After Completing a Patient's Initial Assessment and Developing a Plan

question 20

Multiple Choice

After completing a patient's initial assessment and developing a plan of care, what action by the nurse is most appropriate?

• A) Continuously reassess the patient.
• B) Restrict changes to the care interventions.
• C) Reassess the patient at the start of each shift.
• D) Evaluate patient goal attainment at intervals.

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Definitions:

Inattentional Blindness

The psychological phenomenon where an individual fails to perceive an unexpected stimulus in plain sight due to the focus of attention elsewhere.

Task Difficulty

The level of challenge presented by a task, which can affect performance and engagement.

Attention

the act or state of applying the mind to something; the ability to closely and carefully listen, watch, or consider something or someone.

Automatic Processing

The performance of a task with little or no conscious thought, often as a result of repeated practice and learning.