Assignment:
Title:
General Survey
Purpose of Assignment:
Learning to make purposeful observations is an essential skill for a nurse. The general survey is the observation a nurse makes during theinitial client interaction. The nurse must provide nonbiased, descriptive documentation of these observations.
Course Competency:
Identify the foundations of health assessment.
Instructions:
Content:
• Use the provided form as a guide to the information that should be collected.
• Short descriptive paragraph of findings. Remember, this is objective information, so only what you observe. Avoid stating why you know or think something is.
• Actual or potential risk factors for the client based on the assessment findings with description or reason for selection of them.
Format:
• Standard American English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.)
Resources:
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