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The Nursing Process and Critical Thinking/Clinical Judgment

Potter, P. A., Perry, A. G., Stockert, P., & Hall, A. (2023). Fundamentals of nursing (11th ed.). Elsevier.
Across
Carrying out the plan of care. Performing interventions.
Information perceived only by the affected person or what the patient tells you is considered. _______ assessment data.
The first step in the nursing process is ________.
When establishing _______ of care the nurse will select physiological needs according to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Basic human need to function will always be the _______ priority.
A Handbook of Nursing Diagnosis can be found in the Library Guides section in Canvas under the Diagnosis and Pharmacology Sources section? True/False
A critical thinker makes _______ _______ about the care of patients based on each clinical situation.
A crucial component of the nursing process is a ______ _____ which serves as a road map that guides all nurses involved in a patient’s care.
All components of the nursing process are an ______ process that requires continuous assessment and clinical judgment.
A ______ ______ considers what is important in each clinical situation, imagines and explores alternatives, and considers ethical principles.
Collecting, validating, and communicating of patient data.
Measuring extent to which patient achieved the intended outcomes. Did the interventions work?
Down
Observable and measurable data that can be seen, heard, or felt by someone other than the patient is considered _______ assessment data.
The _______ ______ requires you to systematically analyze patient data, draw conclusions about patient problems, devise a care plan to address those problems, implement the plan, evaluate the plan’s effectiveness, and revise the plan if necessary.
During the evaluation phase if goals/outcomes are not met the nurse will _______ the nursing process to establish new goals.
Analyzing patient data to identify patient problems.
The nursing process is more than just an acronym. It is what the nurse is doing every day when caring for the patient. True/False
Evaluation also involves assessment but is considered evaluation _____ an intervention has been performed.
The term ______ is often used in nursing and represents the ____ of a particular problem/situation.
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Basic Human Needs includes; ________ needs, safety needs, love and belonging needs, self-esteem needs, and self-actualization needs.
Specifying patient outcomes (goals) and related nursing interventions.