A client is brought to the trauma center of a major medical center following a serious motor vehicle accident
Using the nursing process, the nurse has to perform timely therapeutic nursing interventions while evaluating their effects and completing further assessments of the client and planning priorities of what to do next. This type of functioning by the nurse demonstrates which aspect of the nursing process? A) Its dynamic nature
B) Its continuous nature
C) Its systematic nature
D) Its experimental nature
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The nursing process is ever changing or dynamic; it contains definite steps, which may overlap or occur all at once. Reassessment, reevaluation, and revision of the nursing care plan indicate its continuous nature. Specific steps to identify and meet the client's needs indicate the systematic nature of the nursing process. The nursing process is not experimental; it is purposeful and methodical.
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