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assessing Correct Answers systematic and continuous collection,
analysis, validation, and communication of patient data (info)
-use data to establish patterns of info
assessment includes Correct Answers -patient interview
-health history: identifies patients health status, strengths, health
problems, health risks and need for nursing care
-physical exam
types of nursing assessments Correct Answers initial
focused
emergency
time-lapsed assessment
an assessment is a unique focus of nursing
medical vs. nursing Correct Answers when nurses make nursing
assessments they do not duplicate medical assessments.
-medical assessments target data pointing to pathological conditions
**** nursing assessments focus on the patients responses to health
problems
, minimum data set (MDS) Correct Answers specifies the info that must
be collected on each patient
-most based on holistic models rather than medical
*** for Medicaid coverage (skilled needs)
-assessment performed for billing
maslows hierarchy of needs Correct Answers 1-physiologic (survival)
needs: food, fluids, o2, elimination, warmth, physical comfort
2-safety and security needs: physical safety items, cane, psychological
needs toy for kid
3-lvoe and belonging needs: family and significant others
4-self-esteem needs: feeling good about themselves, grooming
5-self-actualization needs: need to grow, change and accomplish goals
data collection subjective: Correct Answers pt's perception about health
problems, including feelings
data collection objective: Correct Answers observation or measurements
made by the clinician during assessment, not interpretive
characteristics of dats Correct Answers -concise, descriptive, free of
interpretive statements, derived from indirect and direct sources
-purposeful
-complete
-factual and accurate