The nurse is beginning an assessment of a newly admitted patient.What are some recommended comprehensive assessment approaches the nurses can use? (Select all that apply.)

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There are two approaches for a comprehensive assessment.Gordon's Functional Health Patterns involves use of a structured database format,based upon an accepted theoretical framework or practice standard.Another approach for conducting a comprehensive assessment is the problem-focused approach.The nurse should focus on the patient's situation and begin with problematic areas.By using Nursing Intervention Classification nurses learn the common interventions recommended for the various NANDA-I nursing diagnoses.The Nursing Outcome Classification system is a classification system of nursing-sensitive outcomes.One of its purposes is to identify,label,validate,and classify nursing-sensitive patient outcomes.A nursing diagnosis is a clinical judgment about individual,family,or community responses to actual and potential health problems or life processes that the nurse is licensed and competent to treat and occurs after assessment.

The Nurse Is Beginning an Assessment of a Newly Admitted