Ch 14. Implementing and Evaluating

Question 1

implementation

Answer 1

step of the nursing process is the initiation or completion of planned actions or nursing interventions

Question 2

Nurse-initiated Interventions

Answer 2

Independent nursing interventions

Do not require orders from other health care providers

Question 3

Physician-initiated Interventions

Answer 3

Dependent nursing interventions

Require orders from physicians or nurse practitioners

Question 4

Collaborative Interventions

Answer 4

Interdependent nursing interventions

Established in interdisciplinary health care team conference

Question 5

Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC)

Answer 5

A set of nursing interventions that provides a level of standardization, which enhances communication of nursing care across all health care settings and enables health care providers to compare outcomes

1) The domains are the highest level (level 1), worded in broad terms (e.g., “safety” and “physiological: basic”).
2) The second level includes 30 classes, which offer useful clinical categories.
3) The third level includes the 514 interventions that are linked to NANDA nursing diagnoses.

Question 6

Implementation Process

Answer 6

• Reassessing the client
• Reviewing and revising the existing nursing care plan
• Organizing resources and care delivery
• Anticipating and preventing complications
• Implementation skills

Question 7

Indirect Care

Answer 7

• Communicating nursing interventions
• Written or oral
• Delegating, supervising, and evaluating the work of other staff members
  ex. Safety and infection control

Question 8

Evaluation

Answer 8

Evaluation involves two components:

• An examination of a condition or situation
• A judgement as to whether change has occurred

It is ongoing.
Expected outcomes are assessed.
It may redirect nursing care

Question 9

Nursing-sensitive outcomes (Nursing Outcomes Classification [NOC])
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Answer 9

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Question 10

A nursing intervention includes an evaluation of goal achievement. This is a process that includes which of the following variables?

Answer 10

Outcome criteria and client response