Application of Nursing Process
The scientific method of problem-solving introduced in the previous section is used almost instinctively by most people, without conscious awareness. FOR EXAMPLE While studying for your semester finals, you snack on pepperoni pizza. After going to bed, you are awakened by a burning sensation in the center of your chest.You are young and in good health and note no other symptoms (assessment).You decide that your pain is the result of the spicy food you have eaten (diagnosis).You then determine that before you can return to sleep, you first need to relieve the discomfort with an over-the-counter preparation (planning).You take a liquid antacid for your discomfort(implementation).Within a few minutes, you note the burning sensation is relieved, and you return to bedwithout further concern (evaluation). As you see, this is a process you routinely use to solve problems in your life that can be readily applied to client-care situations. You need only to learn the new terms describing the nur...