PNN 159 - Fundamentals of Nursing II

1. Take part in holistic care
   1. Summarize nurse’s role in implementing care based on client preferences
   2. Compare developmental milestones related to client condition across the lifespan
2. Interpret individualized care based on client conditions
   1. Find relevant client data (holistic)
   2. Select client-centered therapies and resources for support
3. Develop care based on the clients physical and mental health condition
   1. List measures to support mental well being
   2. Relate the impact of physical and mental health conditions
4. Apply the behaviors of a professional nurse
   1. Identify influences of the client’s support system
   2. Demonstrate the professional nurse’s responsibility related to the nurse client relationship
5. Utilize therapeutic communication techniques
   1. Model effective communication techniques to facilitate client-centered care
   2. Explain the nurse’s role in providing client-centered education
6. Interpret professional communication
   1. Illustrate appropriate methods of communication utilized in various healthcare settings
   2. Interpret healthcare provider orders
7. Identify safe nursing practice within the healthcare environment
   1. Choose interventions based on client condition
   2. Demonstrate safe practice principles when implementing nursing interventions
   3. Explain the role of the professional nurse in the documentation of care
8. Show safe administration of medication
   1. Select the appropriate route of administration
   2. List the steps of medication administration
9. Illustrate the nurse’s role in diagnostic testing
   1. Relate clinical condition to diagnostic order
   2. Name the steps of specimen collection
10. Explain the role of the nurse in maintaining a client-centered plan of care
    1. List recommendations for priority nursing problem
    2. Relate the scope of practice to the plan of care
11. Outline nursing care of client based on healthcare condition
    1. Illustrate assessments
    2. Interpret assessment findings
    3. Choose appropriate interventions based on data collection
12. Model clinical judgment
    1. Illustrate the steps of the clinical judgment model based on client condition
    2. Summarize the inter-relationships among the components of the clinical judgment model