process recording, (in nursing education) a system used for teaching nursing students to understand and analyze verbal and nonverbal interaction. The conversation between nurse and patient is written on special forms or in a special format. The student nurse is instructed to record observations, perceptions, thoughts, and feelings, as well as conversations. The student also is asked to analyze his or her communication, determining and naming both therapeutic and nontherapeutic techniques used within an interaction. The process recording is then studied by the nursing instructor to discover patterns of difficulty in communicating with the patient and to help the student nurse identify them.
