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HESI®-RN Comprehensive Review | Registered Nurse (RN) School Study Aid
The Nursing Process
- ADPIE
- Assessment
- Diagnosis
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
2 mins
How to Use ADPIE for Exam Questions
- ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS
- Data Collection
- NURSING DIAGNOSIS QUESTIONS
- Data Analysis
- PLANNING QUESTIONS
- Plan of Care
- INTERVENTION QUESTIONS
- Action or Intervening
- EVALUATION QUESTIONS
- Outcomes of Care
- STEPS
- Read Entire Question
- Identify Step in the Nursing Process
- Eliminate Answer Choices; Choose the Best Answer
3 mins
Guidelines for Prioritizing
- First-level priority problems
- Airway, Breathing, Circulation (ABCs)
- Second-level Priority Problems
- MAA-U-AR
- Mental Status Change
- Acute Pain
- Acute Urinary Elimination Problems
- Untreated Medical Problems
- Abnormal Laboratory Values
- Risk of Infection, Safety or Security
- Third-Level Priority Problems
- Long-Term Treatments
2 mins
How to Use Prioritization in Exam Questions
- Prioritize First
- Airway
- Breathing
- Circulation
- Prioritize Second
- Change in LOC (Altered Mental Status)
- Sepsis
- Acute Pain
- Untreated Medical Problems
- Prioritize Third
- Education
- Feelings
- Patient Waiting to be Discharged
- Test-taking Strategies
- Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
3 mins
Assessment
- Health History
- Objective Data
- Subjective Data
- TEST-TAKING STRATEGY: KEY WORDS
- Identify
- Determine
- Obtain Information
- CONSIDERATIONS
- Assessment Always Done Before Treatments
3 mins
Airway, Breathing, Circulation (ABC's)
- Airway Assessment
- Changed Sound of Voice
- "See-saw" Respirations
- Stridor
- Breathing Assessment
- Normal Respiratory Rate: 12–20 Breaths/Min
- Use of Accessory Muscles in Respiration
- Cyanosis
- Circulation Assessment
- Color of Hands and Digits
- Normal Capillary Refill Time (CRT): 2 Seconds
- Decreased LOC
- Considerations
- Initial ‘Look, Listen and Feel” Assessment
- Emergency Treatment
- Prioritization in Exam Questions
5 mins
Planning
- Nursing Care Plan
- Tailored to Patient
- Short-and-Long-Term Goals
- SMART GOALS
- Specific
- Measurable
- Attainable
- Realistic
- Time-Oriented
2 mins
Implementation
- Types of Nursing Interventions
- Direct Care Interventions
- Indirect Care Interventions
- A Community (Public Health) Intervention
- Implementing the Care Plan
- Partnership with the Patient/Family
- Performing the Nursing Action
- Documenting Nursing Care
- Delegating Nursing Care
- TEST-TAKING STRATEGY: KEY WORDS
- Intervene
- Priority Action
3 mins
Evaluation
- Consider the Effectiveness of Care
- Reassess
- Make Necessary Modifications
- Continuously Ensure Favorable Patient Outcome
- TEST-TAKING STRATEGY: KEY WORDS
- Evaluate
- Outcome
- Consider the Degree of Effectiveness
2 mins
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