Nursing 202
characteristics of critical thinkers
-Reflect or think about what is being learned
-Look for relationships among concepts or ideas
-Analyze or critique behaviors
-Make self-correction
-Realize they do not know everything
-Involve creative thinking
Parts of the nursing process
Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
ADPIE: Assessment
collecting subjective and objective data. Look for data clusters.
Primary source of data
the patient
secondary source
Information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness an event.
Family
ADPIE: Diagnosis
Relates to symptoms and how the nurse can help relieve symptoms
To identify:
,-Actual & potential problems
-Factors that contribute to or cause the problems
Nursing Diagnosis format
PROBLEM r/t ETIOLOGY aeb SIGNS/SYMPTOMS
Types of Nursing Diagnosis
problem-focused, risk, health promotion, syndrome
ADPIE: Planning
-After developing the nursing diagnosis you need to develop a plan for nursing
action
-Purpose is to design a plan of care that will result in the prevention, reduction or
resolution of the problem
-Must work closely with patient and family
-plan must involve:
1. Initial
2. Ongoing
3. Discharge
Priority setting
the process of establishing a preferential order for nursing strategies
Levels of priority and examples
High- ABC's
Intermediate- non-emergent
Low- What affects future well-being
What does the acronym SMART mean when referring to planning?
Specific
Measurable
Attainable
, Realistic
Timed
How to format your plan:
Combine verb with condition and criterion.
Patient will demonstrate minimal episodes of agitation as evidence by a calm
demeanor over 48 hours.
What are the three types of goals when it comes to interventions?
Independent, dependent, and collaborative
What must you do before initiating appropriate nursing interventions?
reassess the patient, organize resources or assistance, anticipate/prevent
complications.
What is required with implementation?
Rationale; why your going to do what your going to do, reason. Must utilize a
scholarly source.
ADPIE: Evaluation
Assessing whether outcome criteria have been met and revising the plan as
necessary. An evaluation is patient centered. Must include a "goal met", "goal
partially met", or "goal not met"
What must we never do when it comes to patient's names and their disease?
NEVER refer to a patient by their disease.
3 types of origins for medical terminology
1. Latin and Greek
2. Eponyms
3. Modern English Words
characteristics of critical thinkers
-Reflect or think about what is being learned
-Look for relationships among concepts or ideas
-Analyze or critique behaviors
-Make self-correction
-Realize they do not know everything
-Involve creative thinking
Parts of the nursing process
Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
ADPIE: Assessment
collecting subjective and objective data. Look for data clusters.
Primary source of data
the patient
secondary source
Information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness an event.
Family
ADPIE: Diagnosis
Relates to symptoms and how the nurse can help relieve symptoms
To identify:
,-Actual & potential problems
-Factors that contribute to or cause the problems
Nursing Diagnosis format
PROBLEM r/t ETIOLOGY aeb SIGNS/SYMPTOMS
Types of Nursing Diagnosis
problem-focused, risk, health promotion, syndrome
ADPIE: Planning
-After developing the nursing diagnosis you need to develop a plan for nursing
action
-Purpose is to design a plan of care that will result in the prevention, reduction or
resolution of the problem
-Must work closely with patient and family
-plan must involve:
1. Initial
2. Ongoing
3. Discharge
Priority setting
the process of establishing a preferential order for nursing strategies
Levels of priority and examples
High- ABC's
Intermediate- non-emergent
Low- What affects future well-being
What does the acronym SMART mean when referring to planning?
Specific
Measurable
Attainable
, Realistic
Timed
How to format your plan:
Combine verb with condition and criterion.
Patient will demonstrate minimal episodes of agitation as evidence by a calm
demeanor over 48 hours.
What are the three types of goals when it comes to interventions?
Independent, dependent, and collaborative
What must you do before initiating appropriate nursing interventions?
reassess the patient, organize resources or assistance, anticipate/prevent
complications.
What is required with implementation?
Rationale; why your going to do what your going to do, reason. Must utilize a
scholarly source.
ADPIE: Evaluation
Assessing whether outcome criteria have been met and revising the plan as
necessary. An evaluation is patient centered. Must include a "goal met", "goal
partially met", or "goal not met"
What must we never do when it comes to patient's names and their disease?
NEVER refer to a patient by their disease.
3 types of origins for medical terminology
1. Latin and Greek
2. Eponyms
3. Modern English Words
