The nurse primarily uses the nursing process in the care of patient's:
a) To explain nursing interventions to other health care professionals
b) As a problem solving tool to identify and treat patient's health care problems
c) As a scientific based process of diagnosing the patient's health care problems
d) To establish nursing theory that incorporates the biopsychosocial nature of humans
Ans: b) As a problem solving tool to identify and treat patient's health care problems
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