Nurses list facts as they relate to the client: for example, the findings of a client assessment such as vital signs, breath sounds, heart sounds, and so forth.
The listing of facts is one of the
six thinking processes that nurses use in clinical decision making and is called __________.
Question 2
When a nurse places data relating to the heart in one category and data relating to the renal system in another category, this is an example of __________.
To discover the relationship
between these separate parts, the nurse would review the data in the cardiac system and the
data in the renal system and then discover how the renal function is affecting the heart and
how the heart is affecting the renal function. The conclusion the nurse draws from the
reviewed data is his or her __________.
Nursing history for weight assessment
Patient teaching: nail assessment
Patient teaching: heart assessment
Positioning the client
Testing client’s ability to identify sharp sensations
Landmarks for cardiovascular assessment