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Nursing assessment is the gathering of information about a patient's physiological, psychological, sociological, and spiritual status by a licensed Registered Nurse. Nursing assessment is the first step in the nursing process. A section of the nursing assessment may be delegated to certified nurses aides.
Nursing diagnoses foster the nurse's independent practice (e.g., patient comfort or relief) compared to dependent interventions driven by physician's orders (e.g., medication administration). [1] Nursing diagnoses are developed based on data obtained during the nursing assessment. A problem-based nursing diagnosis presents a problem response ...
Reddell is a physician working in respiratory health, researching improved methods for treating asthma and respiratory conditions including COPD. [7] Her research focusses on improving the management, treatment and quality of life for people with respiratory conditions, including use of medicines in primary care, as well as monitoring populations and public health.
A nursing care plan promotes documentation and is used for reimbursement purposes such as Medicare and Medicaid. The therapeutic nursing plan is a tool and a legal document that contains priority problems or needs specific to the patient and the nursing directives linked to the problems. It shows the evolution of the clinical profile of a patient.
It is vital that a recognized nursing assessment framework is used in practice to identify the patient's* problems, risks and outcomes for enhancing health. The use of an evidence-based nursing framework such as Gordon's Functional Health Pattern Assessment should guide assessments that support nurses in determination of NANDA-I nursing diagnoses.
The Asthma Life Impact Scale (ALIS) measure is a disease-specific patient reported outcome questionnaire which assesses the impact that asthma has on a patient’s quality of life. [1] The questionnaire has 22 items, [1] which goes beyond earlier focus on the symptoms, functioning and environmental triggers of asthma and includes emotional ...
If coping and adaptation are not health promoting, assessment of the types of stimuli and the effectiveness of the regulators provides the basis for the design of nursing interventions to promote adaptation. By answering each of these questions in each assessment, a nurse can have a full understanding of the problem's a patient may be having.
After positioning in which the patient sits upright with their arms at the side, with the chest clear of clothing, the four stages of the examination can be carried out. In order to listen to the lungs from the back the patient is asked to move their arms forward to prevent the scapulae (shoulder blades) from obstructing the upper lung fields.