The Nursing Process

In this chapter, the researchers will describe the background of the study, followed by the factors which might be the influence in implementations of the nursing processes. The significance of this study will be also explained in this chapter. Other than that, the objectives and research questions of this study will be also highlighted. Finally, the operational definitions of practice, associated factors, nursing processes, and nurses will be briefly explained.

Nursing process is a systematic, rational method of planning and providing individualized nursing care, as the main objective is to delivery top notch quality care. The application continues for as long as the nurse and clients have direct interactions toward change in the client’s

It is an approach to nursing care in improving quality of care to patient (Fisseha Hagos,2014). The nursing process have five phases which are assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementing and evaluating. This is supported by Afolayan (2013) describing the nursing process as a problem solving method of five steps (assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, intervention and evaluation), systematically apply to the care of the clients. This method consists five dynamic and interrelated phase in assessing in data collecting, diagnose analysis of statement leading to diagnosis of actual or potential health problem, goal setting planning, plan implementation and appraising diagnosis evaluation. Clearly, this is one of the best methods to guide procedure and quality of

Thus, have not enough time to implement the proper nursing process (Fisseha Hagos, 2014). The problem however, lies in the massive amount of documentation generated by the implementation of this process which nurses have no time to write. While nurses exhibit due diligence and high commitment to the care of their patients, it is observed that the application of the nursing process in patient care is conspicuously absent in most healthcare facilities. Today, there is a lack of knowledge on how to successfully implement standardized nursing process in various settings in general and hospital wards in particular. Dahm and Wadensten (2008) found that nurses perceived nursing process increased their ability to provide the same quality of care to all patients and reduce the time spent on documentation as well as unnecessary documentation. Lee and Chang (2004) also revealed that nursing care plan enhanced the quality of care, as the nurses were reminded of care procedures and time was saved, as they did not need to write everything themselves. However, the nursing process could be sometimes time