Author Question: Place these nursing activities in the correct order of the nursing process. 1. The nurse analyzes ... (Read 50 times)

asmith134 · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

Place these nursing activities in the correct order of the nursing process.

1. The nurse analyzes the data collected.
2. The nurse documents the time and route of an administered medication.
3. The nurse weighs the patient.
4. The nurse writes an individualized nursing intervention.
5. The nurse changes a nursing intervention that is not working.

Question 2

Which list correctly identifies and orders the primary steps of the nursing process?

1. Establish nursing diagnosis, assessment, intervene, collaborate, evaluation
2. Establish goals, assessment, intervention, planning, communication
3. Assessment, establish nursing diagnosis, planning, interventions, evaluation
4. Assessment, planning, establish objectives, communication, evaluation

samiel-sayed · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

3,1,4,2,5

Global Rationale: The order of the steps of the nursing process is assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementing, and evaluating. Weighing the patient is assessment, analyzing data occurs in the diagnosis step, writing interventions occurs in the planning step, documentation occurs in the implementation step, and revising interventions occurs in the evaluation step.

Answer to Question 2

3

Rationale 1: Nursing diagnoses cannot be established until assessment is done.
Rationale 2: Goals cannot be established until assessment is done.
Rationale 3: The primary steps (in order) include assessment, establish nursing diagnosis, planning, interventions, evaluation.
Rationale 4: Communication is important but is not a primary step of the nursing process.
Global Rationale: The primary steps (in order) include assessment, establish nursing diagnosis, planning, interventions, evaluation. Although some steps might not be in this precise order, assessment is done first. Communication is important but is not a primary step of the nursing process.