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Assessment is a ___ and ___ collection, analysis, validation, and |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
communication of patient data. |\ |\ |\
systematic, continuous |\
The database enables the nurse to partner with patients to
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develop and comprehensive and effective ___ __.
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care plan |\
___ can be integrated in an assessment and it is important as a
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nurse to detect it and determine if the source is credible or not.
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(Example - elderly female patient gave me wrong date of birth
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than the date of birth said on electronic record, medications were
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not given bc of that, ended up finding out that handwriting was
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sloppy and desk receptionist entered it into computer wrong,
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despite her age she was correct)
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Bias
,T or F: A nursing assessment should be purposeful, prioritized,
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complete, systematic, factual, accurate, relevant, and recorded in
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a standard manner.
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The ___ assessment is performed shortly after the patient is
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admitted to a health care facility or service. The purpose of this
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assessment is to establish a complete database for problem |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
identification and care planning. |\ |\ |\
initial
In a ___ assessment, the nurse gathers data about a specific
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problem that has already been identified. It may be done during
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the initial assessment if the patient's health problems surface,
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but it is routinely part of ongoing data collection. Another
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purpose is to identify new or overlooked problems. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
focused
___ ___ assessments are short, focused, prioritized assessments
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you do to gain the most important information you need to have
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first. They are important because they can "flag" existing
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problems and risks. |\ |\
Quick priority |\
,When a patient presents with a physiologic or psychological
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crisis, the nurse performs an ___ assessment to identify life-
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threatening problems. Candidates for such assessments include a
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long-term care facility resident who begins choking in the dining
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room, a bleeding patient brought to the emergency department
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with a stab wound, an unresponsive patient in the rehabilitation
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unit, and a factory worker threatening violence.
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emergency
The ___-___ assessment is scheduled to compare a patient's
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current status to the baseline data obtained earlier. The purpose
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is to reassess the health status of the patient and make any
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necessary revisions in the care plan. This assessment can be
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comprehensive or focused. |\ |\
time-lapsed
The primary source of information is the ___.
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patient
observable and measurable data that can be seen, heard, or felt
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by someone other than the person experiencing them
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objective data |\
, examples of objective data |\ |\ |\
elevated temperature, skin moisture, vomiting
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information perceived only by the affected person |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
subjective data |\
examples of subjective data |\ |\ |\
pain experience, feeling dizzy, feeling anxious
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What are some other sources of data besides the patient when
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completing an assessment? |\ |\
family, significant others, patient record, medical history, physical
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examination, progress notes, consultations, reports of laboratory
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and other diagnostic studies, reports of therapies by other health
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care professionals, nursing and other health care literature
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T or F: Sources of data can be anywhere that you think you can
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get it. |\
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