Exam 6: Nursing Process and Critical Thinking

Nursing orders,as opposed to physician's orders,prescribe activities that:

The identification of a disease or condition by a scientific evaluation of physical signs,symptoms,history,laboratory test,and procedures is known as a _________ _______.

During an admission assessment the nurse collects objective and subjective data.An example of subjective data is that the patient:

The standards that name and measure patient outcomes are referred to as ___________.

Objective data the nurse would include after a patient assessment includes:

Which data set is an example of a cue cluster?

Subjective data provided by the patient included complaints of intermittent chest pain upon exertion.When performing a complete physical examination,the nurse might use an organized approach such as:

The primary purpose of nursing orders is to:

When writing an actual nursing diagnosis,the "related to" part links the first two parts of the diagnosis.Complete the following nursing diagnosis appropriately.Dehydration related to:

When writing expected outcomes,the nurse should adhere to accepted criteria,which include:

On admission,the patient who should receive a focused assessment is the:

The nurse uses the "risk for" nursing diagnoses as identified from the:

What type of assessment is performed continuously throughout nurse-patient contact?

The documentation that reflects implementation is:

Human responses to levels of wellness in an individual,family,or community that have a readiness for enhancement are known as a _____________ ____________ ____________.

When a problem is suspected but data to support it are lacking,the nursing diagnosis is: