Nursing Process: Definition, purpose and steps
What is a nursing process ?
Nursing process is a systematic, rational method of planning and providing individualized nursing care.
The purpose of nursing process
To...
Benefits of Nursing Diagnosis
Benefits of Nursing Diagnosis
There are many benefits to making a nursing diagnosis. These include but not limited to:
Nursing diagnosis Gives nurses a common language
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Nursing Skills & Procedures: Intramuscular Injection
Intramuscular Injection (IM)
Definition
Intramuscular injection (IM) is the administration of a drug in injectable form into a muscle.
Indication
An Intramuscular injection IM is indicated when there is...
Nursing Head to Toe Assessment
Nursing Head to Toe Assessment
Definition of physical examination (Head to Toe Assessment):
A physical examination is the evaluation of a body to determine its state of...
Types of nursing diagnosis
Definition of Nursing Diagnosis:
Nursing diagnosis is the second step of the nursing process. It follows the assessment phase and consists of the Interpretation of assessment data and...
Components of Nursing Diagnosis
Components of Nursing Diagnosis
1. Diagnostic Label
a. Problem:
Name of the nursing diagnosis as listed in the taxonomy
Describes the problem using as few words as possible
Problems to...
Nursing Diagnoses Accepted For Use And Research 2012-2014
This is complete the list of the Nursing Diagnoses Accepted For Use And Research 2012-2014.
This Nursing diagnosis list contains 217 nursing diagnoses and...
NANDA Nursing Diagnosis List For 2015-2017
NANDA nursing diagnosis list is made by NANDA International which stands for North American Nursing Diagnosis Association. This association was founded in 1982 for the...
How To Make a Nursing Diagnosis
How To Make a Nursing Diagnosis?
Making a nursing dagnosis goes into four major steps. These steps can be summarized as follow:
Analyze collected data
Identify...
Gordon’s functional health patterns
Introduction
Gordon's functional health patterns is developed by Marjory Gordon. It is a method used by nurses in the nursing process to provide a comprehensive...