Question

Identify the 5 steps of the nursing process. (I poimt

Answer 1

ANSWER

5 Steps of nursing process.

       * Five steps of nursing process include

                   * Assessment.

                   * Nursing diagnosis.

                   * Planning.

                   * Implementation.

                   * Evaluation.

      * Assessment.

             * This step begin with admission or visit of a patient in a hospital

                with a health care problem.

             * Assessment findings are divided into subjective and objective findings.

             * Subjective findings are the responses of the patient about his or her

               disease condition.

             * Objective findings are observable responses from the patient which is

                observed by a nurse.

             * Assessment can done by history collection and physical examination.

             * History collection include

                            * Present complaints.

                            * Present history.

                            * Past history.

                            * Family history.

                            * Socioeconomic history.

            * Physical examination include.

                            * Systemic examination of all body systems by

                               using four methods.

                                           * Inspection.(Observation of the area)

                                           * Palpation.(Observation using touch)

                                           * Percussion.(Tap the area for assessment)

                                           * Auscultation.(Observation using stethoscope)

     * Nursing diagnosis.

              * In this step nurses develop nursing diagnoses based on collected health

                 informations from the patient.

             * A nursing diagnosis include three parts

                                 * A diagnostic problem.

                                 * Etiology.

                                 * Characterstics of the problem.

             Eg : Impaired urinary elimination (Diagnostic problem) related to frequent urination

                     (etiology) as evidenced by dysuria.(characterstics of the problem).

   * Planning.

           * In this step nurse making goals and set objectives to begin nursing

             interventions.

           * Proper planning is based on the nursing diagnoses of the patient.

   * Implementation.

           * In this step nurse implement planned interventions for recover patient

             from current health problems and it include preventive measures to

             avoid reoccurance of disease.

   * Evaluation.

          * In this step nurse evaluate patient responses by collecting feedbcks

            from the patient.

          * Evaluation phase help the nurses to verify quality of nursing care given

             to the patient.