Nursing process

it's a good test of your application of the material. what did you do? how do you understand these terms? these are concepts that you are going to hear from now until you retire from nursing and i'm not kidding. your introduction to the nursing process is how you are going to begin to learn critical thinking. you can start by looking up each word in a regular dictionary. you can then look up each word in the index of your nursing textbook and see what is written about them in there. if you have a copy of taber's cyclopedic medical dictionary or another medical dictionary you will also find definitions for some of these words.

not only do you need to learn these words by heart, but also you will need to know the correct sequence that they belong in and what occurs in each one of these parts of the nursing process.

happy studying!

• http://home.cogeco.ca/~nursingprocess/index.htm
  
• https://nursing.advanceweb.com/common/ce/content.aspx?courseid=504&creditid=1&cc=68974&sid=1837
  
• http://www.mac.edu/faculty/nursingdepartment/200%20level/nursing_process.htm#return%20to%20top
  
• http://www06.homepage.villanova.edu/elizabeth.bruderle/1103/nursingprocess.htm
  
• an analogy of the nursing process to a real world situation:
  
  • you are driving along and suddenly you hear a bang, you start having trouble controlling your car's direction and it's hard to keep your hands on the steering wheel. you pull over to the side of the road. "what's wrong?" you're thinking. you look over the dashboard and none of the warning lights are blinking. you decide to get out of the car and take a look at the outside of the vehicle. you start walking around it. then, you see it. a huge nail is sticking out of one of the rear tires and the tire is noticeably deflated. what you have just done is step #1 of the nursing process--performed an assessment. you determine that you have a flat tire. you have just done step #2 of the nursing process--made a diagnosis. the little squirrel starts running like crazy in the wheel up in your brain. "what do i do?" you are thinking. you could call aaa. no, you can save the money and do it yourself. you can replace the tire by changing out the flat one with the spare in the trunk. good thing you took that class in how to do simple maintenance and repairs on a car! you have just done step #3 of the nursing process--planning (developed a goal and intervention). you get the jack and spare tire out of the trunk, roll up your sleeves and get to work. you have just done step #4 of the nursing process--implementation of the plan. after the new tire is installed you put the flat one in the trunk along with the jack, dust yourself off, take a long drink of that bottle of water you had with you and prepare to drive off. you begin slowly to test the feel as you drive. good. everything seems fine. the spare tire seems to be ok and off you go and on your way. you have just done step #5 of the nursing process--evaluation (determined if your goal was met).