the ____ is a cognitive framework through which one aims to identify, diagnose, and treat actual and potential health issues and
challenges of clients from a holistic perspective - ANSWER-nursing process
the nursing process begins with the first step, ___, which is the collection of pertinent data to the client's health status or situation -
ANSWER-assessment
in the next step, ____, the nurse analyzes the assessment data in order to determine key issues and make clinical judgements in
the form of a nursing diagnosis. - ANSWER-diagnosis
the next step is ____, which involves the creation of a formal plan that prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain the expected
outcomes - ANSWER-planning
the nurse then carries out ____ of the plan - ANSWER-implementation
finally, the nurse conducts an ____ of the client's response to the selected interventions and determines whether the interventions
were effective - ANSWER-evaluation
____ is the deliberate and systematic collection of data to determine a client's current and past health and functional status and to
determine the client's present and past coping patterns - ANSWER-assessment
the purpose of assessment is to establish an individualized database about the client's health status to include his or her... -
ANSWER-perceived needs, health challenges, and problems and to respond to these challenges or problems
nurses begin their assessment by documenting a comprehensive ____ - ANSWER-nursing health history
a ___ is information that a nurse obtains through use of the senses - ANSWER-cue
an ___ is one's judgement or interpretation of those cues - ANSWER-inference
, after a client is assessed thoroughly to compile a database, the next step of the nursing process is to form ___that determine the
nursing care that a client receives - ANSWER-diagnostic conclusions
a ___ diagnosis is the identification of a disease condition on the basis of a specific evaluation of physical signs, symptoms, the
client's medical history, and the results of diagnostic tests and procedures - ANSWER-medical
a ___, the second step of the nursing process, determines health problems within the domain of nursing - ANSWER-nursing
diagnosis
what are examples of nursing diagnoses? - ANSWER-reduced stamina, reduced airway clearance, risk for reduced stamina
a ____ is an actual or potential physiological complication that nurses monitor to detect the onset of changes in a client's status -
ANSWER-collaborative problem
___is a process of using assessment data about a client to logically explain a clinical judgement—in this case, a nursing diagnosis -
ANSWER-diagnostic reasoning
for example, a client's ___ is a cue that can imply fear or sadness - ANSWER-crying
___ data are clients' verbal descriptions of their health concerns - ANSWER-subjective
the only primary source of data is the ___ - ANSWER-client
___ include information from someplace other than the client, this may include family members and the client's medical records -
ANSWER-secondary sources
___ provide information outside the specific client's frame of reference - ANSWER-tertiary sources
the objectives of ____ is to determine whether the client is at risk for illnesses of a genetic or familial nature and to identify areas of
health promotion and illness prevention - ANSWER-collecting a family history