The Nursing Process

Nursing Process

A systematic, five-step framework for professional nursing practice to ensure personalized patient care.

ADPIE

A mnemonic for the five steps of the nursing process: Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation.

Assessment

The first step of the nursing process involving data gathering from patients and other sources.

Subjective Data

Information provided by the patient about their symptoms and feelings.

Objective Data

Observable and measurable data collected during a physical examination.

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A new graduate nurse is overwhelmed by the complexity of patient care. Which standardized framework should the nurse utilize to ensure comprehensive and individualized care planning?

The Nursing Process, a systematic, five-step framework (Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation) that guides professional nursing practice to provide personalized patient care.

During orientation, a nurse educator emphasizes the sequence of the nursing process steps. What mnemonic is commonly used to remember these steps in the correct order?

ADPIE: Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation. Each letter represents a crucial step in the systematic approach to patient care.

A nurse is interviewing a patient admitted with abdominal pain. The nurse asks about the patient's medical history, current symptoms, and lifestyle. This activity is part of which phase of the nursing process?

Assessment. This is the initial and foundational step of the nursing process where the nurse gathers all relevant objective and subjective data about the patient's health status.

A patient tells the nurse, "I feel so dizzy every time I stand up," and "My throat hurts when I swallow." These statements are examples of what type of data?

Subjective Data. This refers to information perceived and reported by the patient, such as feelings, symptoms, and perceptions, which cannot be directly verified by others.

Upon assessment, the nurse records the patient's blood pressure as 160/98\ mmHg, notes a respiratory rate of 28\ breaths/min, and observes crackles in the lung bases. These findings represent what type of data?

Objective Data. This consists of measurable and observable facts detected by the nurse or others, such as vital signs, physical examination findings, and laboratory results.

A new graduate nurse is overwhelmed by the complexity of patient care. Which standardized framework should the nurse utilize to ensure comprehensive and individualized care planning?

The Nursing Process, a systematic, five-step framework (Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation) that guides professional nursing practice to provide personalized patient care.

During orientation, a nurse educator emphasizes the sequence of the nursing process steps. What mnemonic is commonly used to remember these steps in the correct order?

ADPIE: Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation. Each letter represents a crucial step in the systematic approach to patient care.

A nurse is interviewing a patient admitted with abdominal pain. The nurse asks about the patient's medical history, current symptoms, and lifestyle. This activity is part of which phase of the nursing process?

Assessment. This is the initial and foundational step of the nursing process where the nurse gathers all relevant objective and subjective data about the patient's health status.

A patient tells the nurse, "I feel so dizzy every time I stand up," and "My throat hurts when I swallow." These statements are examples of what type of data?

Subjective Data. This refers to information perceived and reported by the patient, such as feelings, symptoms, and perceptions, which cannot be directly verified by others.

Upon assessment, the nurse records the patient's blood pressure as 160/98\ mmHg, notes a respiratory rate of 28\ breaths/min, and observes crackles in the lung bases. These findings represent what type of data?

Objective Data. This consists of measurable and observable facts detected by the nurse or others, such as vital signs, physical examination findings, and laboratory results.

A nursing instructor asks students to define the fundamental framework that guides all professional nursing actions to ensure comprehensive, individualized care. What term best describes this systematic, five-step approach?

The Nursing Process.

A student nurse is preparing for a clinical rotation and wants to quickly recall the steps of the nursing process. Which mnemonic is most widely used to remember these sequential steps?

ADPIE (Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation).

Before a nurse can formulate a care plan, they must first gather all relevant information, including patient history, current symptoms, and physical findings. This initial phase of data collection is known as which ethical step of the nursing process?

The Assessment phase.

During a client interview, the client reports experiencing 'sharp, stabbing pain in my left arm' and 'feeling nauseous after meals.' These types of statements are categorized as what kind of data?

Subjective Data.

A pediatric nurse observes a child's skin turgor, auscultates lung sounds, and measures their capillary refill time. The data collected from these actions are considered what type of information?

Objective Data.