Fundamental of Nursing Introduction Quiz

Nursing Practice

• Professional nurses learn to deliver care with compassion, empathy, and critical thinking skills.

Definition of Nursing

• Nursing is considered a unique blend of both an art and a science.

Basis of Nursing Practice

• The basis of nursing practice is integrating the art and science of nursing into daily care.

Career Paths in Nursing

• There are various career paths in nursing, including but not limited to pediatrics, oncology, and gerontology.

Nursing Process

• The nursing process is a systematic way to plan, implement, and evaluate care for individuals, families, groups, and communities.
• It involves continuous collection, organization, validation, and recording of data about a client's health status.

Phases of Nursing Process

• Assessment phase involves collecting data about a client's health status.
• Implementation phase involves taking action based on identified health problems.

Types of Assessment

• Initial assessment is performed within a specified time after admission to a health care agency.
• Focused assessment is done during a health crisis to identify life-threatening problems.
• Ongoing assessment is performed to determine specific problems identified in an earlier assessment and to identify new or overlooked problems.

Data Collection

• Subjective data includes symptoms or covert data that are apparent only to the affected person.
• Objective data includes detectable signs or overt data that can be observed by an observer.

Skills Needed for Nursing Process

• Communicating, listening, conveying interest, knowledge, and information are necessary skills for the assessment phase.
• Analyzing, problem-solving, critical thinking, and making nursing judgments are necessary skills for the implementation phase.