critical path development

critical path development,

a nursing intervention from the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) defined as constructing and using a timed sequence of patient care activities to enhance desired patient outcomes in a cost-efficient manner. See also Nursing Interventions Classification.

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development [de-vel´up-ment]

1. growth and differentiation.

2. building or enhancement.

cognitive development the development of intelligence, conscious thought, and problem-solving ability that begins in infancy.

community health development in the nursing interventions classification, a nursing intervention defined as facilitating members of a community to identify the community's health concerns, mobilize resources, and implement solutions.

critical path development in the nursing interventions classification, a nursing intervention defined as constructing and using a timed sequence of patient care activities to enhance desired patient outcomes in a cost-efficient manner. See also critical path.

program development in the nursing interventions classification, a nursing intervention defined as planning, implementing, and evaluating a coordinated set of activities designed to enhance wellness or to prevent, reduce, or eliminate one or more health problems of a group or community.

psychosexual development

1. generally, the development of the psychological aspects of sexuality from birth to maturity.

2. In psychoanalytic theory, the development of object relations has five stages: the oral stage from birth to 2 years, the anal stage from 2 to 4 years, the phallic stage from 4 to 6 years, the latency stage from 6 years until puberty, and the genital stage from puberty onward; see also sexual development.

psychosocial development the development of the personality, including the acquisition of social attitudes and skills, from infancy through maturity.

risk for delayed development a nursing diagnosis accepted by the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, defined as being at risk for delay of 25 per cent or more in one or more of the areas of social or self-regulatory behavior, or in cognitive, language, gross motor, or fine motor skills.

sexual development see sexual development.

staff development

1. an educational program for health care providers conducted by a hospital or other institution; it includes orientation, in-service training, and continuing education.

2. in the nursing interventions classification, a nursing intervention defined as developing, maintaining, and monitoring competence of staff.