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Definition
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Term
| A model of nursing care based on relationships in an environment where nurses recognize that outcomes are improved when trusting relationships with a specific professional nurse help patients feel safe. |
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Definition
| Relationship-based patient care |
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Term
| A health care delivery system that is used today to control health care costs. |
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Definition
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Term
| An approach that coordinates and links health care services to patients and their families. |
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Definition
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Term
| A problem-solving activity in which critical thinking is used to resolve problems. |
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Definition
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Term
| What accrediting agency for health care organizations issued National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs)? |
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Definition
| The Joint Commission (TJC) |
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Term
| What does SBAR stand for? |
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Definition
1. Situation
2. Background
3. Assessment
4. Recommendation |
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Term
| What are the competencies of the QSEN (Quality and Safety Education for Nurses)? |
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Definition
1. Patient-centered care
2. Teamwork and collaboration
3. Evidence-based practice
4. Quality improvement
5. Safety
6. Informatics |
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Term
| The consistent use of the best evidence in combination with clinician expertise and patient preferences and values to support clinical decision making. |
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Definition
| Evidence-based practice (EBP) |
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Term
| What are the steps in the process of evidence-based practice? |
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Definition
1. Develop and ask the clinical question
2. Search for and collect sources of evidence
3. Appraise and synthesize evidence
4. Apply valid, relevant evidence in practice. Generate evidence (research, quality improvement outcomes)
5. Evaluate outcomes based on evidence |
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Term
| What format shout be used when asking the clinical question of interest in evidence-based practice? |
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Definition
PICO or PICOT
1. Patient population
2. Intervention
3. Comparison or comparison group
4. Outcome(s)
5. Time period (as applicable) |
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Term
| What is the strongest level of evidence to answer questions about interventions? |
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Definition
| Systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) |
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Term
| In step three of the process of evidence-based practice (appraise and synthesize evidence), what questions must be asked? |
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Definition
1. What are the results?
2. Are the results valid?
3. Are the findings clinically relevant to my patients? |
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Term
| Those factors that influence the health of individuals and groups. |
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Definition
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Term
| In what order, from greatest impact to least impact, do the determinants of health affect an individual's health? |
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Definition
1. Behavior
2. Genetic predisposition
3. Social circumstances
4. Medical
5. Environment
6. Genetic disease |
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Term
| Differences in the incidence, prevalence, mortality rate, and burden of diseases that exist among specific population groups in the United States. |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the factors and conditions leading to health disparities? |
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Definition
1. Ethnicity, race, and culture
2. Geographic location
3. Income, education, and occupation
4. Gender
5. Age
6. Health care provider attitudes
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Term
| Biases towards the elderly. |
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Definition
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Term
| The degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions. |
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Definition
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Term
| Occurs when there is a negative treatment based on race, ethnicity, gender, age, or sexual orientation. |
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Definition
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Term
| A way of life for a group of people: That is, it is behaviors, values, and symbols that the group accepts, generally without thinking about them, and passes along by communicating and imitation from one generation to the next. |
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Definition
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Term
| The set of rules by which individuals, families, groups, and communities live. |
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Definition
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Term
| The process where the attitudes and/or the behaviors of people from one culture are modified as a result of contact with a different culture. |
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Definition
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Term
| A process of cultural absorption of a minority group into the dominant cultural group (Dominant cultural group has a tendency to enforce the adoption of it's values rather than the blending of values). |
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Definition
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Term
| Refers to groups whose members share a sense of identity and a common social and historical background. |
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Definition
Ethnicity
(Ex. Latino/Hispanic or Irish) |
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Term
| Refers to the divisions of humankind and is more closely related to people who share common physical characteristics such as skin color, bone structure, or blood group. |
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Definition
Race
(Ex. white, black, Asian) |
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Term
| Refers to viewing members of a specific culture, race, or ethnic group as being alike and sharing the same values and beliefs. |
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Definition
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Term
| Refers to the belief that one's own ways are superior to those of others from different cultural, ethnic, or racial backgrounds. |
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Definition
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Term
| A specialty that focuses on the comparative study and analysis of cultures and subcultures. |
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Definition
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Term
| Results when one's own cultural beliefs and practices are imposed on another person or group of people. |
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Definition
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Term
| The ability to understand, appreciate, and work with individuals from cultures other than your own. |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the components of cultural competence? |
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Definition
1. Cultural awareness
2. Cultural knowledge
3. Cultural skill
4. Cultural encounter |
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Term
| Refers to a person's effort to find purpose and meaning in life. |
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Definition
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Term
| A more formal and organized system of beliefs, including belief in or worship of God or gods. |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the personal space zones for European Americans in the US? |
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Definition
1. Intimate distance (0-18 inches)
2. Personal distance (18 inches-4 feet)
3. Social distance (4-12 feet)
4. Public distance (12 feet or more) |
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Term
| Illnesses or afflictions that are recognized only within a cultural group. |
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Definition
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Term
| Is based on considering all the patient's dimensions that affect how basic human needs are met in health and illness and allows the nurse to provide individualized and health-oriented care. |
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Definition
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Term
| What characteristics define a basic need in Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs? |
