HEALTH ASSESSMENT INTRODUCTION

SYSTEMATIC, CYCLICAL, DYNAMIC, HUMANISTIC, AND OUTVOME-FOCUSED METHOD OF PLANNING AND DELIVERING CARE TO THE INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY POPULATION GROUP AND/OR COMMUNITY.

SYSTEMATIC WAYS OF COLLECTING, ORGANIZING, VALIDATING, AND DOCUMENTATION DATA ABOUT A CLIENT'S STATUS.

INVOLVES CRITICAL THINKING, INTERPRETING DATA COLLECTED, IDENTIFYING HEALTH POTENTIALS AND FORMULATION OF NURSING DIAGNOSES.

DELIBERATE SYSTEMATIC PHASE INVOLVING DECISION MAKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING.

THE ACTION PHASE IN WHICH THE NURSE PERFORMS THE NURSING INTERVENTIONS THAT WERE DEVELOPED IN THE PLANNING STEP.

PLANNED, ONGOING, PURPOSEFUL ACTIVITY IN WHICH THE CLIENT AND THE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL DETERMINE.

FOCUS ON HOW THE HEALTH STATUS AFFECTS ADL (ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING) AND HOW THOSE ADLS AFFECT THE CLIENT'S HEALTH.

FOCUS IS MORE ON THE PHYSIOLOGIC AFFECT

OVERALL COLLECTION OF DATA

DATA COLLECTION THAT OCCURS AFTER THE COMPREHENSIVVE DATABASE IS ESTABLISHED.