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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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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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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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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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 Tool: Varying Cultures Grand Canyon University: NRS 429V Heritage Assessment Tool: Varying Cultures Introduction The Heritage Assessment Tool is designed to “give nurses an understanding of the patient’s traditional health and illness beliefs and practices so that culturally appropriate interventions can be initiated. The tool is a series of twenty nine questions. These twenty nine questions are designed to determine a patient’s ethnic‚ cultural‚ and religious background
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