Background: The nursing process is a tool that is recommended for use by all professional nurses working in\nGhana, in order to provide nursing care. However, there is currently a limited use of this tool by nurses in Ghana.\nThe purpose of this research study was to explore the various factors that influence the utilization of this nursing\nprocess.\nMethod: An exploratory descriptive qualitative-research design was employed. Ten participants were involved by\nusing the purposive sampling method. A semi-structured interview guide was used to collect the data from the\nresearch participants; and the data were analysed by using content analysis. One main theme, with five subthemes,\nemerged from the analysis.\nResults: It was found that there are factors, such as nurses not having a better understanding of the nursing process,\nwhilst in school; the absence of the care plan in the ward, as well as the lack of adequate staff, with limited time being\navailable for coping with contributed to the non-usage of the nursing process.\nConclusions: We conclude that the clinical utilization of the Nursing process at the clinical setting is influenced by lack\nof understanding of Nurses on the Nursing process and care plan as well as lack of adequate nurses and time.\nWe recommend that the care-plan form be made officially a part of the admission documents. Furthermore,\nthe nursing administration should put measures in place to provide nurses with the needed resources to\nimplement the nursing process. Additionally, they should ensure that the care-plan forms and other resources\nneeded by the nurses are regularly and adequately provided. Nurses should further see the nursing process\nas a means of providing comprehensive care to their patients and addressing their specific problems. They\nshould therefore make time despite their busy schedules to use it in order to improve quality of care and\nthe image of nursing in Ghana.
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