A nurse is collecting data on a patient who is being admitted into hospice care. The nurse collects data from both the patient and the family so that a clear picture of the patient status is obtained
The nurse is currently involved in which step of the nursing process? a. Assessment
b. Implementation
c. Evaluation
d. Diagnosing
A
Assessment is the deliberate and systematic collection of data about a patient. The data will re-veal a patient's current and past health status, functional status, and present and past coping pat-terns. A nursing diagnosis is a clinical judgment about individual, family, or community res-ponses to actual and potential health problems or life processes that the nurse is licensed and competent to treat. Implementation is the performance of nursing interventions necessary for achieving the goals and expected outcomes of nursing care. Evaluation is crucial to deciding whether, after interventions have been delivered, a patient's condition or well-being improves.
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