The 5 Steps of the Nursing Process
The nursing process is a scientific method used by nurses to ensure the quality of patient care
Nursing process is Assessment , Diagnosis , Planning , Implementation and Evaulation
There are many advantages to the use of the nursing process:
• The nursing process provides an organizing framework for meeting the individual needs of the client, the client’s family/significant other(s), and the community.
• The steps of the nursing process focus the nurse’s attention on the “individual” human responses of a client/group to a given health situation, resulting in a holistic plan of care addressing the specific needs of the client/group.