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Chasity Taylor

NCLEX
Fundamental Terms
Scope of practice- The Scope of Practice describes the procedures, actions, and processes that a
healthcare practitioner is permitted to undertake in keeping with the terms of their professional
license.
Cultural Competency- Process in which the health care professional continually strives to
achieve the ability an availability to work effectively with individuals, families, and
communities.
Goals- desired results of nursing actions set realistically by the nurse and patient as part of the
planning stage of the nursing process.
Cognitive domain- This domain includes content knowledge and the development of intellectual
skills. This includes the recall or recognition of specific facts and concepts that serve developing
intellectual abilities and skills. There are six major categories, starting from the simplest behavior
(recalling facts) to the most complex (Evaluation).
Problem-oriented medical record-Method of recording data about the health status of a patient
that fosters a collaborative problem solving approach by all members of the health care team.
Critical pathway-tools used in managed care that incorporate the treatment interventions of
caregivers from all disciplines who normally care for a patient. Designed for a specific care
type, a pathway is used to manage a patient throughout a projected length of stay.
Verbal communication- Sending messages from one individual to another or to a group of
individuals through the spoken word.
ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses- was developed as a guide for carrying out nursing
responsibilities in a manner consistent with quality in nursing care and the ethical obligations of
the profession.
Leadership- A process of influence whereby the leader influences others toward goal
achievement.
Management- The process of planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling resources and
staff to achieve organizational goals.
Decision making- Process involving critical appraisal of information that results from
reorganizing a problem and ends with generating, testing, an evaluating a conclusion. Comes at
the end of critical thinking.
Ethics- Principles of standards that govern the proper conduct.

Good Samaritan law-Legislation enacted in some states that protect health care professionals
from liability in rendering emergency aid unless there is a proven willful wrong or gross
negligence.
Beneficence-Doing good or actively promoting doing well; one of the four principles of the
ethical theory of deontology.
Living will-Instruments by which a dying person makes wishes known.
Health Promotion-Activates such as a routine exercise and good nutrition that help patients
maintain or enhance their present level of health and reduce their risk of developing certain
wishes.
Loss and grief- form of sorrow involving the persons thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that
occurs as a response to an actual or perceived loss.
Health-Dynamic state in which individuals adapt to their internal and external environment so
there is a state of physical, emotional, intellectual, social, and spiritual well-being.
Body mechanic-Coordinated efforts of the musculoskeletal and nervous systems to maintain
proper balance, posture, and body alignment.
Brand name- a name given by the maker to a product or range of products, especially a
trademark.
Trade name- used particularly in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries, with the meaning
of product or brand name.
Sensory overload-state in which stimulation to one or more of the senses is so excessive that the
brain disagree or does not meaningfully respond the stimuli.
Secondary intentions- wound closure in which the edges are separated; granulation tissue
develops to fill the gap; and, finally, epithelium grows in over the granulation, producing a larger
scar than results with primary intention.
Auscultation- method of physical examination; listening to the sounds produced by the body,
usually with a stethoscope.
Health history- provides data on the patients health care experiences and current health habits.
Palpation-method of physical examination whereby the fingers or hands of the examiner are
applied to the patients body to feel body parts underlying the skin.
Affective domain- The affective domain is critical for learning but is often not specifically
addressed. This is the domain that deals with attitudes, motivation, willingness to participate,
valuing what is being learned, and ultimately incorporating the values of a discipline into a way
of life.

Standards of care- minimum level of care accepted to ensure high-quality care to patients
Standards of care define the type of therapies typically administered to patients with defined
problems or needs.
Nonverbal communication- communication using expression, gestures, body posture, and
positioning rather than words.
Focus chart-charting methodology for structuring progress notes according to the focus of the
note.
Case manager- person who establish an appropriate plan of care based on assessment of patients
and families and to coordinate needed resources and services for the patients wellbeing across a
continuum of care.
Nurse practice act- statues enacted by the legislature of any of the states or appropriate officers
of the districts or possessions that describe and define the scope of nursing practice.
Malpractice-injurious or unprofessional actions that harm another.
Accountability- state of being answerable for ones actions- a nurse answers to himself or
herself, the patient, the profession, the employing institution such as the hospital, society for the
effectiveness of nursing care performed.
Informed consent- process of which obtaining permission from a patient to perform a specific
test or procedure after describing all risks, side effects, and benefits.
Advanced directives- include living wills, health care proxies, and durable powers of attorney for
health care. They are based on values of informed consent, patient autonomy over ned-of-life
decisions, truth telling, and control over the dying process.
Confidentiality- act of keeping information private or secret; in health care the nurse only shares
information about the patient with other nurses or health care providers who need to know
private information about a patient to provide care for him or her; information can only be shared
with the patients consent.
Democratic- a style in which participation is encouraged and authority is delegated to others.
Spirituality- spiritual dimension of a person including the relationship with humanity, nature, and
Supreme Being.
Self-concept-complex, dynamic, integration of conscious and unconscious feelings, attitudes,
and perceptions about ones identity, physical being, worth, and roles; how a person perceives
and defines self.
Medical sepsisAdverse effects- any harmful, unintended effect of a medication, diagnostic test, or therapeutic
intervention.
Side effect-any reaction or consequence that results from medication or therapy.

Sensory deprivation-state in which stimulation to one or more of the senses is lacking, resulting
impaired sensory perception.
Primary intention-primary union of the edges of a wound, progressing to complete scar
formation without granulation.
Negligence-Careless act of osmission or commission that results in injury to another.

Bibliography
Potter. (2013). Fundamentals of Nursing. St. Louis: Elsevier.

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