1. Health assessment
Week 1: Exploring the Nurse’s Role in Health Assessment (graded) No unread replies. 2 2
replies. This week’s graded topics relate to the following Course Outcomes (COs). • (CO #1)
– Utilize prior knowledge of theories and principles of nursing and related disciplines to
explain expected client behaviors, while differentiating between normal findings, variations,
and abnormalities. (PO #1) • (CO #5) – Explore the professional responsibilities involved in
conducting a comprehensive health assessment and provide appropriate documentation.
(PO #6) The nursing process is utilized in a variety of nursing roles and health care settings.
Whether you are working in direct patient care, telehealth, or in a leadership role – the
basic model is the same! Take this opportunity to share how the nursing process is utilized
in your own practice settings! Hint: Your assigned readings will be helpful in formulating
your answers. Please answer the following question in your initial post: Describe how you
apply the first step (assessment) of the nursing process in your current practice setting. If
you are not currently practicing as an RN, you may use an example from a prior clinical or
work experience. Include the following information: • Briefly describe your practice setting
and the typical patient population. • Provide examples of key subjective and objective data
points you collect. • Describe how you document your findings. Is there technology
involved? • Describe your process of data analysis. What is the end result of this process?
(i.e., Do you formulate nursing diagnoses and care plans, collaborate with others and/or
make referrals?) Reading Weber, J.R. & Kelley, J.H. (2018). Health assessment in nursing
(6th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer. • Chapter 1: Nurse’s Role in Health Assessment:
Collecting and Analyzing Data • Chapter 3: Collecting Objective Data: The Physical
Examination • Chapter 4 (pp. 44-45 only): Validating and Documenting Data • Chapter 5:
Thinking Critically to Analyze Data and Make Informed Nursing Judgments Important
information Please be very detailed about this paper and make it robust. Remember to use
and credit the textbook or lesson, as well as an outside scholarly source, for full credit. Apart
from the book provided above you must use an outside scholarly source, for full
credit.#Health #assessment
