Nursing Process Overview

These flashcards provide key vocabulary and definitions about the nursing process, critical for understanding professional nursing practice.

Nursing Process

A framework for nursing practice that organizes and guides care delivery.

ADPIE

An acronym for the steps in the nursing process: Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation.

Assessment

The ongoing appraisal of a client's well-being and the collection of data.

Nursing Diagnosis

A description of observed client problems based on assessment data.

Planning

The step involving prioritization of nursing diagnoses and establishment of goals.

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

A framework that organizes human needs from physiological to self-actualization.

Independent Nursing Interventions

Actions initiated by nurses without needing a physician's order.

Collaborative Interventions

Care actions that require cooperation among health care professionals.

Evaluation

The final step in the nursing process that assesses the outcomes of nursing interventions.

Subjective Data

Information collected from the client that cannot be measured directly.

Objective Data

Measurable signs and observable information collected during assessment.