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the 5 Tenets of Nursing
1. Caring and health care central to the practice of RNs
• Promote healing and health in a way bonds relationship between nurse and patient
• While helping others, important to promote self-care and care for the environment
and society
2. Nursing Practice is individualized
• Nursing respects diversity and focuses on identifying and meeting the unique needs of
the patient
3. RNs use the Nursing Process to plan and provide individualized care for
healthcare customers(patients)
• Use theoretical and evidenced based knowledge of human experience and responses
to collaborate with the nursing process
• Actions intend to promote beneficial effects, contribute to quality outcomes
and above all do not harm
• Nurses evaluate the effectiveness of care in relation to identified outcomes and
used evidence based practice to improve care
4. Nurses coordinate care by establishing partnerships
• Work with person, families groups, support systems and other providers.
• Utilize in-person and electronic communication to reach shared goals of delivering
safe quality healthcare to address health care needs of patients
• Responsible and accountable for communicating and advocating for planning and
care coordination focused on patient, families and support system
• Collaborative planning is based on each individual professions value , contribution,
trust, respect, open discussion, and shared decision making
5. A strong link exists between the professional work environment and the RNs
ability to provide quality healthcare and to achieve optimal outcomes.
• Nurses have the obligation to maintain and improve healthcare practice environment
conductive to provision of quality care
• Negative demoralizing and unsafe work place add to errors, ineffective delivery
of care, work place conflicts, stress, and moral distress
NANDA (Nursing Diagnosis) definition
• Nursing diagnosis is the naming of individual, family, and community responses to
actual or potential health problems or life processes???????
• The correct statement for a NANDA-I nursing diagnosis would be: Risk for
as evidenced by (Risk Factors).
• Are the majority of the defining characteristics/risk factors present in the patient?
• Are there etiological factors ("related factors") for the diagnosis evident in your patient?
• Have you validated the diagnosis with the patient / family or with another nurse peer
(when possible)?
Subjective info over Objective info
o Identifies nursing functions
o Creates classification system
o Establishes diagnostic labels
List 6 steps in Nursing Process (AD-O-PIE)
NR222 Health and Wellness Study Guide Exam 1
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,NR222 Health and Wellness Study Guide Exam 1
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• Assessment: Gather information about the clients condition. Get information from
patient -centered interview during health history & physical examination. Collect
subjective and objective data
• Diagnosis: Use the data collected to determine actual or potential diagnosis
• Objective Data: Refers to formulating and documenting measurable, realistic and client-
focused goals that will provide the basis for evaluating nursing diagnosis
• Planning: When the nurse organizes a nursing care plan based on the nursing
diagnoses. Nurse and client formulate goals and appropriate outcomes to help the client
with their problems. Prioritize list of client’s nursing diagnoses using Maslow hierarchy.
• Implementation: Perform the nursing actions identified in planning. Carrying out
nursing interventions (orders). This includes monitoring, teaching, further assessing,
incorporating physicians orders and monitoring cost effectiveness of interventions
• Evaluation: Determine if goals and expected outcomes are achieved. If not continue plan
of care.
Nursing diagnosis vs Medical diagnosis
• Nursing diagnosis
o Human response to potential or actual health problem
▪ Example: Highly anxiety= patient has anxiety
▪ Impaired nutrition more that body needs=obese
• Medical Diagnosis
o Concept that defines a disease process or injury
▪ Example: myocardial infraction
Ethics Provision 1
1.1 Respect for Human Dignity
• Dignity, worth, unique attributes and human right to all individuals
• Everyone has the need for and the right to universal healthcare
• Nurses will consider the needs for and will respect the values of all persons
in all of the professional relationships and setting.
• Provide leadership in development and implementation of changes in the
public and health policy that support this duty
1.2 Relationships with Patients
• Establish trust, provide services according to need
o Set aside any bias/ prejudice
• Factors are considered when planning care
o Culture, values systems, religious/ spiritual belief, lifestyle, social
support system, sexual orientation/gender, primary language
• Must promote health and wellness, address problems and respect patient
decisions
• When patients choices are risky nurses can address behavior and
offer opportunities and resources to modify the behavior
1.3 The Nature of Health
• Respect ALL patient regardless factors to persons health.
