REVISION QUESTIONS WEEK 1

Module content:
· Introduction to systematic approaches to patient/service-user care
· Introduction to care planning

QUESTIONS:

1. Please state what the nursing process is and identify how this relates to care planning.
2. Make a record of the knowledge, skills and personal values that assist the nurse with care planning.
3.Name the main components that a good problem statement will always include.
4.State what the acronym SMART stands for. Write one sentence to explain each aspect/word as it applies to writing a goal statement.

ANSWERS :

1. The nursing process is:
• ASSESSMENT- identification of patient/service user problems
Involves looking at the patients needs (physical, intellectual, emotional, environmental, spiritual, sexual, social, economic)
• PLANNING– setting patient/service user goals
Should be patient centred, time frame to achieve goal (SMART)
• IMPLEMENTATION– nursing care/provision (providing)of care to patient/service user
Giving the care
• EVALUATION– measuring outcomes/assessment of goals
How it’s been achieved? Any improvements?

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3. Components a good problem statement will include are:
· Be patient centered
· Be specific
· Written formally, clearly and in sufficient detail
· Contain a rationale
· Logical
· Factual

4. SPECIFIC: The goal must relate to the specific problem
MEASURABLE: Recordable signs/symptoms, change/reduce/disappear.
General Measurable and Non-Measurable Verbs:
• Understand
• Appreciate
• Think
• Feel
• Accept
• Know
• Increase/decrease
• Stand/walk/sit
• Perform/Demonstrate
• Describe/state

ACHIVEABLE:
REALSTIC: The goal should be relevant in relation to the problem and individual patient/service user
– Need to consider ability of patient/service user
– Need to consider degree of ill health
– Need to consider what patient/service user wants
– Need to consider resources available
– Need to consider care setting

TIME: The goal set must include a time period when the goal should be reached.
Ø Short term goals – now, today, a few days.
Ø Long term goals – usually weeks or months.