Module 2: The Nursing Process

This module will review the nursing process.  The nursing process helps guide clinical decision-making and promote critical thinking.  It is a client-centered approach to ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and individualized client care that consists of five essential steps—Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation. (Image: Title:  Nurse Taking Blood Pressure of a Patient, Author:  RDNE Stock Project, Source:  Pexels.com, License:  Free). 

1.  Use the nursing process to provide client care (Course Outcome #4)
2.  Describe components of a client-centered plan of care (Course Outcomes #2, 3)
3.  Differentiate priorities of client care (Course Outcome # 4)
4.  Describe the roles of the RN, LPN/VN, and UAP in providing client care (Course Outcome #10)

To achieve these objectives: 

1. Read the Module 2 Introduction
2. Read Chapter #4, Nursing Process, in the textbook, Introduction to Practical Nursing. 
3. Complete the Module 2 Quiz.

Note the check boxes to the right that help you track your progress: some are automatic, and some are manual. 

Module Pressbooks Resources and Activities

You will find the following resources and activities in this module at the Pressbooks website. Click on the links below to access or complete each item.