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1: Health Assessment in Nursing
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1.1: Introduction
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Systematic health assessments are performed regularly in nearly every health care setting. Nurses must learn to perform a complete health assessment as well assess each body system in order to determine appropriate nursing care for the patient.
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1.2: The Nursing Process
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This section will explain the nursing process as standards of professional nursing practice to provide safe, patient-centered care.
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1.3: Critical Thinking and Clinical Reasoning
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Nurses make decisions while providing patient care by using critical thinking and clinical reasoning.
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1.4: Regulations and Standards
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Regulations and standards of nursing assure safe, competent care is provided to the public.
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1.5: Nursing Education and the NCLEX
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Nursing graduates must successfully pass the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) to receive a nursing license.
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1.6: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
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Nurses must continually organize patient data to be recorded, either written or electronically. One model for organizing and prioritizing patient care needs is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
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1.7: Initial and Emergency Assessment
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The initial assessment is the first assessment the nurse will do when meeting a patient. An emergency assessment is done whenever a patient’s status has become, or is becoming, unstable.
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1.8: Focused Assessments
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Registered nurses do focused assessments in response to a specific patient health problem recognized by the nurse as needing further assessment of a body system or systems.
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1.9: Summary
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