The primary goal of this online tutorial is to help nurses plan and implement quality patient care using the nursing process as an organizational foundation. At the completion of this tutorial, learners should be able to: Describe the components of the nursing process. State the advantages and disadvantages of the nursing process. Compare the nursing process and the medical model to the classic analytical model (the scientific method). List important aspects of a complete nursing assessment. List the components of a correctly stated nursing diagnosis. Correlate a goal (an outcome criterion or expected outcome) to a given nursing diagnosis. Use the nursing process to plan individualized patient care. Discuss the importance of recording the patient’s plan of care in the permanent medical record. List nursing activities that would be included in the implementation phase of the nursing process. List nursing activities that would be included in the evaluation phase of the nursing process. Use the nursing process to prioritize patient care needs when delivering nursing care to multiple patients.