International Conference on Nursing Assessment Process

• Nursing assessment
  Nursing health assessment
  Assessment techniques
  The client interview
  Patient history and interview
  Physical examination
  Focused assessment
  Assessment tools
  Psychosocial assessment
  Cultural assessment
  Neurovasular assessment
  Pain, integument and head
  Skin assessment
  Neurological assessment
  Types of data
  Purpose of assessment
  Types of assessments
  Process of data collection
  Onset of health concern or complaint
  Location of pain or other symptoms
  Duration of health concern or complaint
  Characteristics
  Aggravating factors
  Relieving factors
  Treatments
  Present complaint and nature of symptoms
  Onset of symptoms
  Severity of symptoms
  Classifying symptoms as acute or chronic
  Health history
  Family history
  Social history
  Current medical and/or nursing management
  Understanding of medical and nursing plans
  Perception of illness