NURS 3120 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: Integumentary System, Proxemics, Health Equity
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Health assessment - systematic method of collecting and analyzing data for the purpose of planning patient centered care. Nurse collects health data from the patients and compares these with the ideal state of health. Approach to developing a plan of care. First six standards based on the nursing process. 5 core competencies by the iom evaluation. Reviewing other data from the health record. These steps lead to data analysis and interpretation. Consists of subjective data collected during an interview. History includes information about the current state of health of patients the medications they take. Subjective data directly from patient = primary source data. Data acquired from another individual = secondary source data. Data is sometimes referred to as signs. Inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation for each body system. Patients height, weight, blood pressure, temperature, pulse rate, and respiratory rate are measured.
