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Nurs 326 Exam 1 review Study Guide
ADPIE - Ans:✔✔-assess, diagnosis, plan, implement, evaluate
Nursing Process - Ans:✔✔-a method to practice in organized systematic way
leads to inferences about the meaning of patient's response to a health problem or the patient's
functional state of health
Assessment - Ans:✔✔-collection and verification of data from patients & secondary sources as family
then analysis
purpose of assessment - Ans:✔✔-establish database about the patients needs health problems and
responses to these problems
- nurse need to assess all factors that influence content, ability to learn and available resources
What is the best source of data collection? - Ans:✔✔-PATIENT
then family
Subjective data - Ans:✔✔-what the patient states
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nonverbal communication
eye contact
comprehensive assessment approaches - Ans:✔✔-systematic
use structured data base
Gordon's model of functional health
assessment move general to specific
Steps in interview process - Ans:✔✔-set the stage
collect information
assure the patient of confidentiality
terminate the interview
interview techniques - Ans:✔✔-general lead- open ended questions
restate information
use reflection
state the implied
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focus the discussion
validate subjective data from the interview later with objective data
Onset - Ans:✔✔-was it sudden or did it develop gradually
duration - Ans:✔✔-how long does it last- minutes, days or weeks
site and radiation - Ans:✔✔-where does it occur
aggravating and relieving features - Ans:✔✔-what makes it better or worse
associated symptoms - Ans:✔✔-when this problem happens does anything else occur
fluctuating - Ans:✔✔-is it always the same or is there a change
frequency - Ans:✔✔-have you had it before how often and when-timing
Special needs of patients - Ans:✔✔-hearing, speech or visually impaired
mentally challenged
language barrier
development level
those under the influence of drugs
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