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Definition
1. Its absence results in illness
2. Its presence helps prevent illness or signals health.
3. Meeting it restores health
4. It is preferred over satisfactions when unmet.
5. One feels something is missing when the need is unmet
6. One feels satisfaction when the need is met. |
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Term
| What are the levels, from basic to higher level needs, in Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs? |
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Definition
1. Physiologic Needs
2. Safety and security needs
3. Love and belonging needs
4. Self-esteem needs
5. Self-actualization needs
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Term
| What are the physiologic needs in Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs? |
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Definition
1. Oxygen
2. Water
3. Food
4. Temperature
5. Elimination
6. Sexuality
7. Physical activity
8. Rest |
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Term
| What basic human needs are lower-level needs and what basic human needs are higher-level needs in Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs? |
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Definition
Lower-level needs: 1) Physiologic 2) Safety and security
Higher-level needs: 1) Love and belonging 2) Self-esteem 3) Self-actualization |
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Term
| Also called the traditional family and is composed of two parents and their children. |
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Definition
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Term
| Relatives such as aunts, uncles, and grandparents. |
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Definition
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Term
| A family formed when parents bring unrelated children from previous relationships together to form a new family. |
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Definition
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Term
| A family where divorced parents assume joint custody of children. |
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Definition
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Term
| A family in which the couple chooses not to have children. |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the major functions of family? |
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Definition
1. Physical
2. Economic
3. Reproductive
4. Affective and coping
5. Socialization |
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Term
| What are the rationales of family-centered nursing care? |
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Definition
1. The family is composed of interdependent members who affect one another.
2. A strong relationship exists between the family and the health status of its members.
3. The level of health of the family and, in turn, each member, can be significantly improved through health promotion activities.
4. Illness of one family member may suggest the possibility of the same problem in other members. |
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Term
| __________ is the primary educational and support structure for the individual. |
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Definition
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Term
| A specific population or group of people living in the same geographic area under similar regulations and having common values, interests, and needs. |
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Definition
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Term
| All the people who help meet financial, personal, physical, and emotional needs of an individual. |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the methods of communication central to nurses' professional role? |
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Definition
1. Documenting
2. Reporting
3. Conferring |
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Term
| The written or typed, legal record of all pertinent interactions with the patient - assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating. |
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Definition
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Term
| A compilation of a patient's health information. |
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Definition
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Term
| The ____________ is the only permanent legal document that details the nurse's interactions with the patient and the nurse's best defense if a patient or patient surrogate alleges nursing negligence. |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the mandatory characteristics of documentation? |
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Definition
complete
accurate
concise
factual
organized
timely
legally prudent
confidential |
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Term
| What tool, introduced by the ANA in 2003, streamlines nursing documentation? |
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Definition
| Principles for Documentation |
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Term
| What information about patients is considered private or confidential? |
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Definition
1. Names and all identifiers
2. The reason the patient is sick or in the hospital, office, or clinic.
3. The treatment the patient receives
3. Information about past health conditions |
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Term
| What is the primary purpose of the patient record? |
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Definition
| To help healthcare professionals from different disciplines communicate with each other. |
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Term
| A method of documentation in which each healthcare group keeps data on its own separate form. |
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Definition
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Term
| Notes written to inform caregivers of the progress a patient is making toward achieving expected outcomes. |
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Definition
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Term
| Progress notes written by nurses in a source-oriented record that address routine care, normal findings, and patient problems identified in the plan of care. |
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Definition
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Term
| A method of documentation organized around a patient's problems rather than around sources of information. |
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Definition
| Problem-oriented medical record |
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Term
| What are the major parts of the problem-oriented medical record (POMR)? |
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Definition
1. Defined database
2. Problem list
3. Care plans
4. Progress notes |
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Term
| What acronym is used to organize data entries into the progress notes of the problem-oriented medical record (POMR)? |
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Definition
SOAP
S - Subjective data
O - Objective data
A - Assessment
P - Plan |
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Term
| A method of documentation the plan of care is incorporated into the progress notes in which problems are identified by number. |
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Definition
| PIE (problem, intervention, evaluation) |
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Term
| The purpose of the __________ method of documentation is to bring the focus of care back to the patient and the patient's concerns. |
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Definition
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Term
| The narrative portion of focus charting used the __________ format. |
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Definition
| Data, Action, Response (DAR) |
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Term
| A shorthand documentation method that makes use of well-defined standards of practice; only significant findings or "exceptions" to these standards are documented in narrative notes. |
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Definition
| Charting by exception (CBE) |
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Term
| Promotes collaboration, communication, and teamwork among caregivers; makes efficient use of time and increases quality by focusing care on carefully developed outcomes. |
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Definition
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Term
| A method of documentation used when a patient fails to meet an expected Documentation tools outcome or a planned intervention is not implemented in the case management model. |
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Definition
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Term
| Specific categories of information that use uniform definitions to create a common language among multiple healthcare data users. |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the categories of the nursing minimum data set? |
