Exam 8: Outcome Identification and Planning

A nurse is using the Nursing Outcome Classification system to assist in planning a client's care. The nurse understands that each outcome includes which component? Select all that apply.

When a nurse notices the client is in pain and needs to learn to walk on crutches, which outcome identification is the priority?

Planning care in the outcome identification phase allows:

A nurse is reviewing the outcome criteria that were developed for a client. The nurse determines that the criteria are appropriate because which characteristic is met? Select all that apply.

A nurse is working with a newly admitted client with diabetes to develop client outcomes. When writing these outcomes, which verb would be appropriate to use in the statement. Select all that apply.

The clinical nursing plan of care used by the registered nurse differs from the instructional nursing plan of care prepared by nursing students. The primary difference is that the clinical nursing care plan usually:

A nurse is reviewing the plan of care for a client and notes the following: "The client verbalizes three signs of hypoglycemia to the staff accurately before discharge." The nurse interprets this statement as a(n):

A nurse is applying the nursing process and is involved in establishing priorities. The nurse is most likely in which phase of the nursing process?

A treatment based on a nurse's clinical judgment and knowledge to enhance client outcomes is a nursing:

A computerized information system developed to classify client outcomes is the:

One of the primary factors that the nurse considers when setting priorities for the client in the acute care setting after cardiac surgery is the client's:

A client is rehabilitating from a fractured right leg and is learning to walk on crutches. Together, the client and the nurse have established a plan for the client to walk with a three-point gait for 20 feet by the next day. In outcome identification, what is this termed?

What are specific, measurable, and realistic statements of goal attainment?

When establishing client outcomes with the client, what is the qualifier in the outcome?

The Nursing-Sensitive Outcomes Classification system organizes outcomes by:

A nurse identifies outcomes of care for the hospitalized, postoperative client primarily to:

What is the purpose of the client outcome?

According to the Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC), the most basic level of nursing intervention is:

A nurse is demonstrating Foley catheter care to a client. Which type of nursing intervention does this best represent?

For the postoperative client, which nursing diagnosis will require outcome identification that could contribute to a maladaptive postoperative recovery?