HEALTH ASSESSMENT
CHAPTERS WEBER
KELLEY BOOK
[Document subtitle]
[DATE]
[COMPANY NAME]
[Company address]
, 1. **What is the assessment role of the nurse in acute care?**
Nurse performs more focused assessment and incorporates findings with a
multidisciplinary team to develop a comprehensive plan of care.
2. **What is the assessment role of the nurse in critical care?**
They have enhanced assessment skills to safely assess critically ill clients outside the
structured ICU environment.
3. **What is the assessment role of the nurse in ambulatory care?**
They assess and screen patients to determine the need for physician referrals.
4. **What is the assessment role of the nurse in home health?**
They make independent nursing diagnoses and referrals for collaborative problems as
needed.
5. **What are the phases of the nursing process?**
1. Assessment
2. Diagnosis
3. Planning
4. Implementation
5. Evaluation
6. **What happens in Assessment?**
Collecting subjective and objective data.
7. **What happens during Diagnosis?**
Analyzing subjective and objective data to make a professional nursing judgment (nursing
diagnosis, collaborative problem, or referral).
CHAPTERS WEBER
KELLEY BOOK
[Document subtitle]
[DATE]
[COMPANY NAME]
[Company address]
, 1. **What is the assessment role of the nurse in acute care?**
Nurse performs more focused assessment and incorporates findings with a
multidisciplinary team to develop a comprehensive plan of care.
2. **What is the assessment role of the nurse in critical care?**
They have enhanced assessment skills to safely assess critically ill clients outside the
structured ICU environment.
3. **What is the assessment role of the nurse in ambulatory care?**
They assess and screen patients to determine the need for physician referrals.
4. **What is the assessment role of the nurse in home health?**
They make independent nursing diagnoses and referrals for collaborative problems as
needed.
5. **What are the phases of the nursing process?**
1. Assessment
2. Diagnosis
3. Planning
4. Implementation
5. Evaluation
6. **What happens in Assessment?**
Collecting subjective and objective data.
7. **What happens during Diagnosis?**
Analyzing subjective and objective data to make a professional nursing judgment (nursing
diagnosis, collaborative problem, or referral).
