| A | B |
|---|
| Assessment | Collect and analyze data |
| Diagnosis | Determine health related problems |
| Planning | Setting goals and outcomes |
| Implementation | Performing interventions determined in planning |
| Evaluation | Determine if goals have been met |
| Subjective data | Info the client tells you, cannot use your senses to verify |
| Objective data | Information collected using five senses. A measurement or observation |
| State Board of Nursing | Protects the public through the NPA and oversees nursing practice |
| Standards of practice | Describes competent level of nursing practice required of all RNs |
| Compact license | Allows nurses to practice in multiple states |
| The Nurse Practice Act | Set of state laws that define legal duties of nurses |
