Steps of The Nursing Process

Over time, the nursing process expanded to five steps and has
gained widespread acceptance as the basis for providing effective
nursing care. Nursing process is now included in the conceptual
framework of all nursing curricula, is accepted in the
legal definition of nursing in the Nurse Practice Acts of most
states, and is included in the ANA Standards of Clinical Nursing
Practice.

The five steps of the nursing process consist of the following:

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