Nursing Assessment: A Case Study

The purpose of nursing assessment in the clinical setting is crucial in addressing a patient’s medical problem. Two important assessments namely, chronic pain and mental impairment have helped determine the likely underlying causes of the problems discussed in this paper. The two diseases, Peripheral Arterial Disease with Claudication and Dementia, possibly Early Onset of Alzheimer’s Disease, once ruled in as the diagnoses are debilitating illnesses that can change the life of the patients forever. This paper highlighted accurate health assessment histories, the gathering of SOAP notes, and summaries of findings that will in fact contributory to the appropriate further investigations, diagnostics, planning and implementation of interventions.