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Definition
1. Nursing care elements
2. Patient demographic elements
3. Service elements
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Term
| What are the formats for nursing documentation? |
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Definition
1. Initial nursing assessment
2. Kardex and patient care summary
3. Plan of nursing care
4. Critical/collaborative pathways
5. Progress notes
6. Flow sheets
7. Discharge and transfer summary
8. Home healthcare documentation
9. Long-term care documentation |
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Term
| A typical form used to record the initial database obtained from the nursing history and physical assessment. |
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Definition
| Initial nursing assessment |
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Term
| What are the common examples of types of progress notes? |
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Definition
1. Narrative nursing notes
2. SOAP notes
3. PIE notes
4. Focus charting
5. Charting by exception
6. Flow sheets
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Term
| Documentation tools used to record routine aspects of nursing care. |
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Definition
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Term
| A form used to record specific patient variable such as pulse, respiratory rate, blood pressure readings, body temperature, weight, fluid intake and output, bowel movements, and other patient characteristics. |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the types of flow sheets? |
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Definition
1. Graphic (clinical)record
2. 24-hour fluid balance record
3. Medication report
4. 24-hour patient care records and acuity charting forms |
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Term
| What must be documented on the medication report after administering medication? |
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Definition
Drug
Dose
Route
Time
Nurse administering the drug
Reason the drug was administered
Drug's effectiveness
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Term
| What is the key component of Medicare's partnership with the home care industry? |
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Definition
| OASIS (The Outcome and Assessment Information Set) |
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Term
| In long-term care settings the _____________ documentation is used. |
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Definition
| Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) is used. |
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Term
| What are the basic components of the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI)? |
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Definition
1. Minimum data set
2. Triggers
3. Resident assessment protocols
4. Utilization guidelines
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Term
| A core set of screening, clinical, and functional status elements that forms the foundation of the comprehensive assessment of all residents in long-term care facilities certified to participate in Medicare or Medicaid. |
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Definition
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Term
| Specific resident responses for one or a combination of minimum data set elements that identify residents who either have or are at risk for developing specific functional problems and who require further evaluation using resident assessment protocols. |
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Definition
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Term
| Structured, problem-oriented frameworks for organizing minimum data sets information and examining additional clinically relevant information about a resident. |
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Definition
| Resident assessment protocols |
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Term
| Specified in state operation manuals that instruct when to use the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI). |
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Definition
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Term
| A _____ must be completed for residents of Medicare skilled nursing facilities or Medicaid nursing facilities, hospice residents, and short-term stay or respite residents who are residing in a facility for longer than 14 days. |
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Definition
| Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) |
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Term
| The oral, written, or computer-based communication of patient data to others. |
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Definition
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Term
| Is given by a primary nurse to the nurse replacing him or her or by the charge nurse to the nurse who assumes responsibility for continuing care of patients. |
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Definition
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Term
| To consult with someone to exchange ideas or to seek information, advice, or instructions. |
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Definition
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Term
| Inviting another professional evaluate the patient and make recommendations to you about his or her treatment. |
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Definition
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Term
| The process of sending or guiding the patient to another source for assistance. |
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Definition
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Term
| A meeting of nurses to discuss some aspect of a patient's care. |
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Definition
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Term
| Procedures in which a group of nurses visit selected patients individually at each patient's bedside. |
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Definition
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Term
| The process of exchanging information and the process of generating and transmitting meanings between two or more individuals. |
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Definition
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Term
| The communication process is initiated based on a __________. |
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Definition
| Stimulus or patient need that must be addressed. |
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Term
| A person who initiates or begins the communication process. |
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Definition
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Term
| The actual physiologic product of the source of communication. |
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Definition
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Term
| The medium the sender has selected to send the message. |
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Definition
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Term
| Translates and interprets the message sent. |
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Definition
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Term
| Confirmation that the receiver has understood the intended message. |
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Definition
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Term
| Factors that distort the quality of a message. |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the levels of communication? |
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Definition
1. Intrapersonal communication
2. Interpersonal communication
3. Small-group communication
4. Organizational communication |
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Term
| The communication that happens within the individual. |
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Definition
| Intrapersonal communication |
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Term
| Occurs between two or more people with a goal to exchange messages. |
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Definition
| Interpersonal communication |
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Term
| Occurs when nurses interact with two or more individuals. |
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Definition
| Small-group communication |
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Term
| Occurs when individuals and groups within an organization communicate to achieve established goals. |
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Definition
| Organizational communication |
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Term
| How individual group members relate to one another during the process of working towards group goals. |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the ways that individual group-member roles can be categorized? |
