Definition: The sum total of nursing activities which includes assessment (identifying needs), intervention (ministering to needs), and evaluation (validating the effectiveness of the help given).
"total of nursing care activities"; do not confuse with NURSING (the profession), NURSING CARE (the patient), NURSING SERVICES; DF: NURS PROCESS
ExamplesNursing Assessment; Nursing Research
Other names Processes, Nursing; Nursing Processes; Process, Nursing