Life is like a nursing process: Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation - also known as "ADPIE." Life is an ongoing process that can end at any stage if the problem is solved. As a nursing student, it is very critical to align your priorities in life in order to cope the new chapter of challenges in your life. Literally speaking.., everything in nursing is applications - just like life is. Everything we do in life is applicable and can influence every action we make regardless of the consequences. Enough about life.., let's move to how to become one of the proud students who passed their first nursing semester.
Using an ADPIE processes will help you with your journey in the first semester or perhaps this may help you in your program how to apply ADPIE when you are solving your patients problem in class. As I mentioned, it's all about applications. What would you do if...Using this process will help you achieve your plan at the end.
Life of a nursing student can be toughed but you don't have to be miserable but instead make it enjoyable. Believe me, I been watching lots of movies in Netflix while I was in my first semester of nursing program and I worked full time as well. Not only that, my son was 8 months old when I started my nursing school. In short, my life was very busy at that time. Regardless what you have in life right now, embrace the fact that life is full of ups and downs.
Let put this "ADPIE" applications in your shoe.
A- Assessment: Have a clear assessment of what's going on in your life. The purpose of this stage is to identify your current problems. It could be anything. It doesn't matter if it's small or big. As simple as asking yourself " Can I do this?". Of course you can do this. Same application when you are working on your patient. You need to assess if your patients can do things that they are able considering their limitations. Let's accept the fact that we all have our own limitations. By looking at your situations right now, you can definitely tell if you can make this possible. Again, of course you can. This is the vital step in determining your problem and moving to the next stage.
D- Diagnosis: This is the second vital step in your nursing program. This process is all about your perception as whole. It's diagnosing yourself capabilities. In nursing diagnosis, this often evidence based practice. But for now this is based on your self-evidence experience. For example, if you did not do well in your test, try to diagnose what went wrong. Did you over study or under study the materials. This also applicable to your method of studies.
P - Planning: Once you determine the cause of the problem, it is the right time to plan. What can you do to excel or pass the class? May be you want to join the group study or perhaps find other materials that will help you pass the test. because I did use other resources to study for my tests. I didn't solely rely on my textbook. of course the materials on the test are coming from the textbook but believe me that only portions of it because almost all questions are applications type questions. Memorization only offer little help in your nursing studies.
I- Implementation: Once you determine what went wrong and the plan is in placed. It is time to implement it. Implementation is simple as how your goal will be achieved. For example, you plan to join the group study to help you pass the test, it is good idea to create or make a group to entice everybody to study together.
E- Evaluation: Once you implemented your plan, it is time to evaluate if everything you went through is working. Of course the best way to determine this is if " you did great in your exam." If this steps didn't work - it is time to repeat the entire nursing processes.
Note: Nursing process is a cycle and ongoing process. It may require repetitions until goal is achieved or problems are solved. If you have questions. Please leave a comment.
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