health assessment portfolio for viva exam.pptx

health assessment portfolio for viva exam

1. Health Assessment Portfolio

2. HEALTH ASSESSMENT Health assessment is a plan of care that identifies patients’ specific needs and how those needs will be addressed by the health care system.    

3. PURPOSE OF HEALTH ASSESSMENT Systematic and continuous collection of client data. It focuses on client responses to health problems. The nurse carefully examines the clients the body parts to determine any abnormalities. Nurse relies on data from different sources which can indicate significant clinical problems. Health assessment provides baseline use to plan the client’s care. Health assessment helps the nurse to diagnose client’s problem and intervention.

4. TYPES OF ASSESSMENt Initial assessment Focus assessment Time lapsed assessment Emergency assessment