Pathways Test #2

Front 1

What are the 5 parts of the nursing process?

Back 1

1. Assessment
2. Nursing Diagnosis
3.Planning
4. Implementation
5.Evaluation

Front 2

What is the purpose of the nursing process

Back 2

"...to diagnose and treat human responses to actual or potential health problems"

Front 3

Define the assessment phase of the nursing process

Back 3

Collecting, organizing, documenting, and validating data about a patient's health status

Front 4

Define the diagnosis phase of the nursing process

Back 4

The assessment data is sorted and analyzed so specific health problems are identified

Front 5

Define the planning stage of the nursing process

Back 5

series of steps by which the nurse and client set priorities and goals to eliminate or diminish the identified problems

Front 6

Define the implementation stage of the nursing process

Back 6

Carrying out the nursing interventions in a systemic way

Front 7

Define the evaluation phase of the nursing process

Back 7

Assessing the client's response to the nursing interventions

Front 8

What is the purpose of a care plan?

Back 8

Enhances the continuity of nursing care by listing specific nursing interventions needed to achieve care