Nursing Process, effective use of the nursing process

By:
Muhammad Baqar
RN, P.B.CHN, BScN, MSPH
Nursing Process
College of Nursing Sukkur 2024

Nursing Process
o The nursing process is a systematic, rational
method of planning and providing
individualized nursing care.
o A systematic method of providing care to
clients

Nursing Process
o The nursing process is a critical thinking
process that professional nurses use to
apply the best available evidence to are
giving and promoting human functions and
responses to health and illness
(American Nurses Association, 2010)

Purposes of Nursing Process
o To identify a client’s health status and actual or
potential health care problems or needs.
o To establish plans to meet the identified needs.
o It provides a framework in which to practice nursing.
o Provide care for clients that is individualized, holistic,
effective, and efficient.
o Protects nurses against potential legal problems

Benefits of Nursing Process
o Provides an orderly & systematic method
for planning & providing care
o Enhances nursing efficiency by
standardizing nursing practice
o Facilitates documentation of care

Benefits of Nursing Process
o Provides a unity of language for the nursing
profession
o Stresses the independent function of nurses
o Increases care quality through the use of
careful actions

Characteristics of Nursing
Process
o Cyclic
o Dynamic nature
o Client centeredness
o Focus on problem solving and decision
making
o Interpersonal and collaborative style
o Universal applicability
o Use of critical thinking and clinical reasoning.

Steps / Phases/Components of
Nursing Process
o Current Scope and Standards of Nursing
Practice include six phases of the nursing
process:
1. Assessment,
2. Diagnosis,
3. Outcomes identification,
4. Planning,
5. Implementation, and
6. Evaluation

Most Uses ADPIE Five Steps /
Phases/ Components of Nursing
Process
1. Assessment
2. Diagnosis
3. Planning and Outcomes identification
Implementation
4. Evaluation

Most Uses Five Steps / Phases
of Nursing Process

Requirements for Effective Use of
the Nursing Process
o Nursing knowledge is required from many
fields, including:
• Natural science, Social science, Behavioral
science, Arts and humanities, and Nursing
science.

the Nursing Process
• Referral and collaboration among nurses
and other health care professionals
• Critical thinking and decision making
• Use of evidence-based nursing
interventions.

the Nursing Process
• Reinforce for application of the all steps of
Nursing Process.
• Adequate time
• Nursing human power and adequate salary
• Near to the ground workload
• Materials.
• Arrange Training for Nurse

11FUNCTIONAL HEALTH
PATTERNS
o Gordon’s (2002) human functional health
patterns model provides a systematic
framework for data collection that focuses
on 11 functional health patterns.

11FUNCTIONAL HEALTH
PATTERNS
o Health perception-health management
pattern.
o Nutritional-metabolic pattern
o Elimination pattern
o Activity-exercise pattern
o Sleep-rest pattern
o Cognitive-perceptual pattern

11FUNCTIONAL HEALTH
PATTERNS
 Self-perception-concept pattern
 Role-relationship pattern
 Sexuality-reproductive pattern
 Coping-stress tolerance pattern
 Value -Belief pattern

Health perception–Health
management pattern
Describes client’s perceived
pattern of health and well-being
and how health is managed

Nutritional-Metabolic Pattern
Describes pattern of food and
fluid consumption relative to
metabolic need and pattern
indicators of local nutrient supply

Elimination Pattern
Describes patterns of excretory
function
(bowel, bladder, and skin)

Activity-Exercise Pattern
Describes pattern of exercise,
activity, leisure, and recreation

Cognitive-Perceptual Pattern
Describes sensory-perceptual
and cognitive pattern

Sleep-Rest Pattern
Describes pattern of sleep, rest,
and relaxation

Self Perception–Self Concept
Pattern
Describes self-concept pattern
and perceptions of self

Role-Relationship Pattern
Describes pattern of role
engagements and relationships

Sexuality-Reproductive Pattern
Describes patterns of satisfaction
or dissatisfaction with sexuality;
describes reproductive patterns

Coping Stress Tolerance Pattern
Describes coping pattern and its
effectiveness in stress tolerance

Value-Belief Pattern
Describes goals and value and
belief patterns that underlie
decision making

Conclusion
o The nursing process is not lined but involves
overlapping steps that build on each other
(Assessment, Diagnosis, Outcome Identification and
Planning, Implementation, Evaluation)
o Effective use of the nursing process required
knowledge, collaboration among nurses , Critical
thinking, decision making, application of the all
steps, nursing human power and Materials.
o Gordon’s human functional health patterns model
provides a systematic framework for data collection
that focuses on 11 functional health pattern

References
 Shirlee Snyder, A. B., & G.F.(2015, January 15). Kozier & Erb’s Fundamentals
of nursing (10th ed.). Pearson
 DeLaune,S.C.,& Ladner,P. K. (2010). Fundamentals of Nursing (Fundamentals
of Nursing (Delmar Cengage Learning) (4th ed).
 Berman, A. T., Frandsen,G., & Snyder, S.(2021). Kozier & Erb’s Fundamentals
of Nursing, eBook, Global Edition. Pearson Education
 Hagos,F.,Alemseged,F., Balcha, F., Berhe, S., & Aregay, A. (2014). Application
of Nursing Process and Its Affecting Factors among Nurses Working in
Mekelle Zone Hospitals, Northern Ethiopia. Nursing Research and Practice
, 2014, 1–8.

Nursing Process, effective use of the nursing process

Nursing Process, effective use of the nursing process

More Related Content

What's hot

Similar to Nursing Process, effective use of the nursing process

More from College of Nursing Sukkur

Recently uploaded

Nursing Process, effective use of the nursing process