Author Question: Identify elements of the evaluation process. (Select all that apply.) a. Setting priorities for ... (Read 34 times)

meagbuch · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

Identify elements of the evaluation process. (Select all that apply.)

a. Setting priorities for patient care
b. Collecting subjective and objective data to determine whether criteria or standards are met
c. Ambulating 25 feet in the hallway with the patient
d. Documenting findings
e. Terminating, continuing, or revising the care plan

Question 2

A nurse administrator is at a meeting with nurses on the quality council. Several new members are sitting on the council. They ask the nurse administrator to clarify what a nursing-sensitive outcome is.

Which response by the nurse administrator best defines nursing-sensitive outcomes?
a. Nursing-sensitive outcomes determine the patient's progress as a result of prescribed treatments, such as medications.
b. Patient falls is an example of a nursing-sensitive outcome because they are directly affected by nursing interventions.
c. Nursing-sensitive outcomes promote universal health care.
d. We use nursing-sensitive outcomes at this hospital to evaluate nursing tasks and to determine safe staffing ratios.

wilsonbho · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B, D, E
During the evaluation process, you gather and document objective and subjective data to determine whether the patient is meeting expected outcomes and is working toward achievement of goals. The evaluation process requires the use of critical thinking about attitudes and standards to analyze your findings and to determine whether a plan of care needs to be terminated, continued, or revised. Setting priorities is part of planning, and ambulating with a patient in the hallway is an intervention, so it is included in the implementation step of the nursing process.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
A nursing-sensitive outcome is a measurable patient or family state, behavior, or perception that is largely influenced by and sensitive to nursing interventions. Patient falls is one nursing-sensitive outcome because they are a direct measure of nursing care. Because the prescriber determines prescribed treatments, the progress of the patient's condition as a result of prescribed treatments is not an evaluation of a nursing-sensitive outcome. Promotion of universal health care and determining staffing ratios are not components of nursing-sensitive outcomes.