Nursing Health Assessment

Running Head: NURSING HEALTH ASSESSMENT
NURSING HEALTH ASSESSMENT
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Consider the patient situation (CRC 1)......................................................................................2
Collect cues and information (CRC 2).......................................................................................3
Process information (CRC 3).....................................................................................................3
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................4
References..................................................................................................................................6

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Introduction
Health assessment of the patient is conducted based on the clinical reasoning cycle.
The chosen population in the essay is old age people. The interview is conducted by
considering the patient situation, which will help in gathering all the important information
related to patient’s health (Guzys, Brown, Halcomb & Whitehead, 2017). The information
gathered is then interpreted and processed and the outcome is evaluated with the help of
health care professional.
Consider the patient situation (CRC 1)
Clinical reasoning cycle helps in designing a care plan for the patient by considering
their current Health situation. In this step of the cycle health condition of the patient is
considered for processing by different methods (Daly, 2018). The interview is conducted
among the older patient of age 65 years and above of a particular health organization. Before
conducting the interview consent letter is collected from the respondents (Tappen, 2016).
Data from the patient is collected through one to one conversation to maintain the privacy of
the patient and along with that other ethical issue are also considered. The targeted
population is older adults hence special care is to be taken regarding their medical health
during the interview session such as physician or health care staff for any emergency. If the
patient is not able to speak the common language, interpreter or other health care staff, who
knows patient’s native language should be present during the interview (Tappen, 2016). Good
rapport should be built between the nurse and the patient to extract all the important
information. During the interview, open ended questions are asked to gain more detailed
information. Cultural background of the patient is considered by removing the biasness.
Gender or age specific discrimination should be avoided.