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fasfsadfdsfa · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

The nurse is caring for a patient with acute mania and is planning appropriate goals and outcomes for the patient's care. Which goal meets all the requirements for a properly-stated patient goal?

1. The patient will sleep 6 hours a night within 3 days.
2. The nurse will assess the patient for acute mania daily.
3. The nurse will provide the patient at least 3 meals per day.
4. The patient will have a normal mood pattern by October 15.

Question 2

The nurse is evaluating the goals and outcomes of patient who is being discharged with a diagnosis of major depressive disorder. Why is the met versus not-met framework of evaluating goals and outcomes not the most effective method,

though it is the most widely used method?
1. It is less effective at defining the specific goal or outcome.
2. It less effective at identifying a specific goal or outcome.
3. It is less effective at documenting the results of the goal or outcome.
4. It is less effective at specifying progress toward meeting the goal or outcome.

TheNamesImani · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: 1
Explanation: Properly stated patient goals must be concrete and measurable. The goal that the patient will sleep 6 hours a night within 3 days meets these requirements of properly-stated goals. The goal of a normal mood pattern is not measurable, as normal is different for everyone. Assessing the patient for acute mania and providing the patient meals are nursing actions, not patient goals.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: 4
Explanation: The met versus not-met framework of evaluating goals and outcomes, though the most widely used method, is less effective at specifying progress toward meeting the goal or outcome. Evaluation methods do not identify, define, or document specific goals.