N. Invent Ch2

a combination of reasoned thinking, openness to alternatives, an ability to reflect, and a desire to seek truth

the cognitive processes used in complex thinking operations such as problem-solving and dicision making

• not the same as intellectual skills, are more like feelings and traits of mind
• determine whether you will use your skills fairly and with an open mind

more than one health problem occuring at one time

• Assessment
• Diagnosis
• Planning outcomes
• Planning interventions
• Implementation
• Evaluation

• work with the client to decide goals for your care 
• client outcomes you want to achieve through your nursing activities
• This will drive your choice of intervientions

• phase in nursing process in which you develop a list of possible interventions based on nursing knowledge
• choose those most likely to help client to achieve the stated goals
• best interventions are evidence based, meaning supported by sound research

• knowing - what an event (ex: illness) means in the life of the pt
• being with - emotionally present for pt (eye contact, active listening)
• doing for - doing what the pt would do for himself if he could (ex: bathing, etc)
• enabling - supporting pt through coping w life changes and unfamiliar events (ex: hospitalization)
• maintaining belief - having faith in pt's ability to get through change or event and find fulfillment and meaning

• a unique blend of thinking, doing and caring
• performed by nurses who fully develop and apply nursing knowledge, critical thinking, and nursing process to pt situations for purpose of effecting good outcomes

thinking, doing, caring, and pt situation

• potential complication
• cannot be prevented with nursing interventions alone
• many different professions coming together to solve the problem