Assessment Tool Analysis Paper The nursing process is the framework in providing nursing care. Assessment is an important aspect of nursing care and is the first step in the nursing process. An assessment of the client’s emotionally and psychology health needs must be assessed to ensure a holistic view of the client is obtained. Jean Watson’s theory of caring is the blueprint of the nursing profession. Jean Watson’s theory of human caring focused on establishing a caring relationship with patients
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caring relationship. • The caring occasions/caring moments. Nursing is promoting and restoring health‚ preventing illness and caring for the sick. Clinical 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
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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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The attention will now shift to one of the individual aspects that make up the initial assessment. The Waterlow assessment was created by Judy Waterlow (1985)‚ it is a tool created to assist health practitioners to assess whether a patient is at risk of developing pressure ulcers‚ it is by far the most frequently used assessment tool in the UK (Judy-waterlow.co.uk 2007). The Waterlow is applicable to Mr Adams due to his immobility status‚ as stated by Lareau and Sawyer (2010) if a patient is restricted
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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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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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Element: Prevention of pressure ulcers This essay is going to explore the nursing process with regard to the prevention of pressure ulcers. Pressure ulcers are a widespread and often underestimated health problem in the UK. They occur in 4-10% of patients admitted to hospital (Ward et al‚ 2010). This essay‚ using case study 4‚ will explore the holistic nursing process‚ and also the biological‚ sociological‚ psychological and ethical issues regarding the prevention of pressure ulcers. Lily
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Critical Analysis of a Personal Experience in Nursing Susan Main 66819440 Faculty of Nursing University of Manitoba November 17‚ 2010 NURS 3430 Ruth Dean Nurses must think critically when making decisions in their daily practice to provide effective care in our health care environment. Critical thinking begins by asking questions about any situation. In this paper I will describe my most memorable experience in nursing and then I will conduct a critical thinking analysis using the “IDEALS”
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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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