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• 5_________________________________ and evidence-based reasons for doing those nursing

interventions that you chose for your care plan
In short, nursing interventions column is really two parts:

• First, what nurses will do to help the patient reach their goals.

• Second,6 you tell _________________________ why you will do it.
What is an evaluation column?

It is an 7 _____________ column where you will say whether or not your patients 8_______________.
It is fantastic if they are able to meet the goals. Thus, you do not need to do anything else.

If they are unable to meet the goals, then you as the nurse have to 9_________ they didn’t meet it and
10______________ you would do differently next time. Therefore, you need to change your care plan in

order to help your patients meet their goals next time.

Vocabulary: Action verbs to describe the interventions

List of action verbs you might use in your nursing intervention:

• To monitor : to watch, keep track of, or check usually for a special purpose
• To review : to view or see again
• To assess : to determine the importance, size, or value of
• To record : to set down in writing, : furnish written evidence of
• To encourage : to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope
• To suggest : to propose as desirable or fitting
• To measure : to discover the exact size or amount of something
• To elevate : to lift up or make higher
• To ensure : to make sure, certain, or safe
• To document : to record the details of an event, a process, etc.

Examples of the application of the action verbs in the interventions

➢ Assess abdomen and GI status: bowel sounds and distention.
➢ Monitor the client’s emotional and physiologic response continuously during infusion.
➢ Document the patient’s action.
➢ Encourage range-of-motion exercises.
➢ Ensure that someone stays with the patient during the physical therapy.

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