Health Assessment Flashcards
1
Q
What is subjective data?
A
What the patient says
2
Q
What is objective data?
A
Observations by health professionals
3
Q
What are the steps of a health assessment?
A
Preparing, collecting subjective data, collecting objective data, validating data, documenting data, analysis of data, planning, caring, and evaluating outcomes.
4
Q
Define Health Assessment.
A
Includes the systematic collection of subjective and objective data, so the nurse can make clinical judgements about a patients health status.
