IMPLEMENTATION

• is putting the nursing care plan into action.

Purpose: To carry out planned nursing interventions to help the client attain goals and achieve optimal level of health.

Activities:

1. Reassessing – to ensure prompt attention to emerging problems.
2. Set priorities – to determine the order in which nursing interventions are carried out.
3. Perform nursing interventions – these may be independent. Dependent or collaborative measures.
4. Record actions – to complete nursing interventions, relevant documentation should be done. Remember: Something that is NOT written is considered as NOT done at all.

Requirements of Implementation:

1. Knowledge – include intellectual skills like problem-solving, decision-making and teaching.
2. Technical skills – to carry out treatment and procedures.
3. Communication skills – use of verbal and non-verbal communication to carry out planned nursing interventions.
4. Therapeutic use of self – is being willing and being able to care.

Other Nursing Articles you may want to look at:

• Planning
• NURSING PROCESS
• Assessment - First Step in the Nursing Process
• Diagnosis - Second Step in the Nursing Process
• EVALUATION
• Roles & Responsibilities of a Nurse
• NURSING AS A PROFESSION
• Nursing Theory and Theorists
• HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF NURSING
• Nursing Jurisprudence

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