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Applying Nursing Process A Tool for Critical Thinking

by: Alfaro-LeFevre, Rosalinda

Applying Nursing Process A Tool for Critical Thinking

by: Alfaro-LeFevre, Rosalinda

ISBN 13:
9780781753784
ISBN 10:
0781753783
Edition: 6th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 02/01/2005
Publisher: LWW
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Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre's Sigma Theta Tau Best Pick and AJN Book of the Year award-winning text is now in its Sixth Edition, with a new focus on using the nursing process as a tool for critical thinking. The greatly expanded critical thinking content equips nurses with crucial decision-making skills and reflects current ANA standards. This edition presents evidence-based Critical Thinking Indicators(TM)--behaviors that promote critical thinking--for each phase of the nursing process, plus tools to help nurses prioritize their approach at each phase. Other new features include expanded coverage of delegation, collaborative practice, and documentation, and key regulations for error prevention. A new design helps readers focus on what's most important.

Nursing Process Overview

(40)

What Is the Nursing Process and Why Learn About It?

(2)

What Is it?

(1)

Nursing Process Characteristics That Promote Critical Thinking

(1)

Why Learn About It?

(1)

Steps of the Nursing Process

(1)

Relationships Among the Steps of the Nursing Process

(4)

Assessment and Diagnosis

(1)

Diagnosis and Planning

(1)

Planning and Implementation

(1)

Implementation and Evaluation

(1)

Evaluation and the Other Steps in the Nursing Process

(1)

What Are the Benefits of Using the Nursing Process?

(1)

Nursing Process in Context of Today's Changing World

(12)

Today's Health Care Reality

(10)

Patient Safety Is Top Priority

(1)

Ethics: Advocating for Patients' Rights

(2)

Seven Ethical Principles

(1)

Including Patient Partners While Following HIPAA Rules

(3)

Critical Thinking Exercise I: Using the Nursing Process in a Changing World

(2)

What's the Difference Between Nursing Process and Critical Thinking?

(4)

How to Become a Critical Thinker

(1)

Critical Thinking: Get the Picture?

(3)

Willingness and Ability to Care

(7)

Willingness to Care

(1)

Being Able to Care

(1)

Understanding Ourselves

(1)

Understanding Others

(3)

Critical Thinking Exercise II: Critical Thinking and Willingness and Ability to Care

(2)

Summary

(1)

Assessment

(46)

Assessment: The First Step to Determining Health Status

(2)

Characteristics of an Assessment That Promotes Critical Thinking

(1)

Six Activities of Assessment

(2)

Collecting Data

(3)

What Resources Do You Use?

(1)

How to Ensure Comprehensive Data Collection

(1)

Data Base (Start of Care) Versus Focus Assessment

(1)

Data Base (Start of Care) Assessment

(1)

Focus Assessment

(1)

Health Promotion: Screening for Prevention and Early Diagnosis

(1)

Helping Patients Make Informed, Joint Decisions

(1)

The Nursing Interview and Physical Assessment

(2)

Ethical, Cultural, and Spiritual Concerns

(1)

The Nursing Interview

(1)

Guidelines: Promoting a Caring Interview

(5)

How to Establish Rapport

(1)

How to Listen

(1)

How to Ask Questions

(1)

How to Observe

(2)

How to Terminate the Interview and Assessment

(1)

Physical Assessment

(4)

Guidelines: Performing a Physical Assessment

(2)

Checking Diagnostic Studies

(1)

Critical Thinking Exercise III: The Nursing Interview and Physical Assessment

(2)

Identifying Subjective and Objective Data

(1)

Identifying Cues and Making Inferences

(1)

Validating (Verifying) Data

(2)

Guidelines: Validating (Verifying) Data

(1)

Critical Thinking Exercise IV: Subjective and Objective Data; Cues and Inferences; Validating Data

(1)

Organizing (Clustering) Data

(6)

Clustering Data According to Purpose

(2)

Critical Thinking Exercise V: Organizing (Clustering) Data

(3)

Identifying Patterns/Testing First Impressions

(1)

Reporting and Recording

(1)

Deciding What to Report

(1)

