Nursing care process stages: data collection, identification of nursing care needs, definition of the goals of nursing care, nursing care planning, assessment of nursing interventions.
Method of conducting the nursing interview and physical examination for the collection of the main data for the identification of nursing care needs.
Methods of collecting the main data for the identification of nursing care needs: state of awareness and attention, arterial pulse characteristics, blood pressure, body temperature, fever characteristics, breathing characteristics, chest characteristics, cough characteristics, sputum characteristics, vomiting characteristics, pain characteristics, urine characteristics, urination characteristics, stool characteristics, evacuation characteristics, characteristics of the skin and skin appendages, characteristics of the mucous membranes, state of nutrition and hydration, characteristics of voluntary and involuntary movements, characteristics of the muscles, characteristics of the joints, characteristics of sleep, characteristics of language, characteristics of sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste, state of orientation, perception and ideation.
Nursing needs identification: data aggregation and comparison, data validation and analisys, formulation of a nursing problem/diagnosis, priority definition.
Method for nursing goals setting: criteria for formulation and validity.
Nursing planning methods: appropriateness and priority of intervention and use of resources, use of nursing clinical documentation.