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| This phase of the nursing process is the systematic collection, organization, validation, and documentation of patient data |
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| This type of data is gathered from the patient |
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| This type of data is gathered from physical assessment, lab tests, and other diagnostic sources |
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| Clinical judgments of a patient's actual or potential health problem that is within the nurse's scope of practice |
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| Phase of the nursing process that prioritizes diagnoses, formulates desired outcomes, and selects nursing interventions that can assist the patient to return to establish an optimum level of wellness |
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| Established to focus on what the patient will be able to do or achieve, not what the nurse will do. Can be short or long-term |
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| Data gathered on the patient that will be compared to information obtained from later interactions, during and following treatment |
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| Phase of the nursing process when the nurse applies the knowledge, skills, and principles of nursing care to help move the patient toward the desired goal and optimal wellness |
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| Phase of the nursing process that compare's the patient's current health status with the desired outcome |
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