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Announcements:
For this on-line class meeting E-mail the following to your teacher. You can
compare your answers in an E-mail message or attach a file to E-mail. If you
attach a file, print a hard copy to bring to Class 6. Always keep a copy of E-mail
for yourself if it is for schoolwork. Use your assigned reading to do the class
tasks. Be sure your name is on your submission.
• assumption
• concept
• theory
• conceptual framework
Task 2: Nurses provide holistic care to their clients. Compare the different
frameworks and answer the question. Which ones seem to consider the client as a
whole?
Task 3: Nurses must be practical in planning and providing care. Compare the
different frameworks and answer the question: Which frameworks seem most
practical to use?
Task 4: Open up your Nursing Student Handbook to the philosophy for the nursing
program. Compare the FDU faculty definitions of humans, environment, health,
and nursing with the nursing theorists. Point out similarities or differences in each
of the four definitions.
TOPIC : Assessment Guides
Two rounds of assessments begin the Nursing Process The first assessment is a
generalized check of a patient (or client) as a whole. The second is a focused
assessment of a particular area of concern.
There are several formats for a carrying out the first general assessment. One of
these, developed by Gordon (1987), divides a client's functional abilities into 11
distinct patterns. How well a client is functioning in these different areas can be
evaluated with questions and observations. Sample questions are listed here to help
you understand the patterns.
PATTERN OF ELIMINATION
• How does the person describe her/ his weekly pattern of activity and leisure,
exercise and recreation?
• Does the person have any disease that effects her/ his cardio-respiratory
system or musclo-skeletal system?
• Does the person have any sensory deficits? Are they corrected?
• Can this person express her/ himself clearly and logically?
• How educated is this person?
• Does the person have any disease that effects mental or sensory functions?
• If this person has pain, describe it and it's causes.
• How does this person describe her/ his various roles in life?
• Has, or does this person now have positive role models for these roles?
• Which relationships are most important to this person at present?
• Is this person currently going though any big changes in role or
relationship? What are they?
• What principals did this person learn as a child that are still important to
her/ him?
• Does this person identify with any cultural, ethnic, religious, regional,or
other groups?
• What support systems does this person currently have?
Identify the specific functional pattern(s) that would be at-risk or dysfunctional for
the following nursing diagnoses to be made:
TOPIC: Assignments: