NURS 2005 Nursing Process Presentation - 2021 | Assessment, Nursing Diagnosis, Planning, Implementing, and Evaluation

The Nursing Process Dr. Valerie A. Cohen Assessment, Nursing Diagnosis, Planning, Implementing, and EvaluationWhat is the Nursing Process? It is a form of scientific reasoning. It involves critical thinking that includes assessing and analyzing human responses to plan and implement nursing care that meets patients’ needs as evidenced by evaluation of patient outcomes COMPONENTS OF THE NURSING PROCESS 1. Assessment 2. Diagnosis 3. Planning 4. Implementation 5. EvaluationWhat is the Nursing Process? • A special way of thinking and acting. It is a systematic, creative approach used to identify, prevent, and treat actual or potential health problems; identify patients strengths; and promote wellness. • Applying the principles from each of the five steps helps you: – 1. Organize and prioritize your patient care – 2. Keep the focus on what’s important-the patient’s health status and quality of life. – 3. Form thinking habits that help you gain the confidence and skills you need to think critically in clinical, theoretical, and testing situations. • It is a deliberate but flexible guide for planning, implementing, and evaluating effective, individualized nursing care.Nursing Process and Critical Thinking • How can the nursing process promote critical thinking? – Purposeful, Organized, and Systematic • Each step is designed to achieve a specific purpose. Ex: Assessment aims to gather the facts you need to determine health status. Diagnosis aims to analyze those facts to identify the problems and risks involved. (Helps the nurse avoid missing anything important.) – Humanistic – Based on the belief that we must consider patients’ unique interests, values, needs, and culture • The nursing process guides nurses to focus holistically on the body, mind, and spirit. • It pushes nur- - ses to consider health problems in context of how they impact on sense of wellbeing and ability to be independent. – Ex: Suppose Bob has severe arthritis. You work to understand how it impacts on his ability to work, to do desired activities, to sleep, and to function in his role as father of three young children.