Comprehensive Health Assignment Analysis

The essential of baccalaureate education for professional nursing practice provides the guidelines all professional nurses should follow to achieve the desired outcomes for the degree. Nurses need to have strong skills, knowledge, education for a better practice. In addition, it is essential for nurses to use their critical thinking while collecting and analyzing their assessments.

For Nursing 401 class, I chose the comprehensive health assessment assignment because nurses do patients’ assessment everyday throughout the shift. For this reason, it is very important to master the nursing health assessment of all body system in addition to cultural and spiritual assessment to be able to provide an adequate care for the patients and families.

Nursing assessment is the first stage of the nursing process after establishing a rapport with the patient. The comprehensive assessment for nursing 401 class includes: past medical/surgical history, allergies, current medication, family health history, social history, head to toe physical examination, and spiritual and cultural assessment. It is crucial not to ignore the subjective data while conducting the comprehensive health assessment of the patient. Nurses take care for all ages from birth to death. The nursing care varies depending on the patient’s age, mental and physical condition. All nurses need to include patient’s spiritual and cultural believes during the nursing care as long as it is not interfering with the patient’s safety and health. Nurses need to deliver care while respecting all Patients’ values, beliefs, ethnicity, and behaviors. Providing a safe environment during the nursing assessment allow the patient to feel valued, safe and comfortable. Competent and caring nurses maintain patient’s safety all the time for a positive work environment.