NURS 6011 Exam Study Guide 1 Spring 2021

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NURS 6011 Exam Study Guide 1 Spring 2021 • Health Assessment- Why, what different kinds are there? o Is gathering information about the health status of the patient, analyzing and synth... esizing those data, making judgments about nursing interventions based on the findings and evaluating patient care outcomes o Deals with the nursing plan: ADPIE o Subjective data: patient’s complaints, signs and symptoms, pain o Objective data: concrete evidence, physical exam, vitals o Types of nursing assessments: ▪ Focused: • Follow-up, deals with 1-2 body systems. Depends on the patient’s complaints, i.e. follow-up on a cough ▪ Emergency: • Involves a life-threatening or unstable situation. o Traumatic injury, stroke, MI o A: airway, B: breathing, C: circulation, D: disability, E: exposure [Show More]

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