Systematic problem - solving approach toward giving individualized nursing care. STEPS: * Assessment * Nursing Diagnosis * Planning and outcome identification * Intervention * Evaluation * ASSESSING PATIENT’S HEALTH STATUS Assessment * A systematic collection of subjective and objective data with the goal of making a clinical nursing judgment about an individual, family or community. * 1st phase of nursing process which involves systematic data collection
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Family Assessment Bryan Smith Tulane University Abstract The Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns provides an efficient and well organized mechanism in order to collect data from an individual and all of their life processes (Edelman & Mantle, 2006, pg. 131). With the Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns, it provides the foundation of the nurse’s assessment. “The assessment is a systematic technique for learning as much as possible about the individual”, and the main purpose in collecting
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Children’s Functional Health Pattern Assessment |Functional Health Pattern |Toddler |Preschool-Aged |School-Aged | |Assessment (FHP) |Erickson’s Developmental Stage: |Erickson’s Developmental Stage: |Erickson’s Developmental Stage: | |Pattern of Health Perception and|*Toddlers rely on their parents for |*Preschoolers now have
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Children’s Functional Health Pattern Assessment |Functional Health Pattern Assessment |Toddler |Preschool-Aged |School-Aged | |(FHP) |Erickson’s Developmental Stage: |Erickson’s Developmental Stage: |Erickson’s Developmental Stage: | |Pattern of Health Perception and Health |Toddlers can recognize not feeling well |Preschoolers have a concept of their
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Health and Illness Nursing practice is directed and guided by an understanding of the definition of health and the factors that impact a client’s health framework. Health-complete state of physical, mental and social well being w/o merely an absence of dse. -it is ever changing-. Portray of health and illness on an interactive continuum with multiple configurations ranging from high level wellness- extremely poor health Man- is a living system, with
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Running head: FAMILY HEALTH EVALUATION Family Health Evaluation Grand Canyon University NRS 429V May 27, 2012 Family Health Evaluation Each family has their own views and beliefs on how they understand health and illness. Different situations pose as difficult challenges to the members of the family. Assessment by using different tools helps the healthcare professional to better understand the family and implement appropriate intervention. This paper will discuss the summarized version
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High-Risk Family Assessment and Health Promotion Paper Shova Rajbhandari NUR/542 April 23rd, 2012 Tracy Kramer MSN, RNC, FNP High-Risk Family Assessment and Health Promotion Paper For High risk family assessment: Intravenous Drug users (IDUs) family is chosen Common health issues /profile among members or families from this high-risk group: Drug abuse involves the regular taking of a deleterious or noxious quantity of any drug, prescribed or illicit over a period of time
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Community Assessment and Analysis of Tucson Estates Lizi Thomas, Sophyamma Roy, Lena Fincher, Julie Overland, & Camilla Okolo Grand Canyon University: NRS-427V September 30, 2012 Julie’s Intro The demographic boundaries of Tucson Estates are within the Tucson Mountain Park; mountains comprising of accessible hiking trails, and wildlife in which the retirees leave out food and water surround the community. Small areas of open desert are on either side of the retirement community. Adjacent
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Children’s Functional Health Pattern Assessment Functional Health Pattern Assessment (FHP) | Toddler Erickson’s Developmental Stage: AUTONOMY VS SHAME & DOUBT WILL TOILET TRAINING | Preschool-Aged Erickson’s Developmental Stage: INITIATIVE VS GUILT PURPOSE EXPLORATION | School-Aged Erickson’s Developmental Stage: INDUSTRY VS INFERIORITY COMPETENCE SCHOOL | Pattern of Health Perception and Health Management: List two normal assessment findings that would be characteristic
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Running head: FUNCTIONAL HEALTH PATTERNS COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT FUNCTIONAL HEALTH PATTERNS COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT GUID Ugommah Miller Grand Canyon University NRS427V CASTILLA ROSE April 30, 2012 FUNCTIONAL HEALTH PATTERNS COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT GUIDE According to Stanhope & Lancaster (2010), community assessment is the process of critically thinking about the community and getting to know and understand the community client. Assessment helps identify community needs, clarify problems
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