Nursing process in action / Pearl Gardner.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1: THE NURSING PROCESS: A SYNOPSIS:- The nursing process defined--Significance of the nursing process--Phases of the nursing process--Interrelatedness of the phases of the nursing process--The nursing process and facilitating the nursing care plan--Critical thinking and the nursing process--Decision making: A collaborative component of the nursing process--Problem solving in the nursing process--The nursing process: A caring paradigm--Importance of good communication in decision making--Behaviors that control the Development of an individualized plan of care--2: ASSESSMENT:- Assessment: What is it?--The physical assessment--Performing the physical assessment--3: DIAGNOSIS:- The nursing diagnosis: A critical analysis--Historical time line in the development of nursing diagnosis--Types of nursing diagnoses--Ordering and selecting the data to support each nursing diagnosis--Writing appropriate nursing diagnoses--Writing collaborative problems--Writing nursing diagnoses that address cultural differences, Ethical issues, and Spiritual concerns--4: PLANNING:- Prioritizing--Writing outcome criteria/Goals--Applying standards of care to nursing process--Ethical, Legal, cultural and spiritual considerations when writing outcome criteria/goals--5: IMPLEMENTATION:- Verbal report--Methods of recording the nursing interventions and their outcomes--Legal aspects of charting and implications for accurate charting--Flow sheets--6: EVALUATION:- Determining the results--The nursing process cycle--Incorporating critical pathways into the nursing process.