4.1 Nursing Process Introduction
Open Resources for Nursing (Open RN)
Learning Objectives
- Use the nursing process to provide client care
- Describe components of a client-centered plan of care
- Differentiate priorities of client care
- Describe the roles of the RN, LPN/VN, and UAP in providing client care
Have you ever wondered how a nurse can receive a quick handoff report from another nurse and immediately begin providing care for a client they previously knew nothing about? How do they know what to do? How do they prioritize and make a plan?
Nurses know how to analyze pertinent information and use the nursing process as a critical thinking model to guide client care. The nursing process becomes a road map for the actions and interventions that nurses implement to optimize their clients’ well-being and health. This chapter will explain how to use the nursing process as standards of professional nursing practice to provide safe, client-centered care.
A systematic approach to patient-centered care with five steps including assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation, otherwise known by the mnemonic “ADOPIE.”