Artículo original sin traducir: Implementación del
proceso enfermero
42 | Nursing Open. 2020;7:42–57.
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1 | INTRODUCTION
One of the most important care standards is the nursing process
(NP) that helps nurses making a clinical decision. The nursing process is a scientific method that uses
scientific reasoning, problem■solving and critical thinking for delivering holistic and quality nursing care
(Wagoro & Rakuom, 2015). Implementation of the nursing process in the clinical settings improves the
quality of nursing care, enhances the level of nurses “knowledge, improves the quality and quantity of
nurses” documentation and increases their job satisfaction and self■efficacy (Hagos, Alemseged,
Balcha, Berhe, & Aregay, 2014; Potter & Perry, 2017; Semachew, 2018). In this process, the nurse
needs to assess and identify the problem, review the existing solutions, select and implement the best
option and ultimately evaluate them (Potter & Perry, 2017). All the steps are done with the patient's
participation (Potter & Perry, 2017). The NP is a tool for helping the nurse to make appropriate clinical
decision■making and critical thinking (Ghanbari, Monfared, Hoseinzadeh, Moaddab, & Sedighi, 2017).
The NP as the most effective nursing care planning and implementation method leads to effective
communication between the nurses and the pa ■
tients, increasing both the participation of the patient in self■care and the quality of nursing care
(Muller■Staub, Needham, Odenbreit, Lavin, & van Achterberg, 2008). Furthermore, it is functional and
adaptable in any clinical setting and manages the time of care, and
Received: 10 April 2019 | Revised: 3 October 2019 | Accepted: 7 October 2019
DOI: 10.1002/nop2.410
REVIEW ARTICLE
The implementation of the nursing process in lower■income
countries: An integrative review
Mojgan Lotfi1 | Vahid Zamanzadeh1 | Leila Valizadeh2 | Mohammad Khajehgoodari1 |
Mehdi Ebrahimpour Rezaei3 | Mohammad Amin Khalilzad4
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provided the original work is properly cited.© 2019 The Authors. Nursing Open published by John Wiley
& Sons Ltd.1Department of Medical Surgical
Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
2Department of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of
Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
3Master of Science Library and Information
Science, Department of Information
Technology, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical
Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
4Student of Laboratory Sciences, Tabriz
Azad University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz,
Iran
Correspondence
Mohammad Khajehgoodari, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery,
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.Email: [email protected]
Funding information
The funding was provided by Tabriz
University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.Abstract
Aims: This review study aimed to investigate the strategies for implementing the
nursing process in the clinical practice and the assessment of the implementation
rate of this process in clinical settings of lower■income countries.
Design: An integrative review.
Method: The search was conducted of EMBASE, MEDLINE, CINAHL, Scopus and ISI
databases from 1975–July 2018. Following the formation of the research team, two researchers
independently selected the eligible studies; finally, 39 articles were ap ■
proved by the research team for this study.
Results: The researchers identified three themes: Effects of implementing the NP in
clinical settings, Development and application of electronic software in the NP and
Factors affecting the implementation of the NP. This review revealed that nurses and
nursing managers in hospitals are interested in implementing the nursing process
in the form of widely and continuously. But the necessary
