PATIENT
ASSESSMENT
Ririn Muthia Zukhra
RMZ/Inggris3/2022
INTRODUCTION
❑ The professional nurse plays a vital role in
the assessment of patient problems.
❑ Educational preparation and the clinical
setting in part determine the extent to
which the nurse participates in the
assessment process
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INTRODUCTION
Assessment is the first step to determine health
status. It is the gathering of information to have all
the “necessary puzzle pieces” to make a clear
picture of the person’s the health status.
The entire plan of care is basedon the data you
collect during this phase and make every effort to
ensure that your information is correct, complete
and organized in a way that you will begin to get a
sense of patterns of health or illness.
DEFINITION OF ASSESSMENT 4
According to Carpenito:
Assessment is the deliberate and systematic
collection of data to determine a client’s current
and past health status functional status and to
determine the client’s present and coping pattens.
Atkinson & Murray (1991):
Assessment is a part of each activity the nurse does
for and with the patient
PURPOSES OF ASSESSMENT
a. To gather information regarding client’s
health
b. To determine client’s normal function
c. To organize the collected information
d. To confirm hypothesis growing out of the
nurses’s interview
e. To enhance investigation of nursing problems
f. To framenursing diagnosis
g. It increases greater managing skill of handling
patient’s problem
h. To identify the health problems
i. To identify client’s strengths
j. To identify need for health teaching
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TYPES OF ASSESSMENT
INITIAL ASSESSMENT FOCUS ASSESSMENT EMERGENCY TIME-LAPSED
ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT
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INITIAL ASSESSMENT
It is performed within specified time after admission to a health care
agency.
Purpose: to establish a complete data base for problem identification,
reference, and future comparison
Ex: nursing admission assessment
FOCUS OR ONGOING
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ASSESSMENT
• Ongoing process integrated with nursing care
• Purpose: to determine the status of a specific problem identified in
an earlier assessment and to identify new oroverlooked problem
• Ex: hourly assessment of client’s fluid intake and output chart
EMERGENCY ASSESSMENT
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• During any ohysiologic or psychologic crisis of the client.
• Purpose: to identify life-threatening problems.
• Ex: a) Rapid assessment of person’s airway, breathing, status and
circulation during a cardiac arrest
b) Assessment of suicidal tendencies or potential for violence.
TIME-LAPSED ASSESSMENT
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• Several months afterinitial assessment
• Purpose: to comparethe client’s current status to baseline data
previously obtained.
• Ex: reassessmentof a client’sfunctional health patterns in a home
care
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METHODS OF ASSESSMENT
INTERVIEWING OBSERVING EXAMINING
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INTERVIEWING
An interview is a planned communication or a conversation with a
purpose.
Ex: history taking
There are two approaches for interviewing:
1. Directive approach
2. Non directive approach
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OBSERVING
An observation is a conscious, deliberate skill that is developed only
through and with an organized approach
Ex: client data observed through four senses that is through vision, smell,
hearing, and touch.
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EXAMINING
The physical examination is a systematic data collection method that uses
observational skills to detect health problems.
To conduct the examination, the nurse uses four techniques. There are :
1) Inspection
2) Auscultation
3) Palpation
4) Percussion
“ PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT
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Head to Toe Assessment
Body Systems Assessment
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INSPECTION
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• Close and careful visualization of the person as a whole and of each
body system
• Ensure goog lighting. Perform at every encounter with your client
PALPATION
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• Temperature, texture, moisture
• Organ size & location
• Rigidity or spacity
• Crepitation& vibration
• Position & size
• Presence of lumps or masses
• Tenderness, or pain
PERCUSSION
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Assess underlying
structures for
location, size,
density of
underlying tissue
AUSCULTATION
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listening to sounds produced
bu the body
Instrument: stethoscope (to
skin)
Diaphragm: high pitched
sounds heart, lungs, abdomens
Bell: low pitched sound: blood
vessels
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ASSESSMENT PROCESS
COLLECT DATA ORGANIZE VALIDATE DATA DOCUMENTING
DATA DATA
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ASSESSMENT PROCESS
The assessment process involves four closely related activities:
1. Collecting data: Process of gathering information
Types • subjective
of Data • objective
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TYPES OF DATA
When performing an assessment the nurse gathers subjective and
objective data
Subjective data : the verbal statements provided by the patient.
Statements about nausea and descriptions of pain and fatigue are
examples of subjective data.
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TYPES OF DATA
Objective data (sign or over data):
Are detectable by an observer or can be measured or tested against an
accepted standard. They can be seen, heard, felt, or smelt, and they are
obtained byobservation or physical examination.
For example: discoloration of the skin
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SOURCES OF DATA
Data can be obtained from primary or secondary source.
The primary source of data is the patient. In most instances the patient is
considered to be the most accurate reporter. The alert and oriented
patient can provide information about past illness and surgeries and
present sign, symptoms, and lifestyle.
When the patient is unable to supply information because of
deterioration of mental status, age, or seriousness of illness, secondary
sources are used.
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the secondary sources of data include family members, significant
others, medical records, diagnostic procedures
members of the patient’s support system may be able to furnish
information about the patient’s past health status, current illness,
allergies, and current medications.
Other health team professionals are also helpful secondary sources
(physician, other nurses)
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ORGANIZING DATA
Cluster the data into groups of information that help you identify
pattern of health or illnesses.
The nurse uses a written or computerized format that organizes the
assessment data systematically. The format may be modified according to
the client’s physical status
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VALIDATING DATA
• The information gathered during the assessment phase must be
complete, factual, and accurate because the nursing diagnosis and
interventions are based on this information.
• Validation is the act of “double-checking” or verifying dta to
confirmthat it is accurateand factual
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DOCUMENTING DATA
to complete the assessment phase, the nurse records client’s data.
Accurate documentation is essential and should include all data collected
about the client’shealth status. Data are recorded in a factual manner and
not interpreted by the nurse.
Eg: the nurse record the client’s breakfast intake as “coffee 240 ml, juice 120
ml, 1 egg”. Rather than as ”appetite good”
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