Key Terms

analyze cues

ability to determine what the patient cues mean within the context of the patient situation

clinical judgment

cognitive, decision-making process nurses perform while carrying out the nursing process

evaluate outcomes

ability to determine if the expected patient outcomes are met

generate solutions

ability to develop a plan to achieve patient outcomes

prioritize hypotheses

ability to arrange the identified patient problems based on urgency

recognize cues

ability to determine what information related to the patient situation is most important

take actions

ability to implement what intervention(s) to do first, next, or in order of sequence