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Chapter 11: Assessing: Vocabulary
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- 1Characteristics of Nursing AssessmentsPurposeful, Prioritized, Systematic, Complete, Factual and accurate, Relevant, Recorded in a standard manner
- 2Different types of nursing assessmentscomprehensive initial assessment, focused assessment, quick priority assessments, emergency assessment and time-lapsed assessment
- 3initial assessmentperformed shortly after the patient is admitted
- 4focused assessmentgathers 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
- 5quick priority assessmentshort, focused, prioritized, done to gain the most important information you need to have first; can flag existing problems and risks
- 6time-lapsed assessmentscheduled to compare a patient's current status to the baseline data obtained earlier
- 7minimum data setspecifies the information that must be collected from every patient and uses a structured assessment form to organize or cluster this data
- 8subjective dataperceived only by the affected person; called symptoms or covert data
- 9objective dataobservable and measurable data that can be seen, heard, felt or measured; also called signs or overt data
- 10interview occurs in 4 phases:preparatory phase, introduction, working phase and termination
- 11review of systems (ROS)examination of all body systems, in a systematic manner, commonly using a head-to-toe format
- 124 methods use to collect data during the physical assessmentinspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation
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- UNIT III: Person-Centered Care and the Nursing Process Chapter 11: Assessing
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