Question

1. Define the following terminologies Critical thinking: Client-oriented: Data analysis: Medical diagnosis: Nursing diagnosis: Accountability: Interdependent actions: Interpersonal skills:

2. Identify how critical thinking is used in the problem-solving process

3. You are currently working with two clients who have had a stroke. Both clients are paralyzed on the right side. Based on your understanding of holistic nursing and of individualized client care, describe factors that you would expect to consider when working with each client to design a plan of care

4. Differentiate between objective data and subjective data. Give examples of each.

5. Identify sources of observation that the nurse uses when developing a plan of care for a client. Give examples of each source.

6. Describe the statement: Discharge planning begins on admission of the client into a facility.

7. Identify the three main skills used in implementing nursing care

8. Confidentiality is an important client right. List ways in which you ensure confidentiality in both manual and electronic charting.

9. State the reasons for maintaining a written and continuous health record.

10. During change – of – shift reporting what information would be helpful according to the nursing care guidelines.

Answer 1

1,

Client oriented: Client oriented means the activity or intervention is patient centered and it focuses on the clients well bein.

Data analysis: Data is the source of information which provide to draw a history of patient health and entire aspect of life.

Medical diagnosis: It is done by doctor by examine the health condition of patient and came at a conclusion it is medical diagnosis.

Nursing diagnosis:It is a clinical judgment about individual, family, or community responses to actual or potential health problems/life processes

Interdependent action: Those are the actions which are connected to each other and one had specific role in another action.

Interpersonal skills: It are the behaviors and tactics a person uses to interact with others effectively.

2,

Problem solving process is an important part of nursing process. To solve the problems in patient or in occupation we need to use the critical thinking. Each prolem had different solutions according to the situation so we need to use critical thinking.

3,

Patients had restricted mobility due to paralysis of oneside. So we need to provide proper position change and comfortable position to the patient. Change the position of patient in every 4 hours periodically. And assist atient in walking and teach ROM exercises etc.

Impaired skin integirity related to imobility so we need to provide position change and provide back care to the patient.

4,

Objective data	Subjective data
It is the data obtained by doctors and nurses through observing the patient condition.	It is the data obtained by patients own discription about self condition.
Eg. pain scale reading, BP	Eg. verbalization of pain, mood etc.