Baptist Rn - Fundamentals Of Nursing

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Likely condition of a client at the end of therapy or of a disease process, including the degree of wellness and the need for continuing care, medications, support, counseling, or education.

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expected outcome

Front 2

Desired results of nursing actions, set realistically by the nurse and client as part of the planning stage of the nursing process.

Back 2

goals

Front 3

Objective that is expected to be achieved over a longer period of time, usually over weeks or months.

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long-term goal

Front 4

Written guidelines of nursing care that document specific nursing diagnoses for the client and goals, interventions, and projected outcomes.

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nursing care plan

Front 5

Process of designing interventions to achieve the goals and outcomes of health care delivery.

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planning

Front 6

Reason for choosing a specific nursing action that is based on supporting literature.

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scientific rationale

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Objective that is expected to be achieved in a short period of time, usually less than a week.

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short-term goal

Front 8

A specific and measurable behavior or response that reflects a client's highest possible level of wellness and independence in function.

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client-centered goal

Front 9

Therapies that require the combined knowledge, skill and expertise of multiple health care professionals.

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collaborative intervention

Front 10

Those actions that require an order from a physician or another health care professional

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dependent nursing intervention

Front 11

Individual, family or community state behavior or perception that is measured along a continuum in response to a nursing intervention

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nurse-sensitive client outcome

Front 12

The order of nursing diagnoses using notations of urgency and/or importance, in order to establish a preferential order for nursing actions

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priority setting

Front 13

Actions that a nurse initiates without direction from a physician or other health care professional.

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independent nursing intervention

Front 14

Process involving the attachment, penetration, and embedding of the blastocyst in the lining of the uterine wall during the early stages of prenatal development.

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implantation

Front 15

What nursing leaders and educators revised their curricula to reflect.

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client-centered problems

Front 16

Process in which the help of a specialist is sought to identify ways to handle problems in client management or in the planning and implementation of programs.

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consultations

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Tool used in managed care that incorporates the treatment interventions of caregivers from all disciplines who normally care for a client. Designed for a specific case type, a pathway is used to manage the care of a client throughout a projected length of stay.

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critical pathway

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Trade name for card-filing system that allows for quick reference to the particular need of the client for certain aspects of nursing care.

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Kardex