The nursing process provides individualized care that is accountable. What is the nursing role in the implementation step of the nursing process?
A) Systematic and continuous collection of data
B) Statement of the client's actual or potential problem
C) Development of goals for care and possible activities to meet them
D) Giving of actual nursing care
D
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The nurse's role in the implementation step of the nursing process is giving of actual care. In nursing assessment, it is the systematic and continuous collection of data. In nursing diagnosis, it is a statement of the client's actual or potential problem. In planning, the role is the development of goals and possible activities to meet them.
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