Evaluating
Your goals have either been met or they haven't. If met, continue with plan of care. If not met, re-evaluate and establish new outcomes and goals.
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Nursing Process Analogy
The nursing process is not something foreign or unusually complex. On the contrary, we use the nursing process method on a daily basis without even realizing it. For example, a trip to the gas station to get fuel requires Assessing the various prices, determining the need for fuel at this particular time, and the number of people waiting to get gas, among other things. A subsequent decision, or Diagnosis, is made based on the former criteria. This may include pulling into the gas station to fuel up, going down the road for better prices and/or less of a crowd, or postponing fueling up. The following planning stage is based on your decision/diagnosis made from your assessment data of the current situation. The price is right and there's not much of acrowd, we're pulling in. Now the Planning can take place. This may include which pump to use, how much gas to put in the tank, whether or not to clean the windows along with other things. We're at the pump and ready to fuel up. We must now Implement what we planned prior to pulling up to the pump. We've pulled up on the passenger side because the gas tank resides on this side, part of our plan. We've also given ourselves enough room to exit without getting blocked in by another vehicle, part of our plan also. Now the moment we've been assessing, diagnosing, and planning for has arrived. We now unscrew the gas cap and begin fueling. Things went well. We are fueled up and have exited the gas station without complication. Our Evaluation of the trip to the gas station would be a good one. We may choose to use this method in the future. The Nursing process is that simple in theory. However, as a nurse, the nursing process tool will be used for more complex and difficult situations but is applied the same way as the gas station analogy.
Breakdown of Nursing Process for Gas Station
Assessment
- our gas tank is empty according to dash light
- Sputtering of engine
- Gas prices are reasonable at George's Gas & Go
- Minimal Crowd
- Station accessible from highway
- We've got cash
Diagnosis
- inefficient fuel volume r/t the requirements of the combustion engine AEB dash light blinking and engine sputtering
Plan
Implement
- Turn 180 degrees to the left
- travel 300ft east
- Turn left into George's
- Maneuver to chosen pump
- Pump to be on passenger side
- Shut of engine
- extinguish cigar
- Walk to rear of Vehicle
- Pay at pump with credit card
- Unscrew gas cap
- Lift gas nozzle off pump
- Insert Nozzle into gas tank
- Fuel car
- Exit gas station at north exit
Evaluate
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