NSE 11A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Nursing Process, Nursing Diagnosis, Problem Solving
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An individual family or community may be considered a client. Problem solving and critical thinking are interpersonal skills. The steps of the nursing process are completely separate; one must be completed before another is begun. The nursing process cannot be used in clinics and other outpatient settings. A nursing diagnosis is a statement of a client"s potential or actual health problems or life processes that nurses are licensed and able to treat. Outcome criteria are standards used to determine the extent to which goals of care have been met. Match the phases of the nursing process with the examples of activities that occur in that phase. _______using client data to decide whether goals: assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, evaluating have been met.