nursing process

• Assessment collecting, organizing, validating and communicating/recording client data.
• Assessment To establish a database about the client's response to health concerns or illness and the ability to manage health care needs.
• Diagnosis Analyzing and synthesizing data
• Diagnosis To identify client's strengths and health problems that can be prevented or resolved by collaboration and independent nursing interventions
• Diagnosis To develop a list of nursing diagnosis and collaborative problems
• Wellness Diagnosis Opportunity to enhance health status
• Risk Diagnosis Focus is on reducing the risk
• Actual Diagnosis Presence of current/existing client problem
• Planning Determining how to prevent, reduce or resolve the identified client problems; how to support client strengths
• Planning To develop an individualized care plan that specifies client goals/expected outcomes and related nursing interventions
• Implementation Carrying out the planned actions
• Implementation To assist client to meet desired goals/outcomes, promote health and wellness; prevent illness and disease and facilitate coping with health problems.
• Evaluation To determine if the client's needs have been met and evaluate effectiveness of nursing intervention
• Evaluation Measuring the degree to which goals/outcomes have been achieved