SAS 16

TEOPIZ, MARK JOVAN JR. BSN 3-A3

CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING

1. A
Nurses must combine information, abilities, and attitudes to make sound judgment and
decisions in order to offer safe and effective care to clients.
2. D
The nurse determines if the set goals have been met and assesses the plan's performance
during the evaluation stage of the nursing process. Answer A entails data gathering. Answer B
entails prioritization, while Answer C entails the intervention itself.
3. D
The major goal of a nursing admissions assessment is to determine this.
4. D
Short-term goals give you a method to work toward long-term goals while staying motivated to
accomplish them. Setting short-term goals can assist you in breaking down long-term goals into
more doable steps.
5. B
A clinical route is a document that lays out a structured, evidence-based multidisciplinary
management plan for a homogeneous patient population, including the proper sequence of
clinical interventions, timeframes, milestones, and expected outcomes.
6. D
The framework for providing professional and high-quality nursing care is the nursing process. It
directs nursing actions in the areas of health promotion, disease prevention, and health
protection. Nurses use it in a variety of practice settings and specialties.
7. B
The planning step is where EDP guidelines are used to develop goals and results that have a
direct impact on patient care. These patient-specific goals, as well as their accomplishment,
help to ensure a happy outcome. In this stage of goal-setting, nursing care plans are critical.
8. B
The problem statement, also known as the diagnostic label, is a brief description of the client's
health problem or response for which nursing care is provided.
9. D
Critical thinking enables us to identify and eliminate weaknesses in our decision-making
process, allowing us to achieve a better outcome. In short, you need that set of decision-making
abilities no matter what you're doing, and good reading, listening, and communication can help
you enhance critical thinking.
10. D
Nurses use critical thinking in the process of solving patient problems and making decisions,
along with creativity, to improve the outcome.