Introduction
Nursing is an art of applying scientific principles in a humanitarian way to care of people, therefore the nursing process serves as the organizational framework for the practice of nursing.
Nursing process
Nursing process is a systematic method by which nurse plans and provides care for patient; This involves a problem-solving approach that enables the nurse to identify patient problems and potential risk, needs and plan to deliver and evaluate nursing care in an orderly, scientific manner.
The nursing process is also the framework for providing professional, quality nursing care which directs nursing activities for health promotion, protection and disease prevention with the objective of increase in quality of care.
Nursing Process History
The initial reference to nursing as a “process” was in 1955 journal article by Lydia Hall, the term nursing process was still not widely used till the late 1960 (Edelman & Mandle, 2002). Johnson (1959), Orlando (1961), and Wiedenbach (1963) referred to the nursing process as a series of three steps ie., assessment, planning, and evaluation. Yura and Walsh (1967) identified four steps in the nursing process, which are I – Assessing, II – Planning, III – Implementing, IV – Evaluating
After the first meeting of the group now called NANDA International in 1974, nursing diagnosis was added as a separate step in the nursing process.
Now, the steps of the nursing process are:
1 - Assessment (Read - NURSING ASSESSMENT - FIRST COMPONENT)
2 - Diagnosis ( Read - NURSING DIAGNOSIS - SECOND COMPONENT)
3 - Planning (Read - NURSING PLANNING - THIRD COMPONENT)
4 - Implementation (Read - IMPLEMENTATION IN NURSING PROCESS – FOURTH COMPONENT)
5 - Evaluation (Read - NURSING EVALUATION – FIFTH COMPONENT)
The nursing process consists of above mentioned five dynamic and interrelated phases.
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