Intervention requires the use of problem-solving and critical thinking skills to identify appropriate methods to enhance coping. Judging among alternative measures requires collaboration with the client whenever possible. Whenever possible, the focal stimulus should be the focus of nursing interventions. The final, and ongoing, step of the nursing process that involves judgment of the effectiveness of the assessment, nursing diagnosis, goal setting, planning, and interventions. This step requires reflection on the part of the nurse and uses skills of observation, measurement, and interview of client to determine effectiveness of nursing interventions.
Effectiveness is measured by the compatibility of client's behavior with the established goals.
If goals are not met, the nurse must attempt to discover what went wrong. Although, the nursing process has been explained as separate steps, the process is cyclical.