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Definition
1. Task-oriented roles
2. Group-building or maintenance roles
3. Self-serving roles |
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Term
| An exchange of information using words, including both the spoken and written word. |
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Definition
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Term
| A prescribed way of using words so that people can share information effectively. |
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Definition
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Term
| The transmission of information without the use of words. |
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Definition
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Term
| The urge to maintain an exclusive right to certain space. |
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Definition
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Term
| A relationship among people who provide and receive assistance in meeting human needs. |
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Definition
| Helping relationship (sometimes called nurse-patient relationship) |
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Term
| What are the characteristics of the helping relationship? |
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Definition
1. It is dynamic
2. It is purposeful and time limited
3. Although both parties in the helping relationship have responsibilities, the person providing the assistance is professionally accountable for the outcomes of the relationship and the means used to attain them. |
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Term
| What are the phases of the helping relationship? |
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Definition
1. Orientation phase
2. Working phase
3. Termination phase |
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Term
| The __________ phase is the longest phase of the helping relationship. |
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Definition
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Term
| In what phase of the helping relationship, are the nurse's interpersonal skills used to their fullest? |
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Definition
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Term
| A characteristic or customary way of behaving. |
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Definition
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Term
| Identifying with the way another person feels. |
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Definition
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Term
| A feeling of mutual trust experienced by people in a satisfactory relationship. |
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Definition
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Term
| the study of the meaning of words. |
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Definition
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Term
| Involves "unruffling," or clearing, congested areas of energy in the body and redirecting this energy. |
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Definition
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Term
| _________ statements play an important role in assertive statements. |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the basic components of an assertive response? |
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Definition
1. Having empathy
2. Describing one's feelings or the situation
3. Clarifying one's expectations
4. Anticipating consequences |
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Term
| A stereotyped, trite, or pat answer. |
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Definition
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Term
| Using questions with the words ____ or ____ is an example of ineffective communication techniques and can block communication. |
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Definition
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Term
| Anger and aggressive behavior between nurses, or nurse-to-nurse hostility. |
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Definition
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Term
| A complex problem which may result, in varying degrees, in a reduced ability to understand what others are saying, to express oneself, or to be understood. |
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Definition
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Term
| _________ are the major cause of aphasia in the older population. |
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Definition
| Strokes (cardiovascular accident CVA) |
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Term
| The hearing loss observed as part of the aging process. |
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Definition
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Term
| Interferes with normal control of the speech mechanism; speech may be slurred or otherwise difficult to understand due to lack of ability to produce speech sounds correctly, maintain good breath control, and coordinate the movements of the lips, tongue, palate, and larynx. |
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Definition
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Term
| The process of influencing the patient's behavior to effect change in knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to maintain and improve health. |
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Definition
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Term
| A planned method or series of methods used to help someone learn. |
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Definition
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Term
| The process by which a person acquires or increases knowledge or changes behavior in a measurable way as a result of the experience. |
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Definition
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Term
| To maximize the effectiveness of patient teaching, what acronym should be used? |
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Definition
TEACH
T - Tune into the patient
E - Edit patient information
A - Act on every teaching moment
C - Clarify often
H - Honor the patient as a partner in the education process |
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Term
| What critical development areas should be considered when developing a teaching plan? |
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Definition
1. Physical maturation and abilities
2. Psychosocial development
3. Cognitive capabilities |
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Term
| The ability to use logical reasoning to solve hypothetical situations. |
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Definition
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Term
| The use of logical reasoning to solve concrete problems. |
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Definition
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Term
| The study of the science of teaching children and adolescents. |
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Definition
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Term
| The study of teaching adults. |
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Definition
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Term
| What assumptions can be made about adult learners? |
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Definition
1. As a person matures, his or her self-concept is likely to move from dependence to independence.
2. The previous experience of the adult is a rich resource for learning .
3. An adult's readiness to learn if often related to a developmental task or social role.
4. Most adults' orientation to learning is that material should be useful immediately, rather than at some time in the future. |
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Term
| What are the learning domains? |
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Definition
1. Cognitive
2. Psychomotor
3. Affective
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Term
| A learning domain that involves the storing and recalling of new knowledge in the brain. |
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Definition
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Term
| A learning domain that learning a physical skill involving the integration of mental and muscular activity. |
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Definition
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Term
| A learning domain that includes changes in attitudes, values, and feelings. |
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Definition
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Term
| the patient's willingness to engage in the teaching-learning process and to begin the challenge of learning. |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the factors that affect learning? |
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Definition
1. Knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed for the patient and family to manage healthcare independently.
