Section I is divided into two parts. Part A includes an overview of the nursing process. This section provides information on how to make a nursing diagnosis and directions on how to plan nursing care. It also includes information on using clinical reasoning skills and eliciting the “patient’s story.” Part B includes advanced nursing concepts.
Part A: The Nursing Process: Using Clinical Reasoning Skills to Determine Nursing Diagnosis and Plan Care
1. Assessing: performing a nursing assessment
2. Diagnosing: making nursing diagnoses
3. Planning: formulating and writing outcome statements and determining appropriate nursing interventions based on appropriate evidence (research)
5. Evaluating the outcomes and the nursing care that has been implemented. Make necessary revisions in care as needed