The quiz below is the second and final one on everything we have covered so far when it comes to Nursing process and its connection to critical thinking. It is specifically designed to help you know how to tackle any questions you may have to handle on this topic when it comes to the final exam. Do give it a try and see if you need more study time.
A nursing diagnosis is any problem related to the health of a patient
When writing a nursing diagnosis, place the adjective before the noun modified
A nursing diagnosis is usually the etiology of the disease
Both medical and nursing diagnosis can be converted into a nursing intervention.
Description of a problem
Analysis of a health issue
Possible illness
Circumstances that increase the susceptibility of a patient to a problem
Risk factors
Defining characteristics
Description of a problem
Nursing diagnosis
Diagnosed by
Explained by
Manifested by
Caused by
Constipation
Insufficient fluid
Increased abdominal pressure
Related to
Human responses to health conditions/life processes that may develop in a vulnerable individual/family
Describes the symptoms of the disease
Supported by risk factors that contribute to increased vulnerability
Proof that the person is suffering from an illness
1
3
2
None
Risk for falls related to unstable balance
Constipated because of fecal impaction
Risk for Diarrhea
Constipation related to dehydration
An isolated disease with numerous symptoms
Numerous symptoms describing a single disease
Used when a cluster of actual or risk nursing diagnosis are predicted to be present
Numerous symptoms leading to an idiopathic disorder
Absence of illness
Not strictly a diagnosis
Human responses to levels of good health in an individual, family or community
All of the above
Variance
Collaborative problems
Clustered Syndrome
Signs of death
Syndromatic pathology
Definite Variance
Collaborative problem
Idiopathic etiology
Health Analysis
Nursing Problem
Medical Diagnosis
All of the above
Medical is etiology; Nursing is human response
Medical is disease; Nursing is the cause of disease
Medical is illness; Nursing is illness too
Medical is to heal the disease: Nursing is to discover the disease
A good outcome statement is specific to the patient
Goals are general deadlines that are to be met
An outcome statement refers to what the nurse will do
Goals and Statements are practically the same
Goal
Outcome
Intervention
Evaluation