Nursing - Clinical Decision Making
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- What is the nurse's role as a Continuing Care Planner?
- They assess the patient's needs across the continuum
- What is the nurse's role as a Coordinator of Care?
- They collaborate the patient's care with other team members
- What is the nurse's role as an Educator?
- With the healthcare team, they facilitates the patient's learning re: health promotion, disease/illness and their specific Rx
- What is the nurse's role as a Critical Thinker?
- They need to provide quality, cost-effective patient care
- How is critical thinking used in Analysis of Nursing Process (NP)?
- by examining ideas and identifying argument - analyzing data that may point to health problems
- What is the nurse's role as a Caregiver?
- They assess the patient; they analyze information to determine needs, develop the nursing dx, collaborate on problems; they plan for and carry out the patient's care, then evaluate that care
- How is critical thinking used in Assessment of Nursing Process (NP)?
- by systemically collecting Obj. and Subj. data to identify actual and potential problems
- How is critical thinking used in Implementation of Nursing Process (NP)?
- ACTION Phase - initiating specific Rx plan/POC
- How is critical thinking used in Planning of Nursing Process (NP)?
- by setting priorities and expected outcomes, selecting interventions and determining resources
- What is the relationship of critical thinking (CT) and Evidence Based Practice (EBP)?
- CT needs to be based on EBP; judgements based on scientific evidence, not tradition or guesswork; Evidence is result of research; Nursing has increased its research findings to base their practice on
- What is a Nursing Dx?
- a statement of the patient's actual or potential response to a disease/disorder
- How is critical thinking used in Evaluation of Nursing Process (NP)?
- by assessing outcomes and claims; indicating what degree a pt. has met their outcomes; includes documenting this also