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Nursing 216 UNIT 2
Hostos Evening Nursing Program with Dr. E. King
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Nursing
Undergraduate 2
02/13/2010

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How should nurses experience dissonance?
Definition
They should seek out contradicting views to their own.
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How should nurses handle ambiguity?
Definition
They need to be comfortable with not knowing the answers all the time.
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What is self-assessment mean for a nurse?
Definition
Being honest with themselves about what critical thinking attitudes they have and which they need to work on.
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What is assessment?
Definition
Assessment is the systematic and continuous collection, organization, validation and documentation of data.
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What does SOAPIE stand for?
Definition
Subjective information, Objective information, Assessment, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation.
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What is an initial assessment for?
Definition
To establish a complete database for problem identification, reference, and future comparison.
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What is a problem focused assessment?
Definition
To determine the status of a specific problem identified in an earlier assessment.
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What is an emergency assessment for?
Definition
To identify life threatening or new problems.
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What is a time lapsed assessment?
Definition
To compare the clients current status to a baseline statues obtained previously.
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