- analysis
- critical examination of the meaning of identified cues
- assessment
- collection of available data to inform care planning
- clinical judgment
- decision-making from use of critical thinking in the nursing process
- critical thinking
- metacognitive process that is learned academically and experientially on the continuum of nursing education and practice
- evaluation
- process of reviewing outcomes for effectiveness, as determined by the nurse and the client
- evidence-based practice (EBP)
- interventions formed by a combination of formal research findings, nursing competency, and the preferences of the client and family
- implementation
- nursing action of intervening according to the plan
- National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN)
- exam that measures graduate nurses’ understanding of safe practice at the entry level
- National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)
- agency that coordinates the regulatory functions of individual state boards of nursing in the United States
- nursing process
- decision-making method in nursing practice
- outcomes of care
- measurable responses to interventions; results of goal-setting
- person-centered care
- client is the focused recipient of nursing care
- planning
- cognitive process of generating solutions to identified problems, setting goals of treatment, and developing nursing interventions to accomplish these objectives
- therapeutic alliance
- partnership with the client
- therapeutic environment
- safe physical location, such as a hospital, clinic, or home, and the supportive conditions within that location
- unfolding case study
- example of a client care scenario where the situation changes, seeking to replicate a real-life situation and to call upon decision-making skills of the nurse to respond as client needs present or change