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Fundamentals of Nursing (Kozier 9e)
Ch. 13 Planning
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Nursing
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09/09/2012

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Collaborative Care Plans
Definition
SEE critical pathways
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Collaborative Intervention
Definition
actions the nurse carries out in collaboration with other health team members, such as physical therapists, social workers, dietitians, and physicians
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Concept Map
Definition
a visual tool in which ideas or data are enclosed in circles or boxes of some shape and relationship between these are indicated by connecting lines or arrows
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Critical Pathways
Definition
mutlidisciplinary guidelines for client care based on specific medical diagnoses designed to achieve predetermined outcomes
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Dependent Intervention
Definition
activities carried out on the orders or supervision of a licensed physician or other health care provider authorized to write orders for nurses
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Discharge Planning
Definition
the process of anticipating and planning for client needs after discharge
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Formal Nursing Care Plan
Definition
a written or computerized guide that organizes information about the client's care
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Goals/Desired Outcomes
Definition
a part of a care plan that describes, in terms of observable client responses, what the nurse hopes to achieve by implementing the nursing interventions
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Independent Interventions
Definition
activities that the nurse is licensed to initiate as a result of the nurse's own knowledge and skills
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Indicator
Definition
an observable client state, behavior, or self-reported perception or evaluation; similar to desired outcomes in traditional language
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Individualized Care Plan
Definition
a plan tailored to meet the unique needs of a specific client - needs that are not addressed by the standardized plan
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Informal Nursing Care Plan
Definition
a strategy for action that exists in the nurse's mind
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Multidisciplinary Care Plan
Definition
a standardized plan that outlines the care required for clients with common, predictable - usually medical - conditions
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Nursing Intervention
Definition
any treatment, based on clinical judgement and knowledge, that a nurse performs to enhance patient.client outcomes
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Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC)
Definition
a taxonomy of nursing actions each of which includes a label, a definition, and a list of activities
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Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC)
Definition
a taxonomy for describing client outcomes that respond to nursing interventions
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Policies
Definition
rules developed to govern the handling of frequently occuring situations
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Priority Setting
Definition
the process of establishing a preferential order for nursing strategies
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Procedures
Definition
steps used in carrying out policies or activities
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Protocols
Definition
a predetermined or preprinted plan specifying the procedure to be followed in a particular situation
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Rationale
Definition
the scientific reason for selecting a specific action
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Standardized Care Plan
Definition
formal plan that specifies the nursing care for groups of clients with common needs ( e.g. all clients with myocardial infarction)
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Standing Order
Definition
an order that may be carried out indefinitely until another order is written to cancel it, or that may be carried out for a specified number of days
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