Nursing assessment
Nursing health assessment
Assessment techniques
The client interview
Patient history and interview
Physical examination
Focused assessment
Assessment tools
Psychosocial assessment
Cultural assessment
Neurovasular assessment
Pain, integument and head
Skin assessment
Neurological assessment
Types of data
Purpose of assessment
Types of assessments
Process of data collection
Onset of health concern or complaint
Location of pain or other symptoms
Duration of health concern or complaint
Characteristics
Aggravating factors
Relieving factors
Treatments
Present complaint and nature of symptoms
Onset of symptoms
Severity of symptoms
Classifying symptoms as acute or chronic
Health history
Family history
Social history
Current medical and/or nursing management
Understanding of medical and nursing plans
Perception of illness