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N314 Final Exam

Terms in this set (43)

Promote, prevent, treat, and advocate
Four goals of Professional Nurse
health assessment
gathering information about the health status of the patient, analyzing and synthesizing those data, making judgments about nursing interventions based on the findings and evaluating patient care outcomes
direct care giving
care given in the medical setting
advocacy
to protect and help optimize self care for the patient
scholarship and research
used to provide care based on current evidence
RN
liscensed nationally and practices independently within the scope of nursing practice and diagnosis
APRN
has advanced the educational requirements.
health history and physical assessment
health history includes what?
health history
an interview that collect patients past medical and surgery histories, risk factors, and symptoms
physical assessment
a head to toe assessment
high level wellness
a process that maintains balance and direction in the most favorable environments
health belief model
relationship between beliefs and actions
health promotion model
interaction with the interpersonal and physical environments
a complete health assessment
nursing process begins with
primary prevention
prevent probs before hand
secondary prevention
prevent further complications
tertiary prevention
prevent complications of existing disease
nursing process
a systematic problem solving approach
assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, evaluation
six steps of the nursing process
critical thinking
using info learned and applying it to situations
subjective data
data that comes from the patients experiences and perceptions
objective data
data obtained from observation
emergency, focused, and comprehensive
three types of nursing assessments
emergency
life threatening situations
focused
based on pt issues; focuses on specifics. Usually contains only one problem, one cure complex or one body system
comprehensive
complete history and physical assessment; done annually on outpatient basis. Provides baseline data.
airway, breathing, circulation, disability
meaning of ABCD
priority issue
assumes the most important. depend on acuity of the situation
long term care setting
care done once a month
intensive care setting
care done hourly
outpatient setting
care dependent on course of illness
periodic health assessment
focuses on the most common screening and prevention services for four age groups
cognitive development
based on piagets stages
psychosocial development
based on eriksons stages
infant
trust vs mistrust
toddler
autonomy vs shame and doubt
preschooler
initiative vs guilt
school age
industry vs inferiority
adolescence
identity vs role confusion
early adulthood
intimacy vs isolation
middle adulthood
generativity vs stagnation
late adulthood
ego integrity vs despair
after specific treatments are given
when are focused assessment conducted
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