The student is learning the steps of the nursing process. What is the first thing that the student should realize about the purpose of this process?
1. Deliver care to a client in an organized way.
2. Implement a plan that is close to the medical model.
3. Identify client needs and deliver care to meet those needs.
4. Make sure that standardized care is available to clients.
Correct Answer: 3
Rationale 1: Delivery of organized care is not part of the nursing process, although each phase is interrelated.
Rationale 2: The nursing process is not part of the medical model, as nurses treat the client's response to the disease or problem.
Rationale 3: The purpose of the nursing process is to identify a client's health status and actual or potential health care problems or needs, to establish plans to meet the identified needs, and to deliver specific nursing interventions to meet those needs.
Rationale 4: The nursing process is individualized for each client's care plan. It is not about standardizing care.
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