Quizlet The Nursing Process

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  1. ANA Standard II (diagnosis): the nurse analyzes the assessment data in determining diagnoses
  2. Active Listening: A restatement of the other person's total communication , including the words and the feelings
  3. Assessment: the nurse collects client health data
  4. Definition Of Nursing: Nursing is the diagnosis and treatment of human responses to health and illness (ANA,1995)
  5. Diagnosis: the nurse analyzes the assessment data in determining diagnoses
  6. 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
  7. Implementation: putting the plan of care into action
  8. Medical Diagnoses: are illness /conditions reflecting alteration of the structure of function of organs/systems
  9. Medical Diagnosis: illness/ condition for which treatment is directed by a licensed physician
  10. NANDA- Noun: the means of describing health problems amenable to treatment by nurses may be physical, sociological ,or psychological
  11. 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
  12. Nursing Diagnoses !Noun!: Alabel approved by NANDA
  13. Objective Data: what can be observed, ex. vital signs , behaviors, diagnostic studies
  14. 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.
  15. Patient Database: the copilation of data collected about a patient it consists of the nursing history, physical examination , and results of diagnostic studies
  16. Practice Advantages of the Nursing Process: organizing framework human response, focus strectured decision making, patient involvement, common language ,economic contributuions,
  17. Subjective Data: what the patient reports, believes ,or feels
  18. The Nursing Process: 1. Assessment 2. Problen /Need Indentification(Nursing Diagnosis) 3. Planning 4. Implementation 5. Evaluation
  19. Validation: the process of assuring that data are factual