Nursing Assessment Paper

I think that every aspects of nursing assessment are challenging and it depends on the nurses’ experience. When we have a new admit patient/resident, nursing admission assessment should be completed within 24 hours, and I usually would finish it. Working on the night shift, I find it challenging to complete the assessment because the patient is already tired and wanting to have sleep. I cannot force them to participate, and it is the resident’s right to refuse. When assessing for the Brief Interview of Mini-mental Status (BIMS), it is often not 100% correct due to contributing factors involved, that is being sleepy and tired. When BIMS is done during the day, the result is way different than what I had obtained. To have a new patient in the rehabilitation floor who have frustrations in life might be more challenging because the patient might not participate in the assessment, in his care or just give up. On the other hand, if we have a new admit for the dementia or Alzheimer’s unit, job-related stress element is the least challenging because the patient is there for long term stay. However, this should not be over-looked and the previous job of the patient needs to be
These elements are valuable in determining the patient’s health because it reflects how a person views health as a whole and what he/she would do to maintain it. Jarvis (2016) stated that “each person is responsible for his or her own personal health stated and is an active participant in health care” (p. 7). That being said, I often encourage my residents to perform as much ADLs they could do to promote independence. Although my residents have dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and have decreased mobility, encouraging them to be an active participant in their care is