Importance of Comprehensive Health Assessments in Nursing | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2019年4月8日—Healthassessmentsareakeypartofanurse'sroleandresponsibility.Theassessmentisatooltolearnaboutyourpatient'sconcerns, ...

If you are a nurse, you know that a comprehensive patient health assessment is an important first step in developing a plan to deliver the best patient care. Health assessments are a key part of a nurse’s role and responsibility. The assessment is a tool to learn about your patient’s concerns, symptoms and overall health.

“It is a critical step because this is where comprehensive data including physiological, psychological, socioeconomic, social determinants of health, spiritual and lifestyle information is gathered to help determine nursing diagnoses, which are used to develop nursing care plans that aim to improve health outcomes,” says U.S. Public Health Service Commander Derrick Wyatt, MSN, RN-BC, a health scientist administrator for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

During the assessment, nurses may notice signs of potential or underlying health issues that need to be addressed, as well.

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