Fundamentals of nursing exam #1

Assessment

The RN collects comprehensive pertinent data and information relative to the healthcare consumer’s health or the situation.

Diagnosis

The RN analyzes assessment data to determine actual or potential diagnoses, problems, and issues.

Outcomes Identification

The RN identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the healthcare consumer or the situation.

Planning

The RN develops a collaborative plan encompassing strategies to achieve expected outcomes.

Implementation

The RN implements the identified plan.

Evaluation

The RN evaluates progress toward attainment of goals and outcomes.

Ethics in Nursing

The RN integrates ethics in all aspects of practice.

Patient Advocate

Protects patients’ safety and legal rights, communicates their concerns, and ensures they understand their treatment.

Caregiver

Provides holistic care by addressing patients’ physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs.

Clinical Judgement

The skill of recognizing cues regarding a clinical situation, generating and weighing hypotheses, taking action, and evaluating outcomes.

Nursing Process

A cyclical, iterative, and dynamic process consisting of assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation.

Person-centered care

Essential nursing competency focused on the patient’s individual needs and preferences.

Interprofessional Collaboration

Working with professionals from other disciplines to enhance patient care.

Evidence-based Practice (EBP)

The integration of clinical expertise, patient values, and the best research evidence into the decision-making process for patient care.

Informatics and Technology

Use of information technology to support clinical practice and improve health outcomes.

Chain of Infection

A sequence of events that allows for the spread of infection, including the infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, and susceptible host.

Droplet Precautions

Precautions that include a gown, surgical mask, and gloves to prevent the spread of infections through respiratory droplets.

Standard Precautions

Precautions including hand hygiene and gloves to reduce the risk of transmission of microorganisms.

Aseptic Practices

Practices aimed at preventing infection by maintaining a sterile environment.

Quality of Practice

The RN contributes to quality nursing practice.

Resource Stewardship

The RN utilizes appropriate resources to provide safe, effective, and financially responsible nursing services.

Professional Practice Evaluation

The RN evaluates one’s own and others’ nursing practice.

Environmental Health

The RN practices in a manner that advances environmental safety and health.