2. Readiness to learn.
3. Ability to learn.
4. Learning strengths.
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Term
| A presentation of information by a teacher to a learner. |
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Definition
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Term
| Involves a presentation of information by two or more people. |
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Definition
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Term
| What teaching strategy is a good method for teaching problem-solving techniques and independent thinking? |
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Definition
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Term
| Teaching sessions of ___ to ___ minutes are generally well tolerated. |
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Definition
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Term
| What has the most effect on the patient during implementation of teaching? |
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Definition
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Term
| The interpersonal process of helping patients to make decisions that promote their overall well-being. |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the types of counseling? |
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Definition
1. Situational
2. Developmental
3. Motivational
4. Short term
5. Long term
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Term
| Study of the wisdom, fundamental knowledge, and the processes used to develop and construct our perceptions of life (provides a view point and implies a system of values and beliefs). |
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Definition
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Term
| What regulates licensure and the practice of nursing? |
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Definition
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Term
| The transfer of responsibility for the performance of an activity to another individual while retaining accountability for the outcome. |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the critical elements for skills testing? |
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Definition
1. Verify physician's order
2. Identification of patient (2 identifiers)
3. Assessment of the patient
4. Explain procedure to patient
5. Proper hand hygiene
6. Assemble all equipment
7. Positioning, draping, privacy
8. Follow safety precautions
9. Follow standard and transmission-based precautions
10. Charting
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Term
| What color ink should be used when charting? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the correct terms that can be used when charting consciousness? |
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Definition
Awake
Alert
Semi-comatose
Hard to arouse
Responds to verbal requests |
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Term
| In charting, skin is never described as _________. |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the correct terms that can be used when charting skin color? |
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Definition
White (pallor)
Flushed or erythematous (red)
Jaundiced (yellow)
Ashen (gray)
Cyanotic (blue)
Uniformly pink, tan, or brown. |
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Term
| What are the correct terms that can be used when charting skin temperature? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the correct terms that can be used when charting skin texture? |
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Definition
Dry
Moist
Wrinkled
Flaking
Rough
Leathery |
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Term
| What are the correct terms that can be used when charting skin turgor? |
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Definition
Elastic
Skin recoils rapidly when pinched |
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Term
| What are the correct terms that can be used when charting skin edema? |
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Definition
1+ (2 mm indentation)
2+ (4 mm indentation)
3+ (6 mm indentation)
4+ (8 mm indentation) |
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Term
| What are the correct terms that can be used when charting skin integrity? |
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Definition
If there are lesions, describe:
1. Location
2. Size
3. Shape
4. Color |
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Term
| What are the correct terms that can be used when charting MAE? |
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Definition
Moves all extremities
Bilaterally
Rt greater than Lt
Rt (or Lt) sided paralysis
& Resistance of all extremities from +1 to +5 |
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Term
| What are the correct terms that can be used when charting pulse types? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the correct format that can be used when charting pulse rate? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the correct terms that can be used when charting pulse rhythm? |
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Definition
regular
irregular
irregularly irregular |
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Term
| What are the correct terms that can be used when charting pulse volume? |
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Definition
absent (0)
thready or weak (+1)
strong and regular (+2)
bounding and full (+3)
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Term
| What are the correct terms that can be used when charting pedal pulses? |
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Definition
+2 bilaterally
Bilateral pedal pulses found with doppler |
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Term
| What are the correct terms that can be used when charting pulse in nail beds? |
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Definition
Capillary refill < 3 seconds
Capillary refill > 3 seconds
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Term
| What are the correct terms that can be used when charting color in nail beds? |
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Definition
pink
dusky
cyanotic
pale pink |
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Term
| What are the correct format that can be used when charting respiration rate? |
|
Definition
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Term
| What are the correct terms that can be used when charting respiration rhythm? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the correct terms that can be used when charting respiration quality? |
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Definition
shallow
deep
labored
dyspneic
accessory muscles used |
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Term
| What are the correct terms that can be used when charting lungs? |
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Definition
clear bilaterally
crackles
rhonchi
wheezes
rub heard in RUL, LUL, RLL, RML, LLL |
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Term
| What are the correct terms that can be used when charting abdomen? |
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Definition
1. Soft, flat with active bowel sounds X 4 quadrants
2. Firm, distended with hypoactive bowel sounds in RLQ
3. Color
4. Vascular patterns
5. Shape
6. Size
7. Symmetry
8. Tenderness
9. Fluid
10. Masses
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Term
| Who first used the term "nursing process" and when? |
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Definition
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|
Term
| Who published the first comprehensive book on the nursing process and when? |
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Definition
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|
Term
| What are the steps of the nursing process? |
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Definition
1. Assessment
2. Diagnosis
3. Outcome identification and planning
4. Implementation
5. Evaluation |
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Term
| The nursing process is also known as the ANA's _____________. |
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Definition
| Six standards of practice |
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Term
| What are the characteristics of the nursing process? |
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Definition
1. Systematic
2. Dynamic
3. Interpersonal
4. Outcome-oriented
5. Universally applicable |
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Term
| A characteristic of the nursing process that directs each step of the nursing process in a sequential, ordered manner. |
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Definition
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Term
| A characteristic of the nursing process where there is great interaction and overlapping of the five steps? |
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Definition
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Term
| A characteristic of the nursing process that ensures that nurses are patient-centered rather than task-centered. |
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Definition
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Term
| What group developed standard nursing diagnoses? |
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Definition
| North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA) international |
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Term
| What group developed standard nursing interventions? |
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Definition
| Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) |
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Term
| What group developed standard nursing outcomes? |
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Definition
| Nursing-sensitive Outcomes Classification (NOC) |
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Term
