Implementing and Evaluating Nursing Care

These flashcards cover key vocabulary and concepts from Chapter 15 on Implementing and Evaluating Nursing Care from the textbook.

Implementation

The step that initiates or completes planned actions or nursing interventions.

Direct Interventions

Treatments performed through interactions with patients.

Indirect Interventions

Treatments performed away from the patient but on behalf of the patient or a group of patients.

Independent nursing interventions

Nurse-initiated interventions that do not require direction or orders from other health care providers.

Dependent nursing interventions

Interventions that require orders from physicians or nurse practitioners.

Collaborative nursing interventions

Interventions that require the knowledge, skill, and expertise of numerous health care providers.

Evidence-informed practice

The requirement for nurses to have the specific knowledge and skills to provide safe patient care.

Critical Thinking

The process of using good judgment and decision making before interventions are performed.

Nursing diagnosis

A clinical judgment about an individual, family, or community in response to actual or potential health problems.

ADLs

Activities of daily living, which are tasks related to self-care.

Evaluation

The final step of the nursing process involving examination of a condition or situation and judgment as to whether change has occurred.

Evaluative criteria

Standards used to assess the outcomes of nursing interventions.

Expected outcomes

The changes that occur in response to nursing care.

Person-Centred Goals

Goals established to meet individual patient needs and expectations.

Nurse's Competence

Having current knowledge and skills to carry out nursing interventions effectively.

Documentation

The process of recording pertinent patient information and nursing actions.

Collaboration

Working with other health care professionals to enhance nursing care and patient outcomes.

Cognitive skills

Mental skills used for processing information and making decisions.

Interpersonal skills

The skills used to interact and communicate effectively with patients and team members.

Psychomotor skills

Physical skills required to perform nursing tasks and procedures.