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| What is the nursing process? |
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Definition
Method of problem solving
A framework to use to plan and deliver nursing care to client’s and their families, and to the community
A process of interrelated activities resulting in competent nursing care
Scientific problem oriented approach to client care
Dynamic and cyclical requires repeated review |
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| What are the 5 steps to nursing process? |
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Definition
Assessment: to gather verify and communicate data about a client so a data base is established
Planning: to identify client’s goals to determine priorities of care to design nursing strategies to achieve goals, to determine outcome criteria
Implementation: to complete nursing care to accomplish goal
Evaluation: to determine to what extent outcomes have been achieved |
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| What is involved in the Assessment portion of the Nursing Process? |
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Definition
First step assessment
Collecting of the data
health history
Physical assessment
diagnostic exams |
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Definition
| Cluster by functional areas or by systems |
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