| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Definition Of Nursing | Nursing is the diagnosis and treatment of human responses to health and illness (ANA,1995) |
| The Nursing Process | 1. Assessment 2. Problen /Need Indentification(Nursing Diagnosis) 3. Planning 4. Implementation 5. Evaluation |
| Practice Advantages of the Nursing Process | organizing framework human response, focus strectured decision making, patient involvement, common language ,economic contributuions, |
| Assessment | the nurse collects client health data |
| Diagnosis | the nurse analyzes the assessment data in determining diagnoses |
| PLANNING | a two -part process 1. Indetification of goals and the patient's desired outcomes, or 2. Need the selection of appropriate nursing interventions to assist the patient in attaining the outcomes. |
| Implementation | putting the plan of care into action |
| Evaluation | determining the patient's progress toward attainnig the identified outcome and the patient's response to and effectiveness of the selected nursing interventions then changing the plan if indicated |
| Patient Database | the copilation of data collected about a patient it consists of the nursing history, physical examination , and results of diagnostic studies |
| Subjective Data | what the patient reports, believes ,or feels |
| Objective Data | what can be observed, ex. vital signs , behaviors, diagnostic studies |
| Active Listening | A restatement of the other person's total communication , including the words and the feelings |
| Medical Diagnosis | illness/ condition for which treatment is directed by a licensed physician |
| Validation | the process of assuring that data are factual |
| ANA Standard II (diagnosis) | the nurse analyzes the assessment data in determining diagnoses |
| Nursing Diagnoses !Noun! | Alabel approved by NANDA |
| NANDA- Noun | the means of describing health problems amenable to treatment by nurses may be physical, sociological ,or psychological |
| NANDA- Verb | the proces of identifying specific patient problems /needs; used by some as the Title of the Second Step ( II ) of the Nursing Process |
| Medical Diagnoses | are illness /conditions reflecting alteration of the structure of function of organs/systems |
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