3.Define the nursing process:What are the primary goals of the nursing
process?What skills are necessary to use the nursing
process successfully?Which of these skills do you personally pos-
sess and which do you need to develop in
your practice?4.Describe what the following words mean to
you and how they apply to your use of the
nursing process:
a.Systematic:b.Dynamic:c. Interpersonal:d.Goal oriented:e.Universally applicable:5.Briefly explain how the following considera-
tions are relevant to the successful use of crit-
ical thinking competencies:
a.Purpose of thinking:b.Adequacy of knowledge:c. Potential problems:d.Helpful resources:e.Critique of judgment/decision:6.List four good habits nurses should develop to
help them master the manual competencies
essential to quality nursing process.
a.
b.
c.
d.
7.Think of three people you know personally,
preferably of different ages, professions, or
cultures. What about each of these individu-
als causes you to respect his/her human dig-
nity? Are some people more deserving of
respect than others? How do you show
respect for them in your daily contact with
them?8.Follow three different nurses on their daily
rounds of patients, noticing how they relate
to their patients. Does their attitude say
“drop dead,” “you mean nothing to me,” or
“I care about you”? Note what each nurse
said or did to display this attitude.
a.Nurse 1:b.Nurse 2:c. Nurse 3:9.Nurses skilled in developing caring
relationships often need to direct the conver-
sations with their patients. Develop four
opening statements/questions designed to
elicit information from a patient that you
could use in your own practice.
a.
b.
c.
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