Chapter 1 What is the Nursing Process?
The purpose of this chapter is to explore how nurses manage care; it will take
you through a five-stage problem-solving approach known as the nursing
process. At the end of the chapter, you should be able to:
- Define the stages of the nursing process
- Undertake a nursing assessment
- Identify nursing diagnoses from the assessment data
- Devise and implement a plan of care
- Evaluate your actions
- Consider the link between evaluation and quality of care.
Throughout the chapter, a working example using a client who is experiencing
pain will be used to demonstrate how each of the stages of the nursing process
is applied. The chapter also provides an opportunity for you to undertake some
exercises that will assist you with your care-planning skills.
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