The nurse is using the nursing process when caring for a patient. In which order should the nurse implement this process?
a. Nursing diagnosis, intervention, rationale, evaluation, planning
b. Data collection, intervention, nursing diagnosis, rationale, evaluation
c. Assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation
d. Data collection, evaluation, nursing diagnosis, implementation, rationale
ANS: C
C. The nurse should implement the steps of the nursing process by beginning with assessment, formulating nursing diagnoses, planning care, implementing care, and then evaluating care. A. B. D. These lists do not implement the steps of the nursing process in appropriate order. Rationale is not a step in the nursing process.
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