Nursing Process and Health Assessment Quiz

The protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human responses, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations.

Collect comprehensive data.

By analyzing the assessment data.

Physical, psychological, sociological, and cultural.

I. The client is a human being who has worth and has dignity. II. Humans manifest an essential unity of mind/body and spirit. III. There are basic human needs that must be met. IV. Collaboration with the doctors. V. Human experience is contextually and culturally defined. VI. Clients have a right to quality health and nursing care delivered with interest compassion and competence with a focus on wellness and prevention. VII. The therapeutic nurse-client relationship is important in the nursing process.

Late 1800’s - 1900’s: Nurses relied on their natural senses. 1930 - 1949: Community health nursing. 1950 - 1969: Pre-deployment of health care workers. 1970 - 1989: Intensive care unit and 'Primary care' method. 1990 - Present: Holistic assessment with increased use of advanced practice nurses.

1. To identify a client's health status and problems. 2. To establish a plan of care. 3. To provide nursing interventions. 4. To offer individualized, holistic, effective, and efficient nursing care.

Phase I: Assessment, Phase II: Diagnosis, Phase III: Planning, Phase IV: Intervention, Phase V: Evaluation.

Assessment phase.

1. Initial Comprehensive Assessment, 2. Ongoing/Partial Assessment, 3. Focused/Problem-oriented Assessment, 4. Emergency Assessment.