The nursing process consists of five steps which are known as assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation. "Most nurses are familiar with the nursing process as it applies to individually focused nursing care" (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2014, p.218). The nursing process can also be used to promote the health of the community which makes it community focused instead of individually focused. Community-oriented nursing practice 's main goal is to prevent disease and promote health. This type of nursing practice promotes health care of the community by developing a community diagnosis to determine what conditions need to be changed for the community to stay healthy. "This process of decision making results in the optimal health
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218). The client is defined by three dimensions known as place, people, and function. Residents of the community are the people. Geographic boundaries and time dimensions refers to place; community activities pertains to the function. The assessment portion helps the nurse identify the problem in the community. For the nurse to solve the problem, the nurse must recognize the community 's strengths and resources that are available. Identifying community needs, clarifying problems and identifying strengths/resources are ways the assessment phase helps the nursing process. Assessing the community involves three steps which are gathering pertinent existing data and generating missing data, developing a composite database, and interpreting the database to recognize a community problem and strengths. Some examples of direct data collection methods are informant interviews, participant observation, and windshield surveys. The major challenge in the assessment phase is achieving acceptance into the community since the nurse may be considered an outsider. It is critical for the nurse to gain entry or acceptance into the community. Some ways the nurse can gain entry into the community are: taking part in community events, using peer group for support, respecting a member of the community 's right to choose whether he or she will work with the nurse, and …show more content…
Evaluation is the appraisal of the effects of the organized programs. The last step of the nursing process, evaluation, begins in the planning phase. The interventions are implemented, and the nurse evaluates if the objectives were met and intervention used were successful. A very important part of the evaluation phase is measuring of outcomes. "Outcomes can be measured by looking at changes from before and after the intervention to solve the problem" (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2014, p.
218). The client is defined by three dimensions known as place, people, and function. Residents of the community are the people. Geographic boundaries and time dimensions refers to place; community activities pertains to the function. The assessment portion helps the nurse identify the problem in the community. For the nurse to solve the problem, the nurse must recognize the community 's strengths and resources that are available. Identifying community needs, clarifying problems and identifying strengths/resources are ways the assessment phase helps the nursing process. Assessing the community involves three steps which are gathering pertinent existing data and generating missing data, developing a composite database, and interpreting the database to recognize a community problem and strengths. Some examples of direct data collection methods are informant interviews, participant observation, and windshield surveys. The major challenge in the assessment phase is achieving acceptance into the community since the nurse may be considered an outsider. It is critical for the nurse to gain entry or acceptance into the community. Some ways the nurse can gain entry into the community are: taking part in community events, using peer group for support, respecting a member of the community 's right to choose whether he or she will work with the nurse, and …show more content…
Evaluation is the appraisal of the effects of the organized programs. The last step of the nursing process, evaluation, begins in the planning phase. The interventions are implemented, and the nurse evaluates if the objectives were met and intervention used were successful. A very important part of the evaluation phase is measuring of outcomes. "Outcomes can be measured by looking at changes from before and after the intervention to solve the problem" (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2014, p.