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What is planning?
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A category of nursing behaviors in which client-centered goals and expected outcomes are established and nursing interventions are selected.
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How are priorities classified?
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High, intermediate, or low.
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What is a high priority?
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Those nursing diagnoses that if left untreated could result in harm to the client.
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What is an intermediate priority?
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Nursing diagoses involve the nonemergent, non-lifethreatening needs of the client.
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What is a low priority?
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Are client needs that may not be directly related to a specific illness or prognosis but may affect the client's future well-being.
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What is a short-term goal?
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An objective that is expected to be achieved within a short time frame, usually less than a week.
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What is a long-term goal?
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An objective that is expected to be achieved over a longer time frame, usually over weeks or months.
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What is an expected outcome?
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Is a specific measurable change in a client's status that is expected to occur in response to nursing care.
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Client-centered goal
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Outcomes and goals should reflect the client behavior and responses expected as a result of nursing interventions.
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Singular Goal or Outcome
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Each goal or outcome should address only one behavior or response.
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Observable Goal
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The nurse must be able to determine through observation if change has taken place.
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Measurable Goal
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Goals and expected outcomes are written to give the nurse a standard against which to measure the client's response to nursing care.
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Time-Limited Goal
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The time frame for each goal and expected outcome indicates when the expected response should occur.
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Mutual Factors Goal
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Mutually set goals and expected outcomes ensure that the client and nurse agree on the direction and time limits of care.
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Realistic Goal
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The nurse sets goals and expected outcomes that can be achieved.
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What are the types of nursing interventions?
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-Nurse Initiated
-Physician Initiated -Collaborative |
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What are the six important factors when choosing interventions?
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1. characteristics of the nursing diagnosis
2. expected Outcomes 3. research base for the interventions 4. feastability of the intervention 5. acceptability to the client 6. competencies of the nurse |
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What is nurse-initiated intervention?
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Are the independent response of the nurse to the client's health care needs and nursing diagnoses.
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What is a physician-initiated intervention?
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Are based on a physician's response to treat or manage a medical diagnosis.
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What is a collaborative intervention?
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Are therapies that require the knowledge, skill, and expertise of multiple health care professionals.
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