Hondros 200 rn quiz 2
Identifying assumptions - Arriving at a conclusion without supporting evidence
Distinguishing relevant from irrelevant - Deciding what information is pertinent to the patient
Predicting (and managing) potential complications - Look at the big picture to prepare for
potential future complications
Determining the importance of information - Ability to determine importance or significance of
patient information to current situation
Comparing and Contrasting - the process of looking for similarities and differences between
situations
Clustering related information - Grouping together information with a common theme to
determine issues, problems, or concerns.
Recognizing inconsistencies - realizing when pieces of information contradict each other
Judging how much ambiguity is acceptable - Nursing judgement based on acceptable normal
ranges may vary depending on a patient situation
Determining legal, ethical, and professional guidelines - Made with ethical, legal and professional
guidelines
Managing potential complications - Planned nursing interventions to decrease the risk of future
complications.
Identifying signs and symptoms - Indicates when a situation is normal, abnormal, or has changed.
, Checking accuracy and reliability - Actions based on inaccurate or unreliable information could
cause patient harm
Gathering complete and accurate data - Data collected from all available sources is used as the
basis for identifying issues, problems, and concerns
Assessing systematically and comprehensively - Use a systematic method of assessment so no
important information is missed
Nursing Process - five-step systematic method for giving patient care; involves assessing,
diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating
Aces tool - Assess function/expectation
Coordinate/manage care
use Evolving knowledge
make Situational decisions
Planning matches with? - Interpreting
Diagnosing matches with? - Interpreting
Assessing matches with? - Noticing (recognizing cues)
Evaluating matches with? - Reflecting (evaluate the outcome)
proficient nurse - understands a patient situation as a whole rather than as a list of tasks, attends
to an assessment data pattern, and acts without consciously labeling it
PQRST - provocative
quality
Identifying assumptions - Arriving at a conclusion without supporting evidence
Distinguishing relevant from irrelevant - Deciding what information is pertinent to the patient
Predicting (and managing) potential complications - Look at the big picture to prepare for
potential future complications
Determining the importance of information - Ability to determine importance or significance of
patient information to current situation
Comparing and Contrasting - the process of looking for similarities and differences between
situations
Clustering related information - Grouping together information with a common theme to
determine issues, problems, or concerns.
Recognizing inconsistencies - realizing when pieces of information contradict each other
Judging how much ambiguity is acceptable - Nursing judgement based on acceptable normal
ranges may vary depending on a patient situation
Determining legal, ethical, and professional guidelines - Made with ethical, legal and professional
guidelines
Managing potential complications - Planned nursing interventions to decrease the risk of future
complications.
Identifying signs and symptoms - Indicates when a situation is normal, abnormal, or has changed.
, Checking accuracy and reliability - Actions based on inaccurate or unreliable information could
cause patient harm
Gathering complete and accurate data - Data collected from all available sources is used as the
basis for identifying issues, problems, and concerns
Assessing systematically and comprehensively - Use a systematic method of assessment so no
important information is missed
Nursing Process - five-step systematic method for giving patient care; involves assessing,
diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating
Aces tool - Assess function/expectation
Coordinate/manage care
use Evolving knowledge
make Situational decisions
Planning matches with? - Interpreting
Diagnosing matches with? - Interpreting
Assessing matches with? - Noticing (recognizing cues)
Evaluating matches with? - Reflecting (evaluate the outcome)
proficient nurse - understands a patient situation as a whole rather than as a list of tasks, attends
to an assessment data pattern, and acts without consciously labeling it
PQRST - provocative
quality
