Nursing Process, Planning, and Vital Signs Review

Vocabulary-style flashcards covering the nursing process, planning phases, and the assessment of vital signs based on lecture materials.

Nursing Diagnosis

A label for a problem resulting from a medical diagnosis that identifies patient problems and results from an assessment of patient needs.

Nursing Process

A decision-making framework used to determine patient needs and care, providing a structure for organizing nursing care.

Expected Outcomes

Statements of measurable actions for the patient that focus on what the patient is expected to achieve and help determine if goals are being met.

Nursing Goal

The component of a care plan that provides overall direction for improving a problem and describes the overall improvement desired.

Six Vital Signs

The group of measurements consisting of temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and pain.

Objective Data

Measurable facts or observations, such as a temperature of $101.2^{\circ}F$.

Subjective Data

Information based on patient opinion or reports, such as a patient stating, "I feel dizzy" or reporting a pain level of $8/10$.

Pulse

The measurement of the number of heartbeats per minute.

Tachycardia

A pulse rate in an adult described as being $110\,\text{beats/minute}$.

Bradycardia

A pulse rate in an adult described as being $52\,\text{beats/minute}$.

Respirations

The assessment of a patient's breathing rate.

Bradypnea

A respiratory rate of $8\,\text{breaths/minute}$.

Tachypnea

A respiratory rate of $28\,\text{breaths/minute}$ in an adult.

Blood Pressure

The measurement of the pressure of blood against the walls of the arteries.

Systolic Pressure

The first or top number in a blood pressure reading.

Diastolic Pressure

The bottom number in a blood pressure reading.

$$SpO_2$$

The measurement of oxygen saturation.

Pulse Oximeter

The device commonly used to measure oxygen saturation.

Pain

A vital sign that is defined as whatever the patient says it is.

$0-10$ Numeric Scale

The pain rating scale commonly used for an alert adult who can communicate.