The nurse educator is presenting information about the nursing process to a group of students. Which statement by a student reflects the appropriate sequence when implementing the nursing process?
1. "The correct order of the nursing process is diagnosis, assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation."
2. "The correct order of the nursing process is assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation."
3. "The correct order of the nursing process is planning, assessment, diagnosis, implementation, evaluation."
4. "The correct order of the nursing process is assessment, planning, diagnosis, implementation, evaluation."
Correct Answer: 2
The nursing process is a systematic, rational, dynamic, and cyclic process used by the nurse for planning and providing care for the client. The assessment phase, step 1, involves the collection of data. Step 2 of the nursing process is diagnosis. The nurse uses critical thinking and applies knowledge from the sciences and other disciplines to analyze and synthesize the data. Similar data is clustered together and become the basis for the nursing diagnosis. Step 3 of the process is planning. During the planning phase the nurse sets the course for the care to be delivered. Implementation is the fourth step. During the implementation phase, step 4, the care is delivered. The final stage in the process, step 5, is evaluation. The professional nurse compares the present client status to achievement of the stated goals or outcomes. At this time the nurse will need to modify the nursing care plan.
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