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Nursing Process is
a way of thinking and acting based on scientific method
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Nursing Process is
a tool for identifying patients problems and an organized method for meeting patients need
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Five components of the nursing process are
assessment(data collection), nursing diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation.
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What does Patient input result in?
Patient input during the planning stage results in more success with the plan of care.
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Assessment(Data collection) is
collecting, organizing, documenting, and validating data about a patients health status.
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Nursing diagnosis is
the process by which the assessment data are sorted and analyzed so that specific actual and potential health problems are identified.
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Planning is
a series of steps by which the nurse and the patient set priorities and goals to eliminate or diminish the identified problems.
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Implementation is
carrying out the nursing interventions in a systemic way. Nurses carry out the interventions or delegates some of them to an appropriate person.
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Evaluation is
assessing the patient's response to the nursing intervention. The responses are compared with the expected outcome to see to what extent the outcomes have been achieved.
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Critical means
requiring careful judgment.
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Thinking means
to reason.
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Critical thinking is
directed, purposeful, mental activity by which ideas are evaluated, plans are constructed, and desired outcomes are decided.
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The problem-solving process is
- 1. define the problem
- 2. consider all possible alternatives as solutions to the problem
- 3. consider the possible outcomes for each alternative
- 4. predict the likelihood of each outcome occuring
- 5. choose the alternative with the best chance of success that has the fewest undesirable outcomes.
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Decision making is
choosing the best actions to meet a desired goal and is part of the critical thinking process.
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Priority setting (prioritizing)
involves placing nursing diagnosis or nursing interventions in order of importance.
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When looking at prioritizing such tasks,
you must consider what will happen if the task is not done on time.
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The goal is
to avoid having your decision cause injury to anyone.
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With critical thinking skills,
you can weigh many factors and skillfully solve problems, making good decisions a majority of the time.
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Critical thinking involves a variety of skills
effective reading, effective writing, attentive listening, and effective communicating are the foundation skills.
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