ATI LPN
Foundations and Adult Health Nursing Test Bank
Chapter 5 : Nursing Process and Critical Thinking Questions
Question 1 of 5
NANDA International meets to reorganize diagnosis labels and language every 2 ____
Correct Answer: years
Rationale: NANDA International meets every two years to revise language, form, and diagnosis labels.
Question 2 of 5
The standards that name and measure patient ____ are referred to as NOC (Nursing Outcome Classification).
Correct Answer: outcomes
Rationale: NOC sets up outcome criteria based on a patient problem.
Question 3 of 5
The document that outlines a plan for care interventions over a specified time frame is called a clinical pathway critical path action plan or caremap.
Correct Answer: multidisciplinary
Rationale: A clinical pathway is an organized multidisciplinary plan over a specified time frame, which outlines aspects of patient care. They are also called critical paths, action plans, and care maps.
Question 4 of 5
A systematic method by which nurses plan and provide care for patients is known as the nursing ____
Correct Answer: process
Rationale: The nursing process serves as the organizational framework for the practice of nursing. It is a systematic method by which nurses plan and provide care for patients.
Question 5 of 5
A systemic dynamic way to collect and analyze data about a patient that includes physiologic data as well as psychological sociocultural spiritual economic and lifestyle factors is known as ____
Correct Answer: assessment
Rationale: The American Nurses Association (AN
A) defines assessment as 'a systematic, dynamic way to collect and analyze data about a patient, the first step in delivering nursing care. Assessment includes not only physiologic data, but also psychological, sociocultural, spiritual, economic, and lifestyle factors as well.'