{"id":40,"date":"2021-06-29T17:40:35","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T17:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accnursing2030\/chapter\/ii-glossary\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T18:40:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T18:40:59","slug":"ii-glossary","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accnursing2030\/chapter\/ii-glossary\/","title":{"raw":"II Glossary","rendered":"II Glossary"},"content":{"raw":"ABCs:<\/strong> Airway, breathing, and circulation.\n\nActual problems:<\/strong> Nursing problems currently occurring with the client.\n\nAcuity:<\/strong> The level of client care that is required based on the severity of a client\u2019s illness or condition.\n\nAcuity-rating staffing models:<\/strong> A staffing model used to make client assignments that reflects the individualized nursing care required for different types of clients.\n\nAcute conditions:<\/strong> Conditions having a sudden onset.\n\nChronic conditions:<\/strong> Conditions that have a slow onset and may gradually worsen over time.\n\nClinical reasoning:<\/strong> \u201cA complex cognitive process that uses formal and informal thinking strategies to gather and analyze client information, evaluate the significance of this information, and weigh alternative actions.\u201d[footnote]Klenke-Borgmann, L., Cantrell, M. A., & Mariani, B. (2020). Nurse educator\u2019s guide to clinical judgment: A review of conceptualization, measurement, and development. Nursing Education Perspectives, 41(<\/em>4), 215-221. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/01.nep.0000000000000669<\/a>[\/footnote]<\/sup>\n\nCritical thinking:<\/strong> A broad term used in nursing that includes \u201creasoning about clinical issues such as teamwork, collaboration, and streamlining workflow.\u201d[footnote]Klenke-Borgmann, L., Cantrell, M. A., & Mariani, B. (2020). Nurse educator\u2019s guide to clinical judgment: A review of conceptualization, measurement, and development. Nursing Education Perspectives, 41(<\/em>4), 215-221. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/01.nep.0000000000000669<\/a>[\/footnote]<\/sup>\n\nCURE hierarchy:<\/strong> A strategy for prioritization based on identifying \u201ccritical\u201d needs, \u201curgent\u201d needs, \u201croutine\u201d needs, and \u201cextras.\u201d\n\nData cues:<\/strong> Pieces of significant clinical information that direct the nurse toward a potential clinical concern or a change in condition.\n\nExpected conditions:<\/strong> Conditions that are likely to occur or anticipated in the course of an illness, disease, or injury.\n\nMaslow\u2019s Hierarchy of Needs:<\/strong> Prioritization strategies often reflect the foundational elements of physiological needs and safety and progress toward higher levels.\n\nRatio-based staffing models:<\/strong> A staffing model used to make client assignments in terms of one nurse caring for a set number of clients.\n\nRisk problem:<\/strong> A nursing problem that reflects that a client may experience a problem but does not currently have signs reflecting the problem is actively occurring.\n\nTime estimation:<\/strong> A prioritization strategy including the review of planned tasks and allocation of time believed to be required to complete each task.\n\nTime scarcity:<\/strong> A feeling of racing against a clock that is continually working against you.\n\nUnexpected conditions:<\/strong> Conditions that are not likely to occur in the normal progression of an illness, disease, or injury.","rendered":"

ABCs:<\/strong> Airway, breathing, and circulation.<\/p>\n

Actual problems:<\/strong> Nursing problems currently occurring with the client.<\/p>\n

Acuity:<\/strong> The level of client care that is required based on the severity of a client\u2019s illness or condition.<\/p>\n

Acuity-rating staffing models:<\/strong> A staffing model used to make client assignments that reflects the individualized nursing care required for different types of clients.<\/p>\n

Acute conditions:<\/strong> Conditions having a sudden onset.<\/p>\n

Chronic conditions:<\/strong> Conditions that have a slow onset and may gradually worsen over time.<\/p>\n

Clinical reasoning:<\/strong> \u201cA complex cognitive process that uses formal and informal thinking strategies to gather and analyze client information, evaluate the significance of this information, and weigh alternative actions.\u201d[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Critical thinking:<\/strong> A broad term used in nursing that includes \u201creasoning about clinical issues such as teamwork, collaboration, and streamlining workflow.\u201d[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

CURE hierarchy:<\/strong> A strategy for prioritization based on identifying \u201ccritical\u201d needs, \u201curgent\u201d needs, \u201croutine\u201d needs, and \u201cextras.\u201d<\/p>\n

Data cues:<\/strong> Pieces of significant clinical information that direct the nurse toward a potential clinical concern or a change in condition.<\/p>\n

Expected conditions:<\/strong> Conditions that are likely to occur or anticipated in the course of an illness, disease, or injury.<\/p>\n

Maslow\u2019s Hierarchy of Needs:<\/strong> Prioritization strategies often reflect the foundational elements of physiological needs and safety and progress toward higher levels.<\/p>\n

Ratio-based staffing models:<\/strong> A staffing model used to make client assignments in terms of one nurse caring for a set number of clients.<\/p>\n

Risk problem:<\/strong> A nursing problem that reflects that a client may experience a problem but does not currently have signs reflecting the problem is actively occurring.<\/p>\n

Time estimation:<\/strong> A prioritization strategy including the review of planned tasks and allocation of time believed to be required to complete each task.<\/p>\n

Time scarcity:<\/strong> A feeling of racing against a clock that is continually working against you.<\/p>\n

Unexpected conditions:<\/strong> Conditions that are not likely to occur in the normal progression of an illness, disease, or injury.<\/p>\n

  1. Klenke-Borgmann, L., Cantrell, M. A., & Mariani, B. (2020). Nurse educator\u2019s guide to clinical judgment: A review of conceptualization, measurement, and development. Nursing Education Perspectives, 41(<\/em>4), 215-221. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/01.nep.0000000000000669<\/a> ↵<\/a><\/li>
  2. Klenke-Borgmann, L., Cantrell, M. A., & Mariani, B. (2020). Nurse educator\u2019s guide to clinical judgment: A review of conceptualization, measurement, and development. Nursing Education Perspectives, 41(<\/em>4), 215-221. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/01.nep.0000000000000669<\/a> ↵<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":32,"menu_order":8,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-40","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless"],"part":23,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accnursing2030\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accnursing2030\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accnursing2030\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accnursing2030\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accnursing2030\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accnursing2030\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/40\/revisions\/41"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accnursing2030\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/23"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accnursing2030\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/40\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accnursing2030\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accnursing2030\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=40"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accnursing2030\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=40"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accnursing2030\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}