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Nursing Assessment

The two sources for collecting information are primary and secondary. After gathering information, interpretation and validation help to complete the data. The purpose of assessment is to establish data with the initial information, to interpret data about the patient's perceived needs and health problems, and to respond to these problems identified.
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The actuarial approach, a statistical method originally developed for life insurance risk assessment, is widely used to calculate survival rates in clinical and population studies. This method accounts for participants lost to follow-up or those who die from causes unrelated to the study, ensuring a more accurate representation of survival probabilities.
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Ask the patient about their primary concern and thoroughly explore all reported symptoms.
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The physical assessment examines the patient for objective data that defines the patient's condition, and aids in formulating the nursing care plan. The purpose of physical assessment is a health status appraisal, which includes identifying health problems, and establishing a database for nursing intervention.
The principles to begin the physical assessment include conducting a comprehensive or problem-related history in a quiet, well-lit room, emphasizing privacy and comfort for the patient.

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Assessing asset indices.

Deon Filmer1, Kinnon Scott

  • 1Development Research Group, The World Bank, Washington, DC 20433, USA. dfilmer@worldbank.org

Demography
|December 3, 2011
PubMed
Summary

Asset indices and per capita expenditures offer robust welfare analysis, but household rankings differ. Congruence depends on expenditure predictability and private vs. public goods consumption.

Area of Science:

  • Socioeconomic analysis
  • Development economics
  • Poverty measurement

Background:

  • Increasing use of asset indices for welfare analysis and poverty targeting.
  • Challenges in collecting expenditure data in certain contexts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Compare alternative approaches to welfare measurement.
  • Evaluate the robustness of inferences across different economic status measures.
  • Identify factors influencing congruence between asset indices and expenditure measures.

Main Methods:

  • Comparative analysis of welfare measurement approaches.
  • Examination of household and community characteristics influencing expenditure.
  • Assessment of the impact of private vs. public goods consumption on welfare measures.

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Main Results:

  • Inferences on education, health, fertility, child mortality, and labor outcomes are robust to the economic status measure.
  • Household rankings differ significantly between per capita expenditures and asset indices.
  • Expenditure predictability and the dominance of private goods (e.g., food) explain discrepancies in rankings.

Conclusions:

  • While asset indices and expenditure measures yield similar broad inferences, they produce different household rankings.
  • The choice of welfare measure is critical in contexts where expenditures are dominated by private goods.
  • Understanding these differences is crucial for accurate poverty targeting and welfare analysis.