Skills Unit 1, Chapter 4

4. The process of determining priorities and what nursing actions should be performed
5. is the process of taking actions (also called interventions)
7. The formulation of nursing diagnoses though an analysis of the assessment information
10. Creating a relationship of mutual trust and understanding
11. Signs and symptoms, such as short of breath or cyanotic
12. Patient care that includes the physician orders, nursing diagnoses, and nursing orders
14. Using skillful reasoning and logical thought to determine the merits of a belief or action
18. When the nurse interacts directly with the patient.
19. Information that is known only to the patient and family members

1. A possible explanation of what is happening
2. When nurses use critical thinking and turn it into nursing actions
3. Knowing when one symptom is more important than another to intervene with
6. is performed when the nurse reflects on the interventions and determines whether the intervention helped achieve the goal
8. to gather information through signs/symptoms, patient history, and subjective and objective findings
9. A decision-making framework used by all nurses to determine the needs of their patients and to decide how to care for them
13. Statements of measurable action for the patient within a specific time frame and in response to a nursing intervention
15. When the nurse provides assistance in a setting other than with the patient
16. Those things that you can observe through your senses of hearing, sight, smell, and touch
17. Related to the needs or problems the patient is experiencing. Not medical diagnoses