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The Nursing Process: Joy N. Bautista, RN, MPH, DRDM, MAN
The Nursing Process: Joy N. Bautista, RN, MPH, DRDM, MAN
Purpose
To give the highest level of quality care possible to patients throughout the lifespan, in different health stages, and in any healthcare setting.
Components
Nursing Assessment
The purpose of assessment is to establish a database or a foundation of information about a clients physical, psychosocial, and emotional health in order to identify health-promoting behaviors as well as actual and/or potential health problems
Nursing Diagnosis
The analysis and synthesis of the assessment data Nursing diagnosis is the clinical judgment about individual, family or community responses to actual or potential health problems or life processes and can provide the basis for the selection of nursing interventions to achieve specific client outcomes for which the nurse is accountable
Pain Comfort, impaired Comfort, Readiness for enhanced Pain, Acute Pain, Chronic
Nursing Implementation
Includes the actual execution of the nursing care plan which was developed during the planning stage Performance of nursing interventions that have been planned to meet client goals Delegation of some aspects of nursing interventions to staff members Assignment of a specific nursing task to an assistive personnel who is capable of competently performing the task
Nursing Evaluation
Can signal the beginning of another cycle of the nursing process. Includes the determination of whether the goals set for and with the client have been met completely, partially, or not at all