| Involves testing any number of solutions until one is found that works for that particular problem. |
|
Definition
| Trial-and-error problem solving |
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Term
| What are the steps in scientific problem solving? |
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Definition
1. Problem identification
2. Data collection
3. Hypothesis formulation
4. Plan of action
5. Hypothesis testing
6. Interpretation of results
7. Evaluation |
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Term
| When a nurse directly apprehends a situation based on its similarity or dissimilarity to other situations. |
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Definition
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Term
| The __________ is the chief means of communication among members of the interdisciplinary team. |
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Definition
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Term
| Legally speaking, a nursing action not documented is a nursing action not __________. |
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Definition
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Term
| A systematic way to form and shape one's thinking. It functions purposefully and exactingly. It is thought that is disciplined, comprehensive, based on intellectual standards, and, as a result, well-reasoned. |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the domains of critical thinking? |
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Definition
1. Elements of thought (the building blocks of thinking)
2. Abilities (the skills essential to higher-order thinking)
3. Affective dimensions
4. Intellectual standards |
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Term
| What are the steps of critical thinking? |
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Definition
1. Purpose of thinking
2. Adequacy of knowledge
3. Potential problems
4. Helpful resources
5. Critique of judgement/decision |
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Term
| When thinking critically, what questions should you ask about your adequacy of knowledge? |
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Definition
Accurate
Complete
Factual
Timely
Relevant |
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Term
| Refers to employees who report their employer's violation of the law to appropriate agencies outside the employer's facilities. |
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Definition
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Term
| Evidence-based descriptions of behaviors that demonstrate the knowledge, characteristics, and skills that promote critical thinking in clinical practice. |
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Definition
| Critical thinking indicators (CTIs) |
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Term
| What are the steps in concept map care planning? |
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Definition
1. Develop a basic skeleton diagram
2. Analyze and categorize data
3. Analyze nursing diagnoses relationships
4. Identify goals, outcomes, and interventions
5. Evaluate patient's responses |
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Term
| The systematic and continuous collection, validation, and communication of patient data. |
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Definition
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Term
| Includes all the pertinent patient information collected by the nurse and other healthcare professionals. |
|
Definition
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Term
| The nurse establishes the database by interviewing the patient. |
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Definition
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Term
| Medical assessments target data pointing to pathological conditions, whereas nursing assessments focus on the __________________. |
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Definition
| patient's responses to actual or potential health problems |
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Term
| What are the types of nursing assessments? |
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Definition
1. Initial assessments
2. Focused assessments
3. Emergency assessments
4. Time-lapsed assessments |
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Term
| Assessment performed shortly after the patient is admitted to a healthcare agency or service. |
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Definition
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Term
| An assessment in which the nurse gathers data about a specific problem that has already been identified. |
|
Definition
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Term
| When a physiologic or psychological crisis occurs, a/an ______________ assessment is performed. |
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Definition
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Term
| Assessment scheduled to compare a patient's current status to baseline data obtained earlier. |
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Definition
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|
Term
| What considerations must be made when preparing for data collection? |
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Definition
Establishing assessment priorities
Structuring the assessment |
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Term
| What are assessment priorities influenced by? |
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Definition
1. Patient's health orientation
2. Patient's developmental stage
3. Patient's need for nursing |
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Term
| Specifies the information that must be collected from every patient and uses a structured assessment form to organize or cluster this information. |
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Definition
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Term
| Information perceived only by the affected person and cannot be perceived or verified by another person. |
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Definition
| Subjective data (convert data) |
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Term
| Observable and measurable data that can be seen, heard, or felt by someone other than the person experiencing them. |
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Definition
| Objective data (overt data) |
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Term
| When collecting and recording patient data, nurses should be _____________. |
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Definition
| Purposeful, complete, accurate, factual, and relevant. |
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Term
| The __________ is the primary and usually the best source of information during assessment. |
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Definition
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Term
| The conscious and deliberate use of the five senses to gather data. |
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Definition
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Term
|
Definition
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|
Term
| What are the phases of the nursing interview? |
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Definition
1. Preparatory
2. Introduction
3. Working
4. Termination |
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Term
| Chairs placed at ________ angles to each other and about _______ feet apart facilitate an easy exchange of information in the nursing interview. |
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Definition
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Term
| If the patient is in bed, placing a chair at a ___________ angle to the bed is helpful to facilitate an easy exchange of information. |
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Definition
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Term
| Whenever possible, it is best to communicate with patients at _____ level. |
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Definition
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Term
| What part of the interview process is crucial because it sets the tone not only for the remainder of the interview but also for every following nurse-patient interaction. |
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Definition
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Term
| The examination of the patient for objective data that may better define the patient's condition and help the nurse in planning care. |
|
Definition
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Term
| Unlike the physical assessment performed by the physician to identify the pathological conditions and their causes, the nursing physical assessment focuses primarily on the patient's _______________. |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the methods used to collect data during a physical assessment? |
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Definition
1. Inspection
2. Palpation
3. Percussion
4. Auscultation
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Term
| The act of confirming or verifying. |
|
Definition
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|
Term
| What should the physical examination include? |
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Definition
1. Appraisal of health status
2. Identification of health problems
3. Establishment of a database for nursing intervention |
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Term
| Significant information that suggests that something may be wrong. |
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Definition
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Term
| The judgement that a nurse reaches about a cue. |
|
Definition
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Term
| Appropriate communication involves correct __________ & proper ________. |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the purposes of diagnosing? |
