Steps in The Nursing Process

1	Assessment	Systematic collection of data to determine the patient's health status and to identify any actual or potential health problems.
2	Nursing diagnosis	Identification of actual or potential health problems that are amenable to resolution by nursing actions.
3	Planning	Development of goals and a care plan designed to assist the patient in resolving the nursing diagnoses
4	Implementation	Actualization of the care plan through nursing interventions or supervision of others to do the same.
5	Evaluation	Determination of the patient's responses to the nursing interventions and of the extent to which the goals have been achieved.