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VCE 1: Lesson 3: Critical Thinking In Nursing Practice

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VCE 1: Lesson 3: Critical Thinking in Nursing Practice Reading Assignment in Potter, P., Perry, A., Stockert, P., & Hall, A. (2013). Fundamentals of nursing (8th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Mosby. ...  Nursing Assessment (Chapter 16)  Nursing Diagnosis (Chapter 17)  Planning for Nursing Care (Chapter 18)  Implementing Nursing Care (Chapter 19)  Evaluation (Chapter 20)  Documentation and Informatics (Chapter 26, pages 357-358) Patient: Patricia Newman, Medical-Surgical Floor, Room 406 Objectives:  Assess the health care needs of two patients.  Develop nursing diagnoses from available data.  Identify priorities of nursing care for two patients.  Develop goals and outcome statements.  Discuss factors to consider in choosing nursing interventions. Exercise 1 Writing This exercise will take approximately 30 minutes to complete. 1. A nurse is preparing to start her shift on a medical-surgical unit. Which of the following factors concerning the change-of-shift report (hand-off report) will be most important for the nurse to consider? (Hint: See pages 357-358 in your textbook.) a. Next anticipated dressing change b. Patient's personality c. Patient's family support d. Off-going nurse's opinion about the patient's family background Ans: a 2. Indicate whether the following statement is true or false. Physiologic diagnoses have a higher priority than psychologic diagnoses. Ans: false 3. Indicate whether the following statement is true or false. The Kardex provides a filing system for recording the physician's orders. Ans: false [Show More]

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