The document discusses the nursing process as it relates to developing and implementing a nursing care plan. It covers the key steps of the nursing process - assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. As an example, it provides a model nursing care plan for a newborn suffering from respiratory distress syndrome. The care plan includes assessments of low body temperature, the goal of maintaining normal temperature, planning various interventions to control temperature like warm blankets and monitoring temperature regularly, implementing those interventions, and evaluating the outcome with the baby's temperature.