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 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.”
