LP9
The project focused on preparing future nurses with knowledge, skills, and attitudes to continuously improve healthcare quality and safety.
Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)
Approximately when did person-centered care emerge as a return to the holistic roots of healthcare?
about 30 years ago
A direct understanding of a situation based on a background of experience, knowledge, and skill leading to expert decisions.
Intuitive problem solving
According to the notes, what is the definition of "competency"?
an expected level of performance that integrates knowledge, skills, abilities, and judgement
Nursing actions that require all four competencies are referred to as what?
Blended competencies
A systematic way to form and shape one's thinking, which is disciplined, comprehensive, and based on intellectual standards.
Critical thinking
Which term defines the human mode of being in nursing?
Caring
Nursing practice that is considerate and compassionate is best described by which term?
Thoughtful practice
Name three standards for critical thinking.
clear, precise, specific (other valid answers include: accurate, relevant, plausible, consistent, logical, deep, broad, complete, significant, adequate, fair)
The thought processes used to think about patient problems in the clinical setting to arrive at a conclusion are termed as what?
Clinical reasoning
What are two key characteristics of critical-thinking indicators?
Evidence-based descriptions of behaviors that demonstrate knowledge, characteristics, and skills that promote critical thinking in clinical practice.
State one patient benefit of using the nursing process to guide patient care.
Scientifically based (other valid answers include: Holistic, Individualized care)
An instructional strategy where learners graphically display interrelationships between core concepts is known as what?
Concept mapping
Identify the seven steps involved in scientific problem solving.
Problem identification, Data collection, Hypothesis formulation, Plan of action, Hypothesis testing, Interpretation of results, Evaluation.
The conclusion, decision, or option made after analyzing patient information, resulting from critical thinking and decision-making, is called what?
Clinical judgment
The perception of environmental elements, comprehension of their meaning, and projection of their future status.
Situational awareness (SA)
List the five steps of the nursing process.
Assess, Diagnose, Plan, Implement, Evaluate.
What is the primary characteristic of trial-and-error problem solving?
involves testing any number of solutions until one is found that works for that particular problem.
Explain the distinction between clinical reasoning and clinical judgment.
Clinical reasoning refers to the thought processes used to think about patient problems in the clinical setting to arrive at a conclusion, while clinical judgment is the result or observed outcome of critical thinking and decision making, representing the conclusion, decision, or option made after analyzing information.
What three factors are involved in creative thinking?
imagination, intuition, and spontaneity
The amount of information a person can hold in their memory at one time is referred to as what?
Cognitive load
The relationship between a caregiver and the person receiving care, focused on promoting or restoring health and well-being.
Therapeutic relationship
State one nursing benefit of using the nursing process to guide patient care.
Clear, efficient and cost-effective plan of action (other valid answers include: Satisfaction that they are making an important difference in patients lives, Opportunity to grow professionally as they evaluate the effectiveness of interventions and variables that contribute)
What does the acronym ADPIE represent in the nursing process?
Assess, Diagnose, Plan, Implement, Evaluate.
A purposeful activity that leads to action, improvement of practice, and better patient outcomes is called what?
Reflective practice