The Nursing Process - APIE

The purpose of the Nursing Process is to:

• Cure illness

• Guide written documentation

• Achieve care that is person centered and holistic

• help plan your day

What are the 6 Cs?

• Caring, Collaborative, Creative, Commitment, Common and Commendable

• Care, Compassion, Competence, Courage, Communication and Commitment

• Care, Compassion, Candid, Clinical, Compatible and Conscientious

What is the purpose of the 6Cs?

• They sound good!

• They are the values which need to underpin the culture and practice of individuals and organisations delivering care

• To help us pass this module

• It is the process of how to carry out a patient assessment

The term APIE is an acronym and it stands for:

• Assessment, Purpose, Investigation, Exercise

• Assessment, Planning, Interpretation and Evaluation

• Appendix, Pancreas, Intestine and Epiglottis

• Assessment, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation

What is the purpose of Roper, Logan and Tierney's Activities of Living Model?

• A framework for nurses to use to plan and deliver appropriate nursing care

• It estimates when a patient will be discharged

• It plans for what the patient will do when they leave hospital

• It assess the patients ability to sustain life

Although all sections of the nursing process (APIE) are important, which step provided the foundations of the process?

• Assessment

• Planning

• Implementation

• Evaluation