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Definition
1. Identify how an individual, group, or community responds to actual or potential health and life processes.
2. Identify factors that contribute to or cause health problems (etiologies).
3. Identify resources or strengths the individual, group, or community can draw on to prevent or resolve problems. |
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Term
| A condition that necessitates intervention to prevent or resolve disease or illness or to promote coping and wellness. |
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Definition
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Term
| Actual or potential health problems that can be prevented or resolved by independent nursing interventions. |
|
Definition
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|
Term
| Nursing diagnoses provide the basis for selecting _____________. |
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Definition
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|
Term
| Who first introduced the term "nursing diagnosis" and when? |
|
Definition
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Term
| In nursing diagnosis, there has been a shift from diagnose and treat (DT) to _____________. |
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Definition
| Predict, prevent, manage, and promote (PPMP) |
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Term
| Certain physiologic complications that nurses monitor to detect onset or changes in status. |
|
Definition
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|
Term
| Collaborative problems are the primary responsibility of ___________. |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the steps of data interpretation and analysis? |
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Definition
1. Recognizing significant data
2. Recognizing patterns or clusters
3. Identifying strengths and problems
4. Reaching conclusions |
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Term
| Erroneously labeling selected patient health patterns as unhealthy. |
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Definition
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|
Term
| A generally accepted rule, measure, pattern, or model to which data can be compared in the same class or category. |
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Definition
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|
Term
| A grouping of patient data or cues that points to the existence of a patient health problem. |
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Definition
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Term
| Statements describing a suspected problem for which additional data are needed. |
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Definition
| Possible nursing diagnoses |
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Term
| What basic conclusions can a nurse reach after interpreting and analyzing the patient data? |
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Definition
1. No problem
2. Possible problems
3. Actual or potential nursing diagnoses
4. Clinical problems other than nursing diagnoses |
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Term
| What are the types of nursing diagnoses? |
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Definition
1. Actual
2. Risk
3. Possible
4. Wellness
5. Syndrome |
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Term
| Identifies what is unhealthy about the patient, indicating the need for change |
|
Definition
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|
Term
| Identifies the factors that are maintaining the unhealthy state or response (contributing or causative factors). |
|
Definition
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Term
| Identify the subjective and objective data that signal the existence of the problem. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| What is the formulation of a three-step nursing diagnosis? |
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Definition
| (Problem) --> related to --> (Etiology) --> as manifested/evidenced by (Defining Characteristics) |
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|
Term
| Represent a problem that has been validated by the presence of major defining characteristics. |
|
Definition
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|
Term
| What are the components of an actual nursing diagnosis? |
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Definition
1. Label
2. Definition
3. Defining Characteristics
4. Related Factors |
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Term
| Clinical judgements that an individual, family, or community is more vulnerable to develop the problem than others in the same or similar situation. |
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Definition
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|
Term
| Clinical judgements that an individual, family, or community in transition from a specific level of wellness to a higher level of wellness. |
|
Definition
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|
Term
| Comprise a cluster of actual or risk diagnoses that are predicted to be present because of a certain event or situation. |
|
Definition
| Syndrome nursing diagnoses |
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Term
| The etiology in nursing diagnoses directs _______________. |
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Definition
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|
Term
|
Definition
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|
Term
| An expected conclusion to a patient's health expectation. |
|
Definition
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|
Term
| Used to evaluate the extent to which a goal has been met. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| What are types of planning? |
|
Definition
1. Initial
2. Ongoing
3. Discharge |
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Term
| What methods are used to prioritize patient problems. |
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Definition
1. Maslow's hierarchy of human needs
2. Patient preference
3. Anticipation of future problems
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|
Term
| In what part of the nursing diagnosis are outcomes derived from? |
|
Definition
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|
Term
| In order to be measurable, what should be included n patient outcomes? |
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Definition
1. Subject
2. Verb
3. Performance criteria
4. Target time
5. Conditions (not always required) |
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Term
| Verbs that are helpful when writing patient outcomes are _____________ & ___________. |
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Definition
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|
Term
| Any treatment, based on clinical judgement and knowledge, that a nurse performs to enhance patient outcomes. |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the types of interventions? |
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Definition
1. Nurse-initiated
2. Physician-initiated
3. Collaborative |
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| Nursing interventions are action performed by the nurse to achieve what outcomes? |
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Definition
1. Monitor health status
2. Reduce risks
3. Resolve, prevent, or manage a problem
4. Facilitate independence or assist with ADL
5. Promote optimal sense of physical, psychological, and spiritual well-being
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Term
| What part of the nursing diagnosis suggests nursing interventions? |
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Definition
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| What should each nursing intervention include? |
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Definition
1. Date
2. Verb
3. Subject
4. Descriptive phrase (how, when, where, how often, how long or how much)
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Term
| A set of how-to action steps for performing a clinical activity or task. |
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Definition
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| A description of an acceptable level of patient care or professional practice. |
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Definition
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| A set of steps that approximates the decision process of an expert clinician and is used to make a decision; these clinical rules are typically embedded in a branching flow chart. |
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Definition
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| A statement or series of statements outlining appropriate practice for a clinical condition or procedure. |
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Definition
| Clinical practice guideline |
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Term
| Who publishes national guidelines that are generally based on the latest, most comprehensive scientific evidence and expert analysis? |
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Definition
1. U.S. Agency for Health Care Research & Quality (AHRQ)
2. Cochrane Library |
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Term
| A process in which two or more individuals with varying degrees of experience and expertise discuss a problem and its solution. |
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Definition
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Term
| A written guide that directs the efforts of the nursing team as nurses work with patients to meet their health goals. |
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Definition
| Plan of nursing care (patient care plan) |
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Term
| A treatment performed through interaction with the patient. |
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Definition
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Term
| A treatment performed away from the patient but on behalf of a patient or group of patients. |
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Definition
| Indirect care intervention |
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Term
| An intervention targeted to promote and preserve the health of populations. |
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Definition
| Community (or public health) intervention |
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Term
| Written plans that detail the nursing activities to be executed in specific situations. |
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Definition
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Term
| Empower the nurse to initiate actions that ordinarily require the order or supervision of a physician. |
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Definition
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Term
| Involve carrying out nurse-prescribed interventions resulting from their assessment of patient needs written on the nursing plan of care, as well as any other action that nurses initiate without the direction or supervision of another healthcare professional. |
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Definition
| Nurse-initiated interventions (independent nursing actions) |
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Term
| Involves carrying out physician-prescribed orders. |
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Definition
| Physician-initiated interventions (dependent nursing actions) |
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Term
| Interventions performed jointly by nurses and other members of the healthcare team. |
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Definition
| Collaborative interventions (interdependent nursing actions) |
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Term
| The nurse and patient together measure how well the patient has achieved the outcomes specified in the plan of care. |
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Definition
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Term
| Based on the patient's response to the plan of care, what options does a nurse have concerning the eventual outcome of the plan of care? |
