Fundamentals Of Nursing (Ncm 103) - Midterm Reviewer

FON LECTURE (MIDTERMS)Lesson 1: Nursing ProcessNursing Process – a systematic, rational method of planning and providing individualized nursing care. Purpose:To identify client’s health status and actual potential health care problems or needs.To establish plans to meet the identifies needsTo deliver specific nursing interventions to meet those needs.Establish plansDeliver specific nursing interventionEvaluates careThe client may be an individual, a family, a community, or a group.ORIGIN OF THE TERM NURSING PROCESSRefers nursing process as the series of phases describing the practice of nursing.Hall – 1955Johnson – 1959Orlando – 1961Wiedenbach – 1963SIX PHASES OF NURSING PROCESS (ANA, 2010)AssessmentDiagnosisOutcomes IdentificationPlanningImplementationEvaluationNCLEX – National Licensure Examination Registered Nurses6 steps in USA5 steps in Philippines (Assessment analysis, Planning, Implementing, Evaluation)CRITICAL THINKING AND CLINICAL REASONINGThe practice of nursing requires critical thinking and clinical reasoning.Critical Thinking – process of intentional higher-level thinking to define a client’s problem, examine the evidence-based practice in caring for the client, and make choices in