Nursing assessment (Topical Term)

Work cat.: Clinical assessment tools for use with nursing diagnoses, 1989.

MESH.

Mosby's med. dict.

Morton, P.G. Nurse's clinical guide to health assessment, 1990.

Here are entered works on the process of gathering data on the health status of a patient through interview, observation, examination, etc., in nursing. Works on the problem-oriented description of a patient's actual or potential health problems that a nurse is licensed and competent to treat are entered under Nursing diagnosis.

Note under Nursing diagnosis