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Definition
1. Terminate the plan of care when each expected outcome is achieved.
2. Modify the plan of care if there are difficulties achieving the outcomes.
3. Continue the plan of care if more time is needed to achieve the outcomes. |
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Term
| What are the elements of evaluation? |
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Definition
1. Identifying evaluative criteria and standards (eg, expected patient outcomes)
2. Collect data to determine whether these criteria and standards are met
3. Interpret and summarize tour findings.
4. Documenting your judgement.
5. Terminating, continuing, or modifying the plan. |
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Term
| Measurable qualities, attributes, or characteristics that specify skill, knowledge, or health states. |
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Definition
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Term
| Levels of performance accepted and expected by the nursing staff or other health-team members. |
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| Nursing care that evidence supports as likely to produce the expected patient outcomes. |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the types of patient outcomes? |
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Definition
1. Cognitive
2. Psychomotor
3. Affective
4. Physiologic |
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Term
| What necessary revisions of the plan of care can be made when patient outcomes are not acheived? |
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Definition
1. Delete or modify the nursing diagnosis
2. Make the outcome statement more realistic
3. Increase the complexity of the outcome statement
4. Adjust time criteria in the outcome statement
5. Change the nursing intervention |
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Term
| What steps are crucial in performance improvement? |
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Definition
1. Discover a problem
2. Plan a strategy using indicators
3. Implement a change
4. Assess the change; if the outcome is not met, plan a new strategy |
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Term
| The evaluation of one staff member by another staff member on the same level in the hierarchy of the organization. |
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Definition
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Term
| Focuses on finding deficient workers and removing them. |
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Definition
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| Focuses on finding opportunities for improvement and fosters an environment that thrives on teamwork, with people sharing the skills and lessons they have learned. |
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Term
| What are the essential components of quality care? |
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Definition
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| An audit focused on the environment in which care is provided. |
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Definition
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| An audit focused on the nature and sequence of activities carried out by nurses implementing the nursing process. |
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Definition
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Term
| An audit focused on measurable changes in the health status of the patient or the end results of nursing care. |
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Definition
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Term
| The commitment and approach used to continuously improve every process in every part of an organization, with the intent of meeting and exceeding customer expectations and outcomes. |
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Definition
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Term
| A method of evaluating nursing care that involves reviewing patient records to assess the outcomes of nursing care or the process by which these outcomes were achieved. |
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Definition
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Term
| Conducted by using direct observation of nursing care, patient interviews, and chart review to determine whether the specified evaluative criteria are met. |
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Definition
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Term
| May use post-discharge questionnaires, patient interviews, or chart review to collect data for evaluation. |
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Term
| What is the goal of communication? |
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Definition
| That the message intended is the message received. |
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Term
| Is moaning verbal or nonverbal communication? |
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Definition
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Term
| What must be included in the documentation of verbal and telephone orders? |
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Definition
Date and Time
Order
Name of physician
Signature and title of nurse |
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Term
| What type of form is used to determine staffing numbers? |
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Definition
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Term
| Teaching goals are __________, while learning objectives are __________. |
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Definition
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Term
| In what year were the specific steps of the nursing process delineated? |
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Definition
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Term
| In what year did the ANA congress for Nursing Practice develop the Standards of Practice? |
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Definition
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Term
| In what year did state board examinations for professional nursing start using the nursing process as an organizing concept? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the common heath problems of the American Indians and Alaska Natives? |
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Definition
Heart Disease
Cirrhosis of the liver
Diabetes mellitus
Fetal alcohol syndrome |
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Term
| What are the common heath problems of African Americans? |
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Definition
Hypertension
Stroke
Sickle cell anemia
Lactose intolerance
Keloids |
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Term
| What are the common heath problems of Asian/Pacific islanders? |
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Definition
Hypertension
Cancer of the liver
Lactose intolerance
Thalassemia |
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Term
| What are the common heath problems of Hispanics? |
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Definition
Diabetes mellitus
Lactose intolerance
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Term
| What are the common heath problems of Whites? |
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Definition
Breast cancer
Heart disease
Hypertension
Diabetes mellitus
Obesity |
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