Assigning of Priority Nursing Diagnosis

Intervention phase is the third phase of the nursing process in which goals or outcomes and interventions selected. The most appropriate action plans to address the problems or needs of patients effectively. In the intervention phase steps that must be done is to prioritize problems, make goals or outcomes, determining the nursing interventions, and finally do documentation.

Planning components

1. Make the order of priority nursing diagnoses.
2. Make outcomes.
3. Writing nursing instruction.
4. Documenting the nursing care plan.

In the assessment phase will find a wide range of patient problems. Then determine nursing diagnosis statement to the patient's problem, then the nurse made a priority nursing diagnosis. The order of nursing diagnosis allows nurses, patients, families and significant others, to regulate the issue of patients with order of importance and urgency.

Identification of priorities is the first step in planning. This step begins with choosing the order of priority nursing diagnosis and collaborative problems. Identification of priority continued throughout nurse patient, in line with changes in the patient's condition requiring the addition or eliminate from the list or nursing action.

Nursing diagnoses are sorted in the form of high priority, medium, and low. The problem with high priority reflects a life threatening situation for example; airway obstruction. Problems with medium priority, dealing with emergency situations and do not threaten the life of the patient, for example; personal hygiene. The problem with low priority does not relate directly to the illness or specific prognosis, such as financial problems. The focus of the nurse is an attempt to overcome the problem of patients with high priority.