Reflect on your current or prior practice setting.

• Paragraph One: Briefly describe the type(s) of nursing health assessments you commonly perform.
  • Explain how your nursing health assessments are focused or comprehensive.
  • Provide examples of key subjective and objective data collected by nurses in this setting.
• Paragraph Two: Describe the typical patient population in your practice setting.
  • What are some special considerations that you have used for obtaining an accurate health history and physical assessment in this patient population?
    • Examples may include age, lifestyle, financial status, health status, culture, religion, or spiritual practices.

Solution:

According to Weber and Kelley (2018), the types of assessments include initial comprehensive assessment, the ongoing or partial assessment, a focused or problem-oriented assessment, and the emergency assessment. Even though I have performed all these assessments in my practice, the ones that I commonly perform include the initial comprehensive assessment and ongoing/ partial assessment. The initial assessment encompasses the initial collection of subjective and objective data of patients presenting to the clinic. The ongoing/ partial assessment is that which I conduct after taking over from the previous shift. In this, I conduct a quick patient assessment while…Please click the icon below to purchase the full solution at only $5