Someone asked me to explain the Nursing Process. I had to explain it simply and also ensure that our patients receive the best care possible. The nursing process functions as a systematic guide to client/patient-centered care with 5 sequential steps. These are assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation. This scientific way of providing evidence-based care to our patients is profound. As you see, the nurse receives her/his assignment, there is a bell that rings in her/his mind which includes the special care that the patient with such diagnoses will receive as planned. The first begins with gathering data with the assessment.