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Flashcards by Alexandra Bozan, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Alexandra Bozan
about 7 years ago
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| Characteristics of Nursing Assessments | Purposeful, Prioritized, Systematic, Complete, Factual and accurate, Relevant, Recorded in a standard manner |
| Different types of nursing assessments | comprehensive initial assessment, focused assessment, quick priority assessments, emergency assessment and time-lapsed assessment |
| initial assessment | performed shortly after the patient is admitted |
| focused assessment | gathers data about a specific problem that has already been identified; may be done during the initial assessment; part of ongoing data collection; identifies new or overlooked problems |
| quick priority assessment | short, focused, prioritized, done to gain the most important information you need to have first; can flag existing problems and risks |
| time-lapsed assessment | scheduled to compare a patient's current status to the baseline data obtained earlier |
| minimum data set | specifies the information that must be collected from every patient and uses a structured assessment form to organize or cluster this data |
| subjective data | perceived only by the affected person; called symptoms or covert data |
| objective data | observable and measurable data that can be seen, heard, felt or measured; also called signs or overt data |
| interview occurs in 4 phases: | preparatory phase, introduction, working phase and termination |
| review of systems (ROS) | examination of all body systems, in a systematic manner, commonly using a head-to-toe format |
| 4 methods use to collect data during the physical assessment | inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation |
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