Nursing Process - Assessment Flashcards
It is a systematic, and client- centered method that provides a structure in the delivery of nursing care
Nursing Process
It is a goal-oriented method that provides a framework for nursing practice
Nursing Process
They are considered the central figure in the plan of care (Nursing Process)
patients
This entails gathering and analyzing data to identify health issues / concerns
Nursing Process
What are the 4 purposes of the Nursing Process?
1.Identify the client’s health status
2.Identify actual or potential health problems or needs
3. Establish plans to meet the identified needs
4. Deliver specific nursing interventions to meet those needs
12 Characteristics of Nursing Process
- Systemic
- Cyclic and Dynamic Nature
- Client-centered
- Focused on Problem-Solving
- Focused on Decision-making
- Interpersonal and Collaborative
- Universally Applicable
- Uses Critical Thinking
- Utilizes Clinical Reasoning
- Outcome Oriented
- Proactive
- Evidence-Based
A systematic & continuous collection, organization, validation, & documentation of data
Assessment
Used to establish a complete database for problem identification, reference, and future comparison
Initial assessment or comprehensive assessment
This assessment should include assessment of the physical and psychosocial aspects of the client’s health, the client’s perception of health, the presence of health risk factors, and the client’s coping patterns
Initial assessment or comprehensive assessment
Example of this type of assessment is Nursing admission assessment
Initial assessment or comprehensive assessment
Used to determine the status of a specific problem identified in an earlier assessment
Problem-focused assessment
Examples of this type of assessment are Hourly assessment of a client’s I&O in an ICU and Assessment of the client’s ability for self-care while assisting a client to bathe
Problem-focused assessment
This assessment is used to identify life-threatening problems and new or overlooked problems
Emergency assessment
This assessment is used to compare client’s status to baseline data previously obtained
Time-lapsed reassessment
4 Major activities done during assessment
Collecting data, Organizing data, Validating data, Documenting data (COVD)
What are the 5 Database sources of Data Collection?
A. Nursing Health History
B. Physical Assessment / Examination (PE)
C. Primary Care Provider’s History and PE
D. Results of Lab and Diagnostic Tests
E. Materials Contributed by other Health Personnel
Gives subjective information on how a health condition came about
Nursing Health History
5 Data/Information to be collected in Nursing Health History
- level of wellness
- changes in life patterns
- socio-cultural role
- mental and emotional reactions to illness
- other health conditions
The purpose of this activity is to identify:
- patterns of health and illness
- risk factors for health problems
- deviations from normal, and
- available resources for adaptation
Nursing Health History
They are the sources of information in Health History Taking
client, family or significant others, health team members & client’s health record
Most of the data in Health History Taking are _________?
Subjective
Focus on ______ from all the client’s dimensions
data/information
Record data using _____, ______, and ________ terminology
clear, concise, and appropriate
What are the 8 Basic Components of Health History?
- Demographic Data
- Reason/s for Seeking Care or Chief Complaint
- Present Health or History of Present Illness
- Past Medical/Health History
- Family History
- Socio-Economic Data or Social History
- Psychosocial Assessment
- Functional Assessment
What are the data collected when taking Client’s Demographic (Biographical) Data?
- Client’s name
- Sex
- Age
- Date & Place of Birth
- Marital Status
- Race / Nationality, Religion
- Address / Contact Number
- Educational Background
- Other Significant Trainings, Occupation
- Usual Source of Medical Care
- Source and Reliability of Information
Recorded as direct quotes from the client
Reason/s for Seeking Care or Chief Complaint
What does a well person describes when you collect their Present Health or History of Present Illness?
General State of Health
What does an ill person describes when you collect their Present Health or History of Present Illness?
History of Present Illness (HPI)
What are the critical characterstics or qualifiers included in the information of HPI?
- Timing (onset, duration and frequency of symptoms)
- Location
- Quality (character)
- Quantity (severity)
- Setting in which symptoms occur
- Associated phenomena / manifestations
- Aggravating / alleviating factors
- Meaning and impact of CC to the patient
It includes
- Review of previous illness
- Injuries & hospitalizations
- Obstetric history (female)
- Surgeries / operations
- Allergies
- Immunizations
- Use of medications
Past Medical / Health History
It Includes the health status of the immediate family members and other blood relations.
