Assessment Tool Analysis NUR/440 Week 3 January 1‚ 2014 Assessment is a vital aspect of nursing care. Assessment is the first phase of the nursing process. A thorough assessment involves gathering information and data about and related to the patient. The data that is collected includes physiological‚ psychological‚ environmental‚ sociocultural‚ economical‚ spiritual‚ and developmental history of the patient. Data may be objective or subjective. Objective data refers to the measurable
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Vulnerable Neighborhood Jessica Garcia Nur/440 11/28/2011 Sheila De Vaugh Vulnerable Neighborhood Angelo Reyes is the character that I pick in the Neighborhood who is in a vulnerable population. Angelo is a 40 year old Hispanic married male architect. Angelo has been married for three years and has been a compliant diabetic since he was thirteen years old. Angelo’s community is 15 % Hispanic population. Angelo and his wife Rachael are in the process of getting worked up for infertility
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Assessment Tool Analysis NUR/440 Assessment Tool Analysis Nursing has evolved throughout the years to become more than a job‚ it is a profession. Jean Watson developed her own theory in the late 1970s because she believes there was something missing from the profession. Jean Watson believes that nursing is a profession that allows the caregiver and the person cared for an opportunity to provide care on a basis that involves the mind‚ body‚ and spirit‚ which are the three parts of being. Watson’s
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Running head: 1 Assessment Tools Analysis Paper Tricia E Topping University of Phoenix NUR/440 Karen Harriman April 16‚ 2012 Assessment Tools Analysis Paper 11/13/12 8:13 PM http://www.scribd.com/doc/104725000/Assessment-Tools-Analysis-Paper Page 2 of 12 April 16‚ 2012 2 Assessment Tools Analysis Paper Assessment tools are used in nursing to enhance the overall assessment phase of the nursing process. The assessment tools that I have selected to analyze are: The Spiritual Well- Being
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nursing care is holistic because it promotes humanism‚ health and quality of living. Caring is universal and is practiced throughout interpersonal relationships. The purpose of this paper is to examine various assessment tools that evaluate on physical measures. The assessment tools that will be examined throughout this paper are • Beck Depression Inventory • Mini-Mental State Examination • Social Support Questionnaire Beck Depression Inventory The Beck Depression Inventory was created by Dr. Aaron
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Assessment Tool Analysis NUR/440 Assessment Tools Analysis The purpose of this paper is to examine the tools that evaluate on-physical measures while applying Watson’s Theory of Human caring that integrates the mind-body-spirit dimensions to the three assessment tools chosen. In this paper‚ I will describe each tool and the population for which it might be useful‚ assessment tool data such as cost
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Specific Strategies for Gross Motor Assessment There are several reasons for assessing the gross motor competence of young children. The identification of a discrepancy between age-expected performance and actual performance is the first step in determining whether intervention is necessary and is imperative if services are sought under early intervention and preschool legislation. However‚ the assessment should do more than merely identify disparity. It should provide
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932-4350 Fax (732) 932-4360 www.nieer.org Preschool Assessment: A Guide to Developing a Balanced Approach by Ann S. Epstein‚ Lawrence J. Schweinhart‚ Andrea DeBruin-Parecki and Kenneth B. Robin Child assessment is a vital and growing component of high-quality early childhood programs. Not only is it an important tool in understanding and supporting young children’s development‚ it is essential to document and evaluate program effectiveness. For assessment to be widely used though‚ it must employ methods
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Assessment Tools Analysis Rochelle Evans Nur 440 January 23‚ 2009 Assessment Tools Analysis The nursing process is the framework to providing nursing care. Assessment is the first step in the nursing process. To ensure a holistic view of the patient is obtained‚ an assessment of the client’s entire well-being must be done. Using Watson’s theory of caring along with assessment tools‚ nurses can ensure that a holistic approach for caring for clients is maintained. Assessment tools are instruments
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Heritage Assessment In our day to day job as nurses‚ we come across patients from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. It is our duty to make them feel at ease with the care they are receiving and to be able to do so‚ it is imperative that nurses become culturally competent by understanding how the patients’ culture influences their views on health protection‚ maintenance and restoration. Culture is a pattern of behavior and values shared by an ethnic group (Winkleman‚ 2001). The Heritage
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