What is dependent nursing intervention

Dependent nursing interventions are those that require guidance or supervision from a physician or other medical professional. Interdependent nursing interventions are those that nurses perform as part of a collaborative team of medical professionals working together to care for a patient.

What is dependent nursing intervention examples?

Dependent Nursing Interventions\n\n For example, administering medication is a dependent nursing intervention. The nurse incorporates dependent interventions into the patient's overall care plan by associating each intervention with the appropriate nursing diagnosis.

Which nursing intervention is considered an independent intervention?

Any intervention that the nurse can independently provide without obtaining a prescription is considered an independent nursing intervention. An example of an independent nursing intervention is when the nurses monitor the patient's 24-hour intake/output record for trends because of a risk for imbalanced fluid volume.

What is interdependent intervention?

Administering IV fluid or morphine sulfate are dependent interventions; they require an order from a physician or advanced practice nurse but are carried out by the nurse.