NUR 200 WEEK 3
Identify two steps of a nursing assessment - Answer-Collection of info from primary and secondary
sources; interpretation and validation of data
Identify the variety of sources where data can be obtained - Answer-The patient through interviews,
observations and physical exam; family members or significant others; other members of the health
team; medical record info; scientific and medical literature
List some types of nursing assessments - Answer-The patient-centered interview during the history and
physical exam and periodic assessments during rounding or administering care
Cue - Answer-is information that you obtain through your senses
Inference - Answer-your judgment or interpretation of these cues
List Gordon's 11 functional health patterns - Answer-health perception- health management pattern;
nutritional-metabolic pattern; elimination pattern; sleep-rest pattern; activity-exercise pattern; sleep-
rest pattern; cognitive-perceptual pattern; self-perception--self-concept pattern; role-relationship
pattern; sexuality-reproductive pattern; coping-stress tolerance pattern; value-belief pattern
, Subjective data - Answer-patients' verbal descriptions of their health problems
Objective data - Answer-observations or measurements of a patient's health status
describe motivational interviewing - Answer-a process that addresses a patient's ambivalence to
medically indicated behavior change and supports patients in making health care decisions
List the communication skills that are needed to effectively communicate - Answer-courtesy; comfort;
connection; confirmation
Three phases of all patient-centered interviews - Answer-orientation and setting an agenda; working
phase: collecting assessment; terminating an interview
Observation - Answer-nonverbal communication
Open-ended questions - Answer-prompts patients to describe a situation (tell their story) in more than
one or two words
Leading questions - Answer-a question that prompts or encourages the desired answer.
Back channeling - Answer-active listening prompts such as "all right," "go on," or "uh-huh."
probing - Answer-encourages a full description without trying to control the direction of the story. " Is
there something more you want to tell me? "
direct closed-ended questions - Answer-limit the patient's answers to one or two words
Identify two steps of a nursing assessment - Answer-Collection of info from primary and secondary
sources; interpretation and validation of data
Identify the variety of sources where data can be obtained - Answer-The patient through interviews,
observations and physical exam; family members or significant others; other members of the health
team; medical record info; scientific and medical literature
List some types of nursing assessments - Answer-The patient-centered interview during the history and
physical exam and periodic assessments during rounding or administering care
Cue - Answer-is information that you obtain through your senses
Inference - Answer-your judgment or interpretation of these cues
List Gordon's 11 functional health patterns - Answer-health perception- health management pattern;
nutritional-metabolic pattern; elimination pattern; sleep-rest pattern; activity-exercise pattern; sleep-
rest pattern; cognitive-perceptual pattern; self-perception--self-concept pattern; role-relationship
pattern; sexuality-reproductive pattern; coping-stress tolerance pattern; value-belief pattern
, Subjective data - Answer-patients' verbal descriptions of their health problems
Objective data - Answer-observations or measurements of a patient's health status
describe motivational interviewing - Answer-a process that addresses a patient's ambivalence to
medically indicated behavior change and supports patients in making health care decisions
List the communication skills that are needed to effectively communicate - Answer-courtesy; comfort;
connection; confirmation
Three phases of all patient-centered interviews - Answer-orientation and setting an agenda; working
phase: collecting assessment; terminating an interview
Observation - Answer-nonverbal communication
Open-ended questions - Answer-prompts patients to describe a situation (tell their story) in more than
one or two words
Leading questions - Answer-a question that prompts or encourages the desired answer.
Back channeling - Answer-active listening prompts such as "all right," "go on," or "uh-huh."
probing - Answer-encourages a full description without trying to control the direction of the story. " Is
there something more you want to tell me? "
direct closed-ended questions - Answer-limit the patient's answers to one or two words
