Table 1: Themes and sub-themes reflecting the practices of nurses during the implementation of the nursing process.

Main Themes	Sub-themes
1. Explanations related to nurses practices in the implementation of the nursing process during patients’ care	1.1 Activities involved during the implementation of the nursing process outlined 1.2 Documentation of implemented activities viewed as important 1.3 Existence versus lack of knowledge related to the formulation of the nursing diagnosis marked
2. Marked challenges amongst nurses related to the implementation of the nursing process	2.1 Difficulty in recording emanating from the workload and ignorance 2.2 Lack of in-service training on the nursing the process leads to poor implementation 2.3 Nursing process viewed as an unreasonable long process 2.4 Lack of resources affect the implementation of the nursing process