Health Care

Nursing Process

The sum total of nursing activities which includes assessment (identifying needs), intervention (ministering to needs), and evaluation (validating the effectiveness of the help given).

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

The sum total of nursing activities which includes assessment (identifying needs), intervention (ministering to needs), and evaluation (validating the effectiveness of the help given).

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Process, Nursing
  • Nursing Processes
  • Processes, Nursing

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Aspects Covered

9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

"total of nursing activities"; do not confuse with NURSING (the profession), NURSING CARE (the patient), or NURSING SERVICES

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History Note

80

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Previous Indexing

  • Nursing Care (1966-1979)
  • Patient Care Planning (1968-1979)

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  1. N04w.590.233.508w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Nursing Process. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009736. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009736
  2. Nursing Process. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursing_process
  3. Nursing Process. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q374082