Deciding What's Abnormal

(1)

Guidelines: Reporting Significant Findings

(2)

General Guidelines

(2)

Guidelines for Phone Reports

(1)

Deciding What to Record

(1)

Guidelines: Recording the Nursing Data Base

(3)

Critical Thinking Exercise VI: Recognizing Abnormal Data; Deciding What's Relevant

(1)

Summary

(8)

Diagnosis

(62)

From Assessment to Diagnosis: A Pivotal Point

(1)

New ANA Standard Related to Diagnosis

(1)

Nurses' Growing Responsibilities as Diagnosticians

(1)

Diagnose and Treat (DT) Versus Predict, Prevent, Manage, and Promote (PPMP)

(1)

Multidisciplinary Practice

(1)

Disease Management

(1)

Point-of-Care Testing

(1)

Critical Pathways (Clinical Pathways, CareMaps™)

(1)

Advantages of Critical Paths

(1)

Disadvantages of Critical Paths

(1)

Informatics and Computer-Assisted Diagnosis

(1)

Using Standard or Recognized Terminologies

(4)

Changing Thinking About What Terms to Use

(1)

How to Use Standard Languages

100

(1)

Computer-Assisted Diagnosis

101

(1)

Benefits of Computer-Assisted Diagnosis

102

(1)

Limitations of Computer-Assisted Diagnosis

102

(1)

Becoming a Competent Diagnostician

102

(1)

Key Terms Related to Diagnosis

103

(8)

Recognizing Risk Factors: The Key to Proactive Approaches

111

(1)

Critical Thinking Indicators (CTIs) Related to Diagnosis

111

(5)

Critical Thinking Exercise VII: Nurses' Responsibilities as Diagnosticians; Key Terms Related to Diagnosis; Differentiating Between Nursing Diagnoses and Other Problems

113

(3)

Learning How to Make Definitive Diagnoses

116

(1)

Fundamental Principles and Rules of Diagnostic Reasoning

117

(3)

Becoming a Competent Diagnostician: Old Versus Current Thinking

120

(4)

Patients as Partners in Diagnosis

124

(1)

Clarifying Causes and Contributing (Risk) Factors

124

(2)

Avoiding Diagnostic Errors

126

(1)

Identifying Nursing Diagnoses

127

(2)

Guidelines: Identifying Nursing Diagnoses

129

(2)

Mapping Diagnoses

131

(1)

Using the PES (or PRS) Method for Stating Nursing Diagnoses

132

(1)

Guidelines: Avoiding Errors When Writing Diagnostic Statements

133

(7)

Critical Thinking Exercise VIII: Recognizing, Mapping, and Stating Nursing Diagnoses

135

(5)

Identifying Potential Complications

140

(1)

Guidelines: Identifying Potential Complications

141

(1)

Identifying Problems Requiring Multidisciplinary Approaches

142

(3)

Critical Thinking Exercise IX: Predicting Potential Complications/Identifying Problems Requiring a Multidisciplinary Approach, Pulling It All Together

143

(2)

Summary

145

(5)

Planning

150

(44)

Four Main Purposes of the Plan of Care

153

(1)

Initial Versus Ongoing Planning

153

(1)

Applying Standards

154

(1)

Pain Management, Patient Safety, and Error-Prevention Standards

154

(1)

Computers and Standard Plans

155

(1)

Attending to Urgent Priorities

155

(1)

Clarifying Expected Outcomes (Results)

156

(4)

Outcomes Versus Indicators

157

(3)

Principles of Patient-Centered Outcomes

160

(2)

Guidelines: Determining Patient-Centered Outcomes

162

(1)

Relationship of Outcomes to Accountability

163

(1)

Clinical, Functional, and Quality of Life Outcomes

163

(1)

Discharge Outcomes and Discharge Planning

164

(1)

Case Management

164

(2)

Deciding Which Problems Must Be Recorded

166

(4)

Critical Thinking Exercise X: Applying Standards, Setting Priorities, and Clarifying Expected Outcomes

168

(2)

Determining Nursing Interventions

170

(1)

Assessment---Monitoring Health Status

171

(1)

Teaching---The Key to Empowerment

171

(1)

