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What is the Nursing Process?
A systematic, rational method used to plan and provide individualized nursing
care.
What are the five steps of the Nursing Process?
Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation (ADPIE).
What is the purpose of Assessment in nursing?
To collect information to determine a client's health status, functional status, and
coping patterns.
What is subjective data?
Information the client tells the nurse, such as feelings or symptoms.
What is objective data?
Information that the nurse can see, measure, or observe, like vital signs.
What is a primary source of data?
Data obtained directly from the client.
What is a secondary source of data?
Data from family, medical records, or other healthcare providers.
What is Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)?
A problem-solving approach integrating best research evidence, clinical
expertise, patient preferences, and assessment data.
What is the purpose of Evidence-Based Practice?
To guide nurses in making effective, timely, and appropriate clinical decisions to
improve patient outcomes.
What are the steps of Evidence based practice?
Cultivate a spirit of inquiry.
1. Ask a clinical question in PICOT format
2. Search for the best evidence:
3. Critically appraise the evidence
, 4.Integrate evidence
5. Evaluate outcomes
Communicate results
What does PICOT stand for?
Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, Time. (ex. In hospitalized adult
patients (P), how does turning every two hours (I) compared to standard
repositioning practices (C) affect the development of pressure injuries (O) over a
hospital stay (T)
What is the highest level of evidence in the Hierarchy of Evidence?
Level I: Systematic reviews or meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials
(rcts).
Define health according to WHO
A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the
absence of disease.
What is the difference between illness and disease?
Illness is the subjective experience of feeling unwell; disease is an objective,
measurable abnormality diagnosed by a professional.
What does Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs prioritize?
1. Physiological (oxygen, fluids, nutrition, temp, shelter, sex)
2. Physical and psychological safety
3. Love and belonging
4. Self esteem
5. Self actualization (reaching full potential)
What is the Health Belief Model (HBM)?
A model explaining the relationship between beliefs and behaviors based on
perceived susceptibility and seriousness of an illness.
What is the focus of the Health Promotion Model (HPM)?
A nursing model that explains health behaviors by focusing on individual
characteristics, behavior-specific cognitions and feelings (benefits, barriers, self-
efficacy), and a person's commitment to action to promote wellness before illness
occurs.