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Nursing process (ADPIE) - Answer-assessment diagnosis planning implementation evaluation A-assessment - Answer--Collect data about patient's physical, psychological, social, cultural, developmental, and spiritual needs from patient, family, diagnostic tests, medical record, nursing history, and literature D-diagnosis - Answer--Identify appropriate nursing diagnoses based on assessment findings P-planning - Answer--Develop an individualized care plan. Set diagnosis priorities based on p...

What is the nursing process? - Answer-provides the framework in which nurses use their knowledge and skills to express human caring What are the 5 parts of the nursing process? - Answer-Assessment Diagnosis Planning Implementation Evaluation What is a diagnosis? - Answer-analyzing the data , identifying the problem During a assessment of a patient what type of data is the nurse collecting? - Answer-Subjective and Objective data What is the key for planning ? - Answer-Making sure goals ...

Nursing process (ADPIE) - correct answer assessment diagnosis planning implementation evaluation A-assessment - correct answer -Collect data about patient's physical, psychological, social, cultural, developmental, and spiritual needs from patient, family, diagnostic tests, medical record, nursing history, and literature D-diagnosis - correct answer -Identify appropriate nursing diagnoses based on assessment findings P-planning - correct answer -Develop an individualized care plan....

The nurse is communicating with a 25-year-old diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia. Which action indicates that the patient is in the resolution stage of psychosocial adaptation? The patient blames God for the diagnosis. The patient insists that no one is telling the truth. The patient avoids giving consent for treatment and procedures. The patient asks questions about his or her treatment or prognosis. - The patient asks questions about his or her treatment or prognosis.

. C ____ 2. L ____ 3. A ____ 4. R ____ 5. A ____ a. The nurse acknowledges that it is absolutely reasonable for patients to expect that their health care providers care about their situations and that it is disappointing when they have experiences that make them feel like they do not. b. The nurse uses a relaxation technique before responding to the patient's concerns. Calm yourself. Take a deep breath. Check your pulse. c. The nurse says, "I want to help you. I can do that better if...

A 6-month-old child from Guatemala was adopted by an American family in Indiana. The child's socialization into the American midwestern culture is best described as: A. Assimilation. B. Acculturation. C. Biculturalism. D. Enculturation. - D. Enculturation.

Culture - refers to the learned and shared beliefs, values, norms, and traditions of a particular group, which guide our thinking, decisions, and actions. Unconscious/Implicit Bias - a bias that an individual is unaware of and that happens outside his or her control; it is influenced by personal background, cultural environment, and personal experiences. Culturally Congruent Care - care that fits peoples valued life patterns and sets of meanings generated from the people themselves. Someti...

Chapter 9 Cultural Awareness - A new nurse is caring for a hospitalized obese patient who is homeless. This is the first time the patient has been admitted to the hospital, and the patient is scheduled for surgery. Which of the following is a universal skill that will help the nurse work effectively with this patient? a. The nurse shifts her focus to understanding the patient by asking her, "Describe for me the course of your illness." b. The nurse tells the patient, "Your choices of f...

culture - an element of ethnicity, refers to integrated patterns of human behavior that include the language, thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups values - beliefs about the worth of something and serve as standards that influence behavior and thinking. value orientation - learned and shared through the socialization process, reflect the personality type of a particular society