Nurse Process
NURSING PROCESS
APPLICATION TO NURSING PROCESS
RHIO ANNE FLORES
FELICIAN COLLEGE
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ABSTRACT
Nursing Process is a method in professional nursing to identify, diagnose, and treat human responses to health illness. It has a series of steps which are assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation. A respiratory infection called Pneumonia was applied to each step of the nursing process. It is an illustration of how to apply the condition in each step by collecting the information, diagnosing the signs and symptoms, planning the goals, desired outcomes and interventions, and lastly by determining if all the other steps were efficient and what changes are needed to done.
Nursing process is a variation of scientific reasoning that allows organizing and systematizing in nursing practice. According to American Nurses Association (ANA), it is a method in professional nursing to identify, diagnose, and treat human responses to health illness (Potter & Perry, 2009). It is essential on how to practice nursing. This process is used in nursing to determine and prevent actual or possible illnesses and promotes wellness as well through the use of critical thinking. “Nursing process is a designated series of actions intended the patient’s wellness – and, if this state changes to provide the amount and quality of nursing care the situation demands to direct the patient back to wellness” (Chitty & Black, 2007). Nursing process is composed of five steps that nurses have to apply on solving a problem. These steps are Assessment, Diagnosis, Implementation, Planning and Evaluation.
Nursing Process is a method that has grown rapidly and has been widely used in nursing. This process all began during 1950’s which was evidenced by Lydia Hall’s lecture called
APPLICATION TO NURSING PROCESS
RHIO ANNE FLORES
FELICIAN COLLEGE
Felician College Honor Code:I pledge on my honor that I have neither given nor received inappropriate help on this paper.
Signature:_________________________________
ABSTRACT
Nursing Process is a method in professional nursing to identify, diagnose, and treat human responses to health illness. It has a series of steps which are assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation. A respiratory infection called Pneumonia was applied to each step of the nursing process. It is an illustration of how to apply the condition in each step by collecting the information, diagnosing the signs and symptoms, planning the goals, desired outcomes and interventions, and lastly by determining if all the other steps were efficient and what changes are needed to done.
Nursing process is a variation of scientific reasoning that allows organizing and systematizing in nursing practice. According to American Nurses Association (ANA), it is a method in professional nursing to identify, diagnose, and treat human responses to health illness (Potter & Perry, 2009). It is essential on how to practice nursing. This process is used in nursing to determine and prevent actual or possible illnesses and promotes wellness as well through the use of critical thinking. “Nursing process is a designated series of actions intended the patient’s wellness – and, if this state changes to provide the amount and quality of nursing care the situation demands to direct the patient back to wellness” (Chitty & Black, 2007). Nursing process is composed of five steps that nurses have to apply on solving a problem. These steps are Assessment, Diagnosis, Implementation, Planning and Evaluation.
Nursing Process is a method that has grown rapidly and has been widely used in nursing. This process all began during 1950’s which was evidenced by Lydia Hall’s lecture called
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