Madiha Zaidi, Tameika Francis, Roselee St.Germain, Daniel Akinyimi, Troilina Ana, Rayshma Jagdat Saint Paul’s School of Nursing
NUR 100
Sarah Cheeky Arciaga, RN, MSN, MBA
The nursing process is a fundamental practice that is consistently utilized by professional nurses. It provides an organized structure for nurses to follow utilizing critical thinking and a problem solving approach in order to meet optimal patient care needs. The five phases within the process are to be followed in order, but maintain a cyclic course. According to Urden, Stacy, & Lough (2006), “the nursing process incorporates a feedback loop that maintains quality control of its decision-making outputs (pp. 8).
Assessment
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The nurse evaluates the Outcomes portion of the nursing process to determine if the Interventions chosen were appropriate to achieve the goal. During the Evaluation phase, the nurse must have specific and complete qualitative and quantitative information about the data including lab results, vital signs, measurable assessment data, etc. The nurse not only uses critical thinking skills to evaluate the patient outcomes, but also uses acquired clinical decision-making skills to revise care based on the results of the evaluation. (Huckabay, 2009) According to Huckabay (2009), "Each of the steps of the nursing process requires the nurse to think critically and to reason accurately." (p. 72) It is important to note that the Evaluation step can actually be integrated throughout the entire process. Nurses can evaluate each step of the process to determine whether to proceed.
References
Ackley, B. J., Ladwig, G. B. (2010). Nursing Diagnosis Handbook (10th ed.). Maryland Heights, MO: Mosby