Family History
It helps the nurse assess the client’s risk of developing certain diseases / illnesses
Family History
Family History can be presented with what?
Genogram or Family Tree
This includes
- Alcohol, drug and/or tobacco use
- Sexual practices
- Travel history
- Work environment
- Home environment
- Hobbies and leisure activities
- Stressors
- Education
- Economic status
- Religion
- Ethnic background
- Roles and relationships
- Characteristic patterns of daily living
- Functional health assessment
Socio-Economic Data or Social History
This is used to detect endemic illnesses
Travel History
Specific for the current developmental stage of the client
Psychosocial Assessment
What Theory is used for Psychosocial Assessment?
Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Development Theory
Includes a person’s ability to perform instrumental activities of daily living and physical self-maintenance activities
Functional Assessment
It is made up of patterns, each of which is a sequence of related behaviors that assist the nurse in collecting, organizing, and categorizing
data.
Functional Assessment
What is used to assess patients’ Health Patterns?
Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns
(Part of Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns)
It includes person’s description of his current health
Health Perception – Health Management Pattern
(Part of Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns)
Includes activities that the person does to improve or maintain his health
Health Perception – Health Management Pattern
(Part of Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns)
Includes person’s knowledge about links between lifestyle choices and health
Health Perception – Health Management Pattern
(Part of Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns)
Includes extent of a person’s problem on financing health care, if any
Health Perception – Health Management Pattern
(Part of Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns)
Includes person’s knowledge of the names of current medications / purpose
Health Perception – Health Management Pattern
(Part of Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns)
Includes activities that the person does to prevent problems related to allergies
Health Perception – Health Management Pattern
(Part of Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns)
Includes person’s knowledge about medical problems in the family
Health Perception – Health Management Pattern
(Part of Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns)
Includes any important illnesses or injuries in this person’s life
Health Perception – Health Management Pattern
(Part of Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns)
Includes person’s nourishment
Nutritional – Metabolic Pattern
(Part of Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns)
Includes person’s food choices in comparison with recommended food intake
Nutritional – Metabolic Pattern
(Part of Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns)
Includes any disease that affects nutritional-metabolic function
Nutritional – Metabolic Pattern
(Part of Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns)
Includes person’s excretory pattern
Elimination Pattern
(Part of Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns)
Includes person’s any disease of the digestive system, urinary system, or skin
Elimination Pattern
(Part of Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns)
Includes person’s description of his weekly pattern of activities, leisure, exercise, and recreation
Activity – Exercise Pattern
(Part of Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns)
Includes any disease that affects his cardio-respiratory and/or musculoskeletal systems
Activity – Exercise Pattern
(Part of Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns)
Includes person’s description of the person’s sleep-wake cycle
Sleep – Rest Pattern
(Part of Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns)
Includes person’s physical appearance (rested and relaxed?)
Sleep – Rest Pattern
(Part of Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns)
Includes person’s any sensory deficit and if corrected
Cognitive – Perceptual Pattern
(Part of Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns)
Includes person’s ability to express himself clearly and logically
Cognitive – Perceptual Pattern
(Part of Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns)
Includes person’s education
Cognitive – Perceptual Pattern
(Part of Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns)
Includes any disease that affects mental or sensory function
Cognitive – Perceptual Pattern
(Part of Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns)
Includes person’s pain description and causes, if any
Cognitive – Perceptual Pattern
(Part of Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns)
Includes anything unusual about the person’s appearance
Self-Perception / Self-Concept Pattern
(Part of Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns)
Includes if person is comfortable with his appearance
Self-Perception / Self-Concept Pattern
(Part of Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns)
Includes description of the person’s feeling state
Self-Perception / Self-Concept Pattern
(Part of Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns)
Includes person’s description of his various roles in life
Role-Relationship Pattern
(Part of Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns)
Includes positive role models of his roles, if any
Role-Relationship Pattern
(Part of Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns)
Includes important relationships at present
Role-Relationship Pattern
(Part of Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns)
Includes any big changes in role or relationship
Role-Relationship Pattern
(Part of Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns)
Includes person’s satisfaction with his situation related to sexuality
Sexuality-Reproductive Pattern