Across
- 3. the ability to recognise important aspects of an undefined clinical situation, interpret their meanings and respond appropriately
- 6. the nurse is able to relate information to the context of the patient while reasoning about care
- 7. freedom to determine one's own actions
- 13. adoption of health-promotion behaviours and avoidance of health-risk behaviour
- 15. activities performed by an individual on their own to maintain life, health and wellbeing
- 17. physical or objective indication of some medical fact detected by a health professional by means of an examination of a patient
- 18. problem solving activity with the following steps: assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning and implementation
- 19. purposeful, outcome-directed thinking that's based on a body of scientific knowledge derived from research and other sources of evidence
- 20. the degree to which a person is able to perform activities of living without assistance from the nurse
- 22. general sense of wellbeing that stems from satisfaction or dissatisfaction with areas of life that are considered to be important
- 23. state of imbalance that effects biological or psychological aspects of a person's functioning
- 24. subjective physical or mental feature which is regarded as indicating an illness
- 25. knowing that is based on the theories, facts, models, and principles of a specific discipline
- 27. complex processes undertaken by individuals to ensure survival
Down
- 1. a decision regarding the nursing care that should be applied is made and the actions executed
- 2. an idea or theory containing various conceptual elements
- 4. the degree to which a person is unable to perform activities of living and needs the assistance of the nurse to address their basic needs
- 5. the processes by which nurses make their judgements
- 8. approach to practice established through the formation and fostering of therapeutic relationships between all care providers, including the patient and his/her family, underpinned by respect, autonomy, mutual respect and understanding
- 9. general physical, psychological and social wellbeing and not only the absence of disease
- 10. developing a sufficient understanding of the situation to respond
- 11. attending to the patient's responses to the nursing action while in the process of action
- 12. person who uses the healthcare system
- 13. parts of a person that are intimately interconnected and that the complete person can only be understood in reference to the interlinked whole
- 14. deciding on a course of action deemed appropriate for the situation
- 16. perceptual grasp of the situation at hand based on previous knowledge and experience
- 21. actions a person takes when becoming aware of a health problem to obtain help with the diagnosis and treatment of illness
- 26. a continuum on which an individual moves from birth to death