Guidelines: Planning Teaching

172

(1)

Counseling---Helping People Make Informed Choices

172

(2)

Consulting and Referring---The Cornerstone of Multidisciplinary Approaches

174

(1)

Individualizing Interventions

174

(1)

Evidence-Based Practice: Weigh Risks and Benefits; Be Proactive

175

(1)

Guidelines: Individualizing Nursing Orders

176

(2)

Making Sure the Plan Is Adequately Recorded

178

(1)

Guidelines: Computerized Charting

178

(2)

Multidisciplinary Plans

180

(4)

Critical Thinking Exercise XI: Determining Interventions and Making Sure the Plan Is Adequately Recorded

181

(3)

Summary

184

(10)

Implementation

194

(32)

Implementation: Putting the Plan Into Action

197

(1)

Critical Thinking Indicators (CTIs) Related to Implementation

198

(1)

Preparing for Report and Getting Report

198

(1)

Preparing for Report

198

(1)

Getting Report

198

(1)

Setting Daily Priorities

199

(1)

Strategies: Prioritizing Care for Several Patients

199

(1)

Delegating Care, Not Accountability

200

(3)

Coordinating Care

203

(1)

Monitoring Responses: Assessing and Reassessing

204

(1)

Performing Nursing Interventions

204

(1)

Be Proactive---Promote Safety, Comfort, and Efficiency

205

(1)

Implementation and Evidence-Based Practice

205

(1)

Guidelines: Preparing to Act

205

(1)

Thinking Critically: What to Do If Things Go Wrong

206

(1)

Case Management: Critical Paths and Care Variances

207

(1)

Ethical/Legal Concerns

208

(1)

Critical Thinking Exercise XII: Delegating, Case Management, Critical Paths, and Care Variances

209

(1)

Charting

209

(3)

Five Purposes of Charting

210

(1)

Different Ways of Charting

210

(1)

Principles of Effective Charting

211

(1)

Avoiding Dumping Syndrome With Computerized Charting

211

(1)

Learning to Chart Effectively

212

(1)

Guidelines: Charting During Implementation

212

(3)

Memory-Jogs Used for Charting

213

(1)

Critical Thinking Exercise XIII: Principles of Effective Charting

214

(1)

Giving Change-of-Shift Report

215

(1)

Guidelines: Giving Change-of-Shift Report

215

(1)

Keeping the Plan Up to Date and Evaluating Your Day

216

(2)

Summary

218

(8)

Evaluation

226

(15)

Critical Evaluation: Excellence in Health Care Delivery

228

(1)

Evaluation and the Other Steps in the Nursing Process

228

(1)

Evaluation an Individual Plan of Care

229

(1)

Guidelines: Determining Outcome Achievement

229

(1)

Identifying Variables (Factors) Affecting Outcome Achievement

229

(1)

Deciding Whether to Discharge the Patient

230

(2)

Critical Thinking Exercise XIV: Determining Outcome Achievement, Identifying Variables Affecting Achievement, and Deciding Whether to Discharge the Patient

231

(1)

Quality Improvement (QI)

232

(7)

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

233

(1)

Consumer Satisfaction: Maximizing Value

234

(1)

Health Care Systems: Constantly Interacting and Affecting Outcomes

234

(1)

Three Types of Evaluation: Outcome, Process, and Structure

235

(1)

Staff Nurses' Role

236

(1)

Preventing Mistakes and Infection Transmission

236

(2)

Critical Thinking Exercise XV: Quality Improvement

238

(1)

Summary

239

(2)

Bibliography

241

(8)

Quick Reference To Nursing Diagnoses

249

(28)

Example Responses to Critical Thinking Exercises

277

(8)

Appendix A American Nurses Association (ANA) Standards of Practice and Professional Performance Related to Registered Nurses

285

(2)

Appendix B Dead On!! A Game to Promote Critical Thinking

287

(2)

Appendix C Commonly Used NANDA Diagnoses Organized According to Gordon's Functional Health Patterns

289

(2)

Appendix D Examples of NIC Interventions and NOC Outcomes

291

(6)

Glossary

297

(4)

Index

301

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