Diagnosing
Assessing
Planning
Implementing
Evaluating
Establish database about the clients response to health concerns or illness and the ability to manage health care needs
Assessing
Assessing
Identify client strengths and health problems that can be prevented or resolved by collaborative and independent nursing interventions
Diagnosing
Compare data against standards Cluster or group data Generate hypothesis -determine clients strengths, risk Formulate nursing diagnosis
Diagnosing
Develop individualized care plan that specifies client goals/desired outcomes, and related nursing interventions
Planning
Set priorities and goals/outcomes in collaboration with client
Write goals/desired outcomes
Consult other health professionals
Planning
Assist the client to meet desired goals/outcomes, promote wellness, prevent illness and disease, restore health, And facilitate coping with altered functioning
Implementing
Reassess client
Determine need for assistance
Perform planned nursing interventions
Document care and client response
Implementing
Determine whether to continue, modify, or terminate the plan of care
Evaluating
Judge whether goals/outcomes have been achieved
Review and modify the care plan as indicated or terminate nursing care
Document achievement of outcomes and modification of the care plan
Evaluating
All info about client
Database
Symptoms
Apparent only to person
Clients sensation, feelings, values, beliefs, attitudes, perception of personal health status or concern
Subjective data
Signs
Detectable by an observer or can be measured or tested against accepted standard
Obtained by observation or physical examination
Objective
Nursing Process
Head-to-toe approach begins rh examination at the head, profess to the neck, thorax, abdomen, and extremities, and ends at toes.
Cephalcaudal
Maslow hierarchy of needs
Subjective or objective data that can be directly observed by the nurse
That is what client says or wear the nurse can see, hear, feel, smell, or measure
Cues
Are the nurses interpretation or conclusions made based on the cues a nurse observes the cues a nurse observes
Inferences