Nursing Assessment
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Thoughtful nursing practice: reflections on nurse delegation decision-making.

29 Nov 2009 This article discusses delegation challenges and legal and regulatory oversight associated with delegation in the clinical practice setting. The authors address moral and legal attributes of the roles and responsibilities of health care providers ... Read more...

Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia.

30 Aug 2009 Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) is a diffuse infiltrative pulmonary disorder that has an insidious onset. The patient often presents with flu-like symptoms and radiological findings showing bilateral patchy infiltrates. ... Read more...

Exploring patients' reasons for discontinuance of heart medications.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Despite the importance of secondary prevention, nonadherence rates for patients with myocardial infarction (MI) range from 13% to 60% for prescribed, evidence-based medicines. Although rates and consequences of discontinuance vary for ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Nursing Assessment'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Thoughtful nursing practice: reflections on nurse delegation decision-making. 29 Nov 2009
• TCAB in the curriculum: creating a safer environment through nursing education. 30 Oct 2009
• Reducing falls among outpatients: a volunteer transports patients from the parking lot to their exercise programs. 30 Oct 2009
• Transporting telemetry patients. 30 Oct 2009
• Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia. 30 Aug 2009
• Exploring patients' reasons for discontinuance of heart medications. 30 Aug 2009
• Comparison of selected sedation scales for reporting opioid-induced sedation assessment. 30 Aug 2009
• Older adults' pain communication: the effect of interruption. 30 Aug 2009
• Taking up the challenge of measuring prolonged pain in (premature) neonates: the COMFORTneo scale seems promising. 30 Aug 2009
• Management of co-morbid diseases in a patient with established renal failure. 30 Aug 2009
• Assessing and training patients on peritoneal dialysis in their own homes can influence better practice. 30 Aug 2009
• [Between emotional engagement and professional distance. The "kangaroos" are Germany's first KTQ certified pediatric nursing care] 30 Aug 2009
• [The oral exam in nursing education--3: Topics 8 and 12: managing complex nursing tasks] 30 Aug 2009
• Symptom clusters in fibromyalgia: potential utility in patient assessment and treatment evaluation. 30 Aug 2009
• Using the Colored Eco-Genetic Relationship Map with children. 30 Aug 2009
• Implementing an "always practice" to redefine skin care management. 30 Aug 2009
• Improving patient-provider communication: a call to action. 30 Aug 2009
• Cardiac health: primary prevention of heart disease in women. 30 Aug 2009
• Advancing the use of 'Welam's sign' as a prognostic marker in patients with cancer. 30 Jul 2009
• Hypotension and shock in the preterm neonate. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Nursing Assessment'

Definition: Evaluation of the nature and extent of nursing problems presented by a patient for the purpose of patient care planning.

Descriptor UI: D009730

Alternative terms: Nursing Assessment; Assessment, Nursing; Assessments, Nursing; Nursing Assessments; Protocols, Nursing; Nursing Protocol; Protocol, Nursing; Nursing Protocols;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; methods;

Tree Number: N04.590.233.508.480;

History Note: 87(80); was see under NURSING PROCESS 1980-86, was NURSING DIAGNOSIS see under NURSING CARE 1975-79

Technical Notes: to evaluate nature & extent of nurs problems of patient to plan patient care; do not confuse with NURSING AUDIT (to evaluate quality of nurs care); DF: NURS ASSESS