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Chapter 01
Clinical Judgment
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the process that nurses and the health care team use to make decisions based on interpretation of the patient’s needs or problems. | Clinical judgment |
| The nursing process, critical thinking, and a variety of reasoning patterns help the medical-surgical nurse make? | clinical decisions. |
| The worst result of poor judgment is failure to rescue which occurs when? | early signs and symptoms are not noticed or accurately interpreted and, action to improve the patient’s condition is not implemented. |
| Attributes of clinical judgment include:? | Assessment: Noticing Analysis: Interpreting Planning and Implementation: Responding Evaluation: Evaluating |
| Who are one initiative to save lives and decrease the risk for patient harm before a respiratory or cardiac arrest occurs. | Rapid Response Teams |
| Members of such a team are critical care experts who are? | on-site and available at any time to respond to calls for assistance. |
| Early clinical changes in condition occur in most patients for up to 48 hours before a? | “Code Blue.” |
| Therefore, observe for, document, and communicate early indicators of? | patient decline, including decreasing blood pressure, increasing heart rate, and changes in mental status. |
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