Chapter 14: Implementing

Frage	Antworten
Alfaro's Rule	assess, reassess, revise and record. 1. assess patients b4 performing nursing action 2. reassess to determine responses after performing nursing actions 3. revise approach as indicated 4. record patient responses/changes made in plan
types of intervention	direct care intervention, indirect care intervention and community intervention
direct care intervention	treatment performed through interactions w/the patients. includes physiological (laying of hands)/psychosocial (supporing/counseling)
indirect care intervention	performed away from the patient, but on behalf of them. includes management of the patient care environment and interdisciplinary collaboration
community intervention	targeted to promote/preserve health of populations
protocols	written plan that detail the nursing activities to be executed in specific situations. some protocols include standing orders
standing orders	empowers nurse to initiate actions that ordinarily require the order or supervision of a physician (standard orders for a narcotic overdose that specify the agents the nurse is to administer to reverse respiratory depression in an emergency
the legal truth	it wasn't done if it wasn't documented.
When a patient does not follow the plan of care despite your best efforts	1. identify why the patient is not following the therapy. is the plan of care right for the patient? 2. if plan of care is adequate, identify/remedy the factors contributing to the patient's noncompliance

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