Overview of Health Assessment & Nursing Process

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Is the collection of data about the individual’s health status. It may be subjective or objective

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Health Assessment

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It is analyzing and synthesizing obj and subj data, making judgments about the effectiveness of nursing interventions, and evaluating client care outcomes

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Health Assessment

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Is a systematic process, rational method of planning which nurses deliver care to individual, families and community

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Nursing Process

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Is a systematic process, rational method of planning which nurses deliver care to individual, families and community

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Nursing Process

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Systematic and continuous collection, organization, validation and documentation of data

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Assessment

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Types of Assessment

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Initial Comprehensive Assessment
Ongoing Partial Assessment
Focused/Problem Oriented Assessment
Emergency Assessment

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Performed within specified time after admission to a health care agency.

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Initial Comprehensive Assessment

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To establish a complete database for problem identification, reference and future comparison

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Initial Comprehensive Assessment

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Involves collection of subjective data about the client’s
perception of her health of all body parts or systems,
past health history, family history, and lifestyle and
health practices ( which includes information related to
the client’s overall function) as well as objective data
gathered during a step by step physical examination.

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Initial Comprehensive Assessment

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Data elicited and verified by the client

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Subjective Data

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Data directly or indirectly observed through measurement

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Objective Data

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Consist of data collection that occurs after the comprehensive database is established.

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Ongoing Partial Assessment

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Consists of a mini overview of the client’s body systems and holistic health patterns as a follow up on his health status.

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Ongoing Partial Assessment

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This type of assessment is usually performed whenever the nurse or another health care professional has an encounter with the client.

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Ongoing Partial Assessment

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It is performed when comprehensive database exists for a client who comes to the health care agency with a specific health concern.

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Focused/Problem Oriented Assessment

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Consists of a thorough assessment of a particular client problem and does not cover areas not related to the problem

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Focused/Problem Oriented Assessment

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Collects data about a problem that has already been identified. It has a narrower scope and a shorter time frame than the initial assessment,

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Problem-Focused Assessment

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In here, nurses determine whether the problems still exists and whether the status of the problem has changed (i.e improved, worsened, resolved). It also includes the appraisal of any new, overlooked, or misdiagnoses problems

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Problem-Focused Assessment

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It is done during any physiological or psychological crisis of the client. Its purpose is to identify life threatening problems such as choking, cardiac arrest, drwoning, etc.

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Emergency Assessment

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The major and only concern during this type of assessment is to determine the
status of the client’s life sustaining physical functions.

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Emergency Assessment

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Steps of Health Assessment

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1. Collection of Subjective Data
2. Collection of Objective Data
3. Validation of Data
4. Documentation of Data

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Is a statement of a client’s potential or actual health

problem resulting from analysis of data.

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Nursing Diagnosis

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Components of Nursing Diagnosis

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1. Problem
2. Etiology
3. Defining Characteristics