What it means
In nursing, to analyze is to look at the data you have collected and work out what it means: which findings go together, which are expected and which are a concern. "Analyze cues" is one of the steps in the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model that the NCLEX tests, coming after "recognize cues" and before "prioritize hypotheses".
At a glance
| Spanish | analizar |
|---|---|
| Also written | analyzes, analyzed, analyzing |
Related terms
assess
To gather information about a client by looking, listening, asking, measuring and examining.
evaluate
To judge whether care worked by comparing the client's results with the goals that were set.
clinical judgment
The way a nurse notices, makes sense of and acts on information about a client to decide on the best care.
clinical reasoning
The thinking process a nurse uses to gather and make sense of client information, decide what is going on and choose what to do.