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The use of nursing process allows for individualized nursing care which allows for quality delivery of care. However, nurses’ ability to utilize nursing process may be affected by many factors. Thus, this study assessed the factors influencing implementation of nursing process among Nurses working at Neuro Psychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Ogun State. The study adopted a survey to gather data from a total number of hundred (220) nurses who were randomly selected for the study. Self-designed questionnaire was used for the data collection. Descriptive analysis was done for the data gathered and results were presented using frequency and percentage tables. Findings from the study shows that, majority, (88.2%) agreed that identification of patents priority is easy using NP, 95.5% agreed that nursing process is time consuming and stressful, 95.6% agreed with in-service training. The study concluded that nurses had good knowledge of nursing process though some factors were largely identified to be affecting the utilization of the nursing process. The study recommends that the factors affecting the implementaion of the nursing process should be worked on in order to improve the quality of care rendered. |