Nursing assessment

INTRODUCTION Nursing health assessment can be define as the assessment carried out by health professionals such as nurses in any medical field to identify the sickness or any problem faced by an individual who is seeking for health care. Another definition can be the “collection of data about an individual’s health state” (Jarvis, 2008, pg; 2). The main purpose of undertaking nursing assessment is to make judgments and diagnosis about the individual’s health state or maximum level of health and wellness. Along with that, it also allows the nurse to collect the data for the client. Assessment is further divided into two perspectives which distinguish the identity and the roles of any professional worker and they are: nursing health assessment…

For this assignment I am going to describe the purpose of assessment in nursing as a whole, but also relate this to my field of practice which is children and young people’s nursing. Nursing assessment can be done in many ways and also requires many different skills and approaches to be able to understand the needs of the patient in order for their health concerns to be investigated. This piece of work will look into what assessment is, how it is carried out and the reasons why it is important. …

Main Question Post Assessment of the Progress in Practicum Cipriano and Murphy (2011) recognized that healthcare transformation included the adoption of health information technology in order to drive our quality of care. Precepting with the Director of Quality, one of my objectives was to analyze quality performance measurements and understand how data findings influenced nursing practice. So far, to be honest, I feel overwhelmed with all the quality metrics that one person oversees. There…

Pain is a stressor commonly reported by patients after critical illness. Not surprisingly, there are not always correlation between the patient’s assessment of pain and the nursing or medical staff assessment of the pain that the patient is experiencing. This is due to the fact that pain is a very individual experience with many behavioural psychological and social factors that may increase or decrease the patient’s perception of response to and report of pain (Hucther 2010, Macintyre etal…

Nursing Diagnosis: Risk for impaired mobility related to arthritic pain, activity intolerance, and anxiety as evidenced by patient pain score of 5 out of 10 and patient fatigue score of 8 out of 10 on worst days, and patient verbalization of fear of falling. Measureable Outcomes: 1. Arthritis pain reduced to a maximum 2 out of 10 on pain scale 2. Fatigue between transfusions reduced to a maximum 3 out of 10 on pain scale 3. Performs resistance and strength training exercises for 8 muscle…

After taking the leadership assessment, the result showed that the predominant leadership style that influenced me the most is the transformational leadership, which is consistent with my current role in nursing. Your leadership style defines your values and beliefs, and how you relate to people, you encounter on a daily basis. Transformational leadership is a term used “to define successful leaders in different kind of organizations and focuses on change and innovation by connecting with…

3. Plan Mr. FD’s case using the nursing process Nursing Process Application to situation Nursing Assessment In Orem’s theory, determining the need for nursing agency and nursing system are important. Since Mr. FD is hospitalized, nursing system is needed. Using the Orem’s theory as a guide in nursing assessment the nurse will ask the following questions: 1. Is there a deficit between Mr. FD’s self-care abilities and his demand for self-care? • In the case of Mr. FD, YES, self-care deficit is…

I am not sure what I am suppose to do with the assignment of assessment. I sat down and contemplated the subject of assessment. Several thoughts came up for me. Assessment is such a broad topic, where should I start? Am I supposed to write on assessment in nursing or assessment of myself? I decided to assess where I am in this process. What attitudes, characteristics, experiences, strengths, beliefs, and weakness do I possess? How will these things impact my project? I do have experience…

Self-Assessment This paper presents a self-assessment based on the National League for Nursing’s Core Competencies of Nurse Educators (NLN, 2007a, 2007b). These eight competencies are organized according to Boyer’s (1990) Model of Scholarship. This paper includes self-assessment findings completed as part of Grand Canyon University’s (GCU) nursing education seminar course, Georgia Baptist College of Nursing of Mercer University’s (GBCON-MU) knowledge and theory development in nursing course,…

assessing/monitoring breathing, airway maintenance, breathing techniques, positioning, effective coughing, oxygen therapy, suctioning, exercise conditioning, and hydration (Ignatavicius, 2016). The priority nursing assessment is breathing. Paying attention to note the speed, depth, and effort that is being used is important (Ignatavicius, 2016). It will provide a reference to how the patient is responding to the treatment. This monitoring should be done every two hours so any worsening…