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What are the steps of the Nursing Process?

Assessment


Diagnosis


Outcome Identification


Planning


Implementation


Evaluation

Define: Assessment

Collection of data from multiple sources

Examples of assessment

review of clinical record, interview, health history,physical examination, functional assessment, cultural and spiritual assessment, consultation, review of literature

Database is formed from what?

Subjective and Objective data plus patient’srecord and laboratory studies

Diagnosis

-Interpretation of data by identifying clusters of cues so as to make inferences

-Compare clusters of cues with definitions and defining characteristics


-Validation of inferences based on findingsIdentify related factors


-Document the diagnosis

Outcome Identification

-Identify expected outcomes related to patient individualization

-Ensure outcomes have the SMART components -Specify short-term and long-term goal measurement criteria

Planning

-Establish priorities based on meeting identified patient care goals

-Develop outcomes and set time frames for meeting proposed outcomes


-Identify relevant interventions and utilize interdisciplinary health care team members in the care planning process for the patient


-Document plan of care

Evaluation
-Refer to established outcomes

-Evaluate individual’s condition and compare actual outcomes with expected outcomes


-Summarize results of evaluation


-Identify reasons for failure to achieve expected outcomes


-Take corrective action to modify plan of care


-Document evaluation in plan of care

Priority Problems Level
-First-level priority Emergent, life threatening, and immediate

-Second-level priorityNext in urgency, requiring attention so as to avoid further deterioration


-Third-level priorityImportant to patient’s health but can be addressed after more urgent problems are addressed


-Collaborative problemsApproach to treatment involves multiple disciplines