o Worth not affected by illness, ability or proximity to death
• The nursing process will be shaped by the unique patient preferences values
and choices
NR222 Health and Wellness Study Guide Exam 1
LATEST update guaranteed success
, NR222 Health and Wellness Study Guide Exam 1
LATEST update guaranteed success
NR222 Health and Wellness Study Guide Exam 1
LATEST update guaranteed success
LATEST update guaranteed success
the 5 Tenets of Nursing
1. Caring and health care central to the practice of RNs
• Promote healing and health in a way bonds relationship between nurse and patient
• While helping others, important to promote self-care and care for the environment
and society
2. Nursing Practice is individualized
• Nursing respects diversity and focuses on identifying and meeting the unique needs of
the patient
3. RNs use the Nursing Process to plan and provide individualized care for
healthcare customers(patients)
• Use theoretical and evidenced based knowledge of human experience and responses
to collaborate with the nursing process
• Actions intend to promote beneficial effects, contribute to quality outcomes
and above all do not harm
• Nurses evaluate the effectiveness of care in relation to identified outcomes and
used evidence based practice to improve care
4. Nurses coordinate care by establishing partnerships
• Work with person, families groups, support systems and other providers.
• Utilize in-person and electronic communication to reach shared goals of delivering
safe quality healthcare to address health care needs of patients
• Responsible and accountable for communicating and advocating for planning and
care coordination focused on patient, families and support system
• Collaborative planning is based on each individual professions value , contribution,
trust, respect, open discussion, and shared decision making
5. A strong link exists between the professional work environment and the RNs
ability to provide quality healthcare and to achieve optimal outcomes.
• Nurses have the obligation to maintain and improve healthcare practice environment
conductive to provision of quality care
• Negative demoralizing and unsafe work place add to errors, ineffective delivery
of care, work place conflicts, stress, and moral distress
NANDA (Nursing Diagnosis) definition
• Nursing diagnosis is the naming of individual, family, and community responses to
actual or potential health problems or life processes???????
• The correct statement for a NANDA-I nursing diagnosis would be: Risk for
as evidenced by (Risk Factors).
• Are the majority of the defining characteristics/risk factors present in the patient?
• Are there etiological factors ("related factors") for the diagnosis evident in your patient?
• Have you validated the diagnosis with the patient / family or with another nurse peer
(when possible)?
Subjective info over Objective info
o Identifies nursing functions
o Creates classification system
o Establishes diagnostic labels
List 6 steps in Nursing Process (AD-O-PIE)
NR222 Health and Wellness Study Guide Exam 1
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,NR222 Health and Wellness Study Guide Exam 1
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• Assessment: Gather information about the clients condition. Get information from
patient -centered interview during health history & physical examination. Collect
subjective and objective data
• Diagnosis: Use the data collected to determine actual or potential diagnosis
• Objective Data: Refers to formulating and documenting measurable, realistic and client-
focused goals that will provide the basis for evaluating nursing diagnosis
• Planning: When the nurse organizes a nursing care plan based on the nursing
diagnoses. Nurse and client formulate goals and appropriate outcomes to help the client
with their problems. Prioritize list of client’s nursing diagnoses using Maslow hierarchy.
• Implementation: Perform the nursing actions identified in planning. Carrying out
nursing interventions (orders). This includes monitoring, teaching, further assessing,
incorporating physicians orders and monitoring cost effectiveness of interventions
• Evaluation: Determine if goals and expected outcomes are achieved. If not continue plan
of care.
Nursing diagnosis vs Medical diagnosis
• Nursing diagnosis
o Human response to potential or actual health problem
▪ Example: Highly anxiety= patient has anxiety
▪ Impaired nutrition more that body needs=obese
• Medical Diagnosis
o Concept that defines a disease process or injury
▪ Example: myocardial infraction
Ethics Provision 1
1.1 Respect for Human Dignity
• Dignity, worth, unique attributes and human right to all individuals
• Everyone has the need for and the right to universal healthcare
• Nurses will consider the needs for and will respect the values of all persons
in all of the professional relationships and setting.
• Provide leadership in development and implementation of changes in the
public and health policy that support this duty
1.2 Relationships with Patients
• Establish trust, provide services according to need
o Set aside any bias/ prejudice
• Factors are considered when planning care
o Culture, values systems, religious/ spiritual belief, lifestyle, social
support system, sexual orientation/gender, primary language
• Must promote health and wellness, address problems and respect patient
decisions
• When patients choices are risky nurses can address behavior and
offer opportunities and resources to modify the behavior
1.3 The Nature of Health
• Respect ALL patient regardless factors to persons health.
o Worth not affected by illness, ability or proximity to death
• The nursing process will be shaped by the unique patient preferences values
and choices
NR222 Health and Wellness Study Guide Exam 1
LATEST update guaranteed success
, NR222 Health and Wellness Study Guide Exam 1
LATEST update guaranteed success
NR222 Health and Wellness Study Guide Exam 1
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