PRELIMS: NURSING ASSESSMENT Flashcards
a systematic rational method of planning and providing individualized nursing care ; fundamental blueprint for how to care
nursing process
nursing process has an ordered sequence of activities
systematic
nursing process has great interaction and overlapping among the activities ; each activity is fluid
dynamic
nursing process ensures that nurses are client-centered rather than task oriented
interpersonal
nursing process is a means for nurses and clients to work together to identify specific goals
goal directed
nursing process allows to practice nursing with well or ill people, young or old in any type of practice setting
universally applicable
the systematic and continuous collection, organization, validation, and documentation of data
assessment