title: An overview of nursing process.
abstract: Nursing process is referred to as the basic framework for the practice of nursing, which allows the nurse to provide care in a systematic, organized fashion. Because nursing is an evolving profession, this framework is constantly being modified and adapted to current practice. Periodic analysis and review of the current trends in nursing process allow the practicing nurse to improve patient care. This article serves as an overview of observations on nursing process including historical data, a description of each of the five steps of nursing process, and application to daily practice.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D009736:Nursing Process / Q000592:standards*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D015397:Program Evaluation