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| the action of a group conferring to plan care for the client |
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| a care delivery system that focuses on the management of client care across an episode of illness |
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| a multidisciplinary plan that projects the expected course of the client's progress over the hospital stay |
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| a team effort that may include the client, family, and health care professionals who work cooperatively to achieve a common goal |
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| a care plan created by a computer program based on information written by expert clinicians that can be easily changed or updated using a comp. software program |
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| the act of two or more health care professionals, one being an expert or specialist, deliberating for the purpose of making decisions |
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| preparation for moving a client from one level of care to another within or outside the current health care agency |
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| a systematic and ongoing process of examining whether nursing care has been effective |
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| the desired result from nursing care expressed in terms of measurable client behaviors |
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| broad, general statements about the desired results of nursing care |
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| written separately for each client who enters a health care facility; allows for the nurse to identify the unique problems of each client to decide on the outcomes to be achieved and to identify which nursing interventions will be appropriate to achieve those outcomes |
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| suggests that the expectation for resolution of the nursing diagnosis will take place in small measurable steps but may take a few weeks or months |
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| nurse-initiated intervention |
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| within the independent scope of nursing practice and prescribed by the nurse independent of the physician |
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| a guide for health care that identifies client problems in need of nursing care, predicts outcomes sensitive to nursing care, and lists interventions that should result in the expected outcomes |
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| any treatment, based upon clinical judgment and knowledge, that a nurse performs to enhance client outcomes |
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| Nursing Interventions Classifications (NIC) |
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| a standardized language to describe nursing activities used to develop a plan of care |
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| Nursing Outcomes Classifications (NOC) |
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| a standardized language for measuring the effects of nursing care using indicators sensitive to nursing intervention |
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| nursing-sensitive client outcome |
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| a measurable client or family caregiver state, behavior, or perception that is conceptualized as a variable and is largely influenced by nursing interventions |
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| physician-initiated intervention |
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| within the scope of nursing practice but requiring a physician's order for the nurse to implement |
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| suggest that the resolution of the nursing diagnosis can be accomplished in an hour, day or week |
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| a care plan written by a group of nurses who use their collective expertise to produce a plan for clients with specific medical diagnoses or undergoing special procedures |
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| authoritative statements that describe a competent level of clinical nursing practice |
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