Patient Assessment

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The paper explains that the purpose of a focused assessment relating to a patient is to gather information that is directed toward an immediate problem regarding the patient's health. The paper discusses that a nurse's responsibility includes assessment in changes in the condition and data collection. The responsibility also includes a comparison of the patients' condition to the previous condition and an analysis of biological, psychological and social scientific data to determine the rationale for the nursing care patient.

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"This assessment should be completed, and then a determination made of individuals to be informed, and procedures taken to provide quality care for the patient. With regard to the 65-year-old patient who was hospitalized for pneumonia, has a history of COPD, GERD, hypertension, and hyper-cholesterolemia, the patient has reportedly been recuperating successfully and is scheduled to be released from the hospital within 24 hours. The patient is now complaining of chest pains, as well as shortness of breath."

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