Fundamentals DNI Final

An organized sequence of problem-solving steps used to identify and manage the health problems of clients

An object can be measured

Spoken by the subject

• Assessment
• Diagnosis
• Planning
• Implementation
• Evaluation
• "If you have a problem, just ADD PIE."

• Within the LEGAL SCOPE of nursing
• Based on KNOWLEDGE
• Planned
• Client centered
• Goal directed
• Prioritized
• Dynamic

• 1. Physiologic needs (breathing...)
• 2. Safety and security
• 3. Love and belonging
• 4. Esteem and self-esteem
• 5. Self-actualization

• Imbalanced Nutrition: Less than body requirements
• Ineffective brathing pattern
• Pain
• Impaired swallowing
• Urinary retention

• Risk for injury
• Impaired verbal communication
• Disturbed thought processes
• Anxiety
• Fear

• Social isolation
• Impaired social interactions
• Interrupted family processes
• Parental role conflict

• Disturbed body image
• Powerlessness
• Care-giver role strain
• Ineffective breast feeding

• Delayed growth and development
• Spirtitual distress

outcomes achievable in a few days to 1 week

Desireable outcomes that take weeks or months to accomplish (30-90 days)

• Client centered
• Measureable
• Realistic
• Accompanied by a target date

measures that the client and the nurse will use to accomplish identified goals

Nurse and Dr.

lawsuits in which a plaintiff charges that a defendent commited a deliberately aggressive act

• Assault
• Battery
• False imprisonment
• Invasion of privacy
• Defamation

an act in which bodily harm is threatened or attempted

any unauthorized physical contact; can include touching a persons body, clothing, CHAIR OR BED

Contact happened without the plaintiff's consent

interference with a persons freedom to move about at will without legal authority to do so

devices or chemicals that restrict movement

failure to leave people and their property alone

an act in which untrue information harms a person's reputation

character attack, uttered orally in the presence of others

Damaging statements written and read by others

what is put into writting that the person wants to have happen to them in case something happens to them

• Living will
• Power of attorney

Choronic: long-term and develops gradually

Acute: short-term and SERVERE

Terminal: walking dead