The nurse begins a shift assessment by examining a surgical dressing that is saturated with serosanguineous drainage on a patient who had open abdominal surgery yesterday (or 1 day ago).The nurse is performing what type of assessment approach in this situation?

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The nurse is not doing a complete,general assessment and then focusing on specific problem areas.Instead,the nurse focuses immediately on the problem at hand and performs a problem-oriented assessment.Utilizing Gordon's Functional Health Patterns is an example of a structured database-type assessment technique.The nurse in this question is performing a specific problem-oriented assessment approach.The nurse is not performing an activity-exercise pattern assessment in this question.

The Nurse Begins a Shift Assessment by Examining a Surgical