NURSING PROCESS

The nursing process functions as a systematic guide to client-

centered care with 5 sequential steps. These are assessment,
diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Assessment. Assessment is the first step and involves critical
thinking skills and data collection; subjective and objective.
Moreover, using the nursing process encourages nurses to
practice critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving and
sharpens their decision-making abilities in clinical practice. As
a result, the quality of nursing care increases, and so does the
level of patient satisfaction.