N1030 Exam 1 Clarification Document PDF

**N1030 Exam 1 Clarification Document** **Unit 1 Clinical Judgment** **Learning Objectives:** 1. Describe how clinical judgment guides decision-making at each stage of the nursing process to promote patient-centered care. a. What are the steps in nursing process/clinical judgment?...

**N1030 Exam 1 Clarification Document** **Unit 1 Clinical Judgment** **Learning Objectives:** 1. Describe how clinical judgment guides decision-making at each stage of the nursing process to promote patient-centered care. a. What are the steps in nursing process/clinical judgment? b. What happens in each step of the clinical judgment? (e.g. thinking about what interventions you can perform during Generate Solutions). c. What is the difference between subjective and objective data? 2. Identify strategies for collecting accurate, relevant, and valid assessment data. d. What are methods of data collection? e. How and where can the nurse validate the data? 3. Utilize clinical judgment to prioritize nursing care based on patient needs. f. How do nurses prioritize nursing care? g. How do you determine which patient requires immediate attention? h. Which interventions should be prioritized first when addressing competing patient needs, and why? 4. Compare methods used to plan patient care. i. What do nurses use to plan care? i. Nursing care plans, critical pathways, clinical judgement model, etc. j. What are the different assessments and interventions a nurse can perform? 5. Describe the methods nurses use to evaluate nursing interventions. k. How does a nurse know if interventions were effective? l. What should the nurse do if the plan of care was not effective? m. How does a nurse know if a patient understands instructions? **Unit 2 -- Asepsis and Infection Control** **Learning Objectives:** 1. Differentiate the body's natural defenses against infection a. What are the components of the three defenses the body has against infection? b. What are the different types of immunity? 2. Identify factors that increase risks of developing an infection c. What factors increase risk for developing infections? 3. Compare the stages of infection d. What are the five stages of infection and what happens in each stage? 4. Compare and contrast localized infections and systemic infections e. What are signs and symptoms of localized infections vs systemic infections? 5. Differentiate between the aspects of infection classifications f. What are the different classifications of infection? 6. Identify the six links in the chain of infection g. What are the six links in the chain of infection? 7. Identify nursing interventions used to prevent the spread of infections h. What can nurses do to prevent the spread of infection? 8. Differentiate between Standard Precautions and Transmission-Based Precautions i. What are standard precautions? j. What are the different types of transmission-based precautions? k. What protection is needed for each precaution? 9. Differentiate between medical asepsis and surgical asepsis l. What is the difference between clean vs sterile technique? m. What methods are used to practice medical asepsis? n. What instances would indicate that sterility has been compromised? 10. Identify concerns of emerging pathogens and infectious diseases o. What are possible emerging infectious diseases and what is the nurse's role? 11. Calculate a variety of medical math problems p. Review Dosage Calculation Study Guide