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| a cognitive process that includes creativity, problem solving and decision-making |
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| a set of questions one can apply to a particular situation or idea to determine essential information and ideas and discard superfluous information and ideas |
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| making generalizations from specific data |
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| making specific observations from a generalization |
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| obtaining information that clarifies the nature of a problem and suggests possible solutions |
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| the process of establishing criteria by which alternative courses of action are developed and selected |
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| a systematic rational method of planning and providing nursing care |
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| – the process of collecting, organizing, validating, and recording data about a client’s health status |
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| an ongoing process that involves assessing, establishing goals, developing a plan of action, deteries deadlines, describes how outcomes are to be achieved and evaluated |
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| the phase of the nursing process in which the nursing care plan in put into action |
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| a planned, ongoing, purposeful activity in which clients and health care professionals compare expected outcomes to actual outcomes |
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| a highly structured interview that uses closed questions to elicit specific information |
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| an interview using open-ended questions and empathetic responses to build rapport and learn client concerns |
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| questions that specify only a broad topic and invite clients to explore thoughts and feelings about the topic |
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| the nurse’s clinical judgment about responses to actual and potential health problems to provide the basis for selecting nursing interventions to achieve outcomes for which the nurse is accountable |
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| clinical judgment that a problem does not exist, but the presence of risk factors indicates a problem is likely to develop unless nurse intervene |
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| describes human responses to levels of wellness that have a readiness for enhancement |
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| one in which evidence about a health problem is incomplete or unclear |
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| a diagnosis that is associated with a cluster of other diagnoses |
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| title used in writing a nursing diagnosis taken from the NANDA standardized taxonomy of terms |
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| – client signs and symptoms that must be present to validate a nursing diagnosis |
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| the causal relationship between a problem and its related factors |
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| North American Nursing Diagnosis Association |
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