NSG 3325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nursing Process, Evidence-Based Practice, Pharmacology
Document Summary
Number of practice settings is growing with changes in health care industry. Areas of slack - pharmacology, pathophysiology, nursing process, and interpretation of assessment data. Nursing process closely associated with nurse"s clinical decision making. To provide the highest quality and most cost effective car to patients and families. Clinical decisions based upon best available evidence clinical expertise patient preferences. Situation - patient, room number, age, vitals, code status, and concerns. Background - mental status, lab values, important medications. Quality and safety education for nurses (qsen) competencies. Ineffective interprofessional communication is root cause for errors. Care bundles - guidelines (standard procedures) for care for client"s with common disease. Helps treat clients due to previous research and effective treatment. Core measures - interventions for certain disease is performed by certain time for insurance. Example: core measure for chest pain > ekg within rst 10 minutes of arrival. Sometimes need to be performed for insurance to pay.
