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NURSING ADMINISTRATION ASSESSMENT

ADMISSION DATA

Patients Name: _______________________________________________________


Date: __________________ Time: __________ Primary Language: ____________________
Arrived Via: wheelchair stretcher ambulatory
From: admitting ER home nursing home other: _________________
Admitting M.D.:________________________ Time Notified:_______________________

ORIENTATION TO UNIT
Yes No Yes No
Arm band correct Visiting Hours
Telephone Smoking Policy
Electrical Policy TV, lights, bedcontrol
Education material Call lights, Side Rails
Allergy Band Nurses Station

Family M.D. ____________________________________________________________


Weight: ______________Height: ______________ BP right: __________ left: ____________
Temp: _______________ Pulse: _________________ Respi: ______________________
Source of Providing Info: patient other: _________________________________
Unable to Obtain History: ____________________________________________________
Reason for admission (Onset, duration, patient’s perception) ____________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________

ALLERGY AND REACTIONS

DRUGS: ________________________________________________________________
FOOD/OTHER: __________________________________________________________
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS: _________________________________________________
BLOOD REACTION: YES NO DYES/SHELLFISH: YES NO

MEDICATIONS

Current Meds Dose/Frequency Last Dose


____________________ ______________________ ______________________
____________________ ______________________ ______________________
____________________ ______________________ ______________________
____________________ ______________________ ______________________
____________________ ______________________ ______________________
Disposition of Meds: home pharmacy safe at bedside other: _____________
MEDICAL HISTORY

NO MAJOR PROBLEM GASTRO ______________________


CARDIAC_____________________ ARTHRITIS_____________________
HYPER/HYPOTENSION_________ STROKE ______________________
DIABETES_____________________ SEIZURES______________________
CANCER ______________________ GLAUCOMA_____________________
RESPIRATORY__________________ OTHERS_____________________
SURGERY/PROCEDURE DATE
_______________________________________ ____________________________
_______________________________________ ____________________________
_______________________________________ ____________________________

SPECIAL ASSISTIVE DEVICES


Wheelchair contacts venous access device DENTURES:
braces hearing aid epidural catheter partial complete
cane/crutches prosthesis upper
Walker glasses lower

VALUABLES

PATIENT IS INFORMED HOSPITAL NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR PERSONAL


BELONGINGS: ______________________________________________________________
Valuable disposition: patient safe given to _________________________

PSYCHOLOGICAL HISTORY
Recent stress _________________________________________________________________
Coping Mechanism_____________________________________________________________
Support System _______________________________________________________________
Calm: YES NO
Anxious: YES NO
Religion: _____________________________________________________________________
Tobacco Use: YES NO
Alcohol Use: YES NO
Drug Use: YES NO

NEUROLOGICAL
ORIENTED: person place time confused sedated
alert restlesslethargic comatose
PUPILS: equal unequal lethargic sluggish other___________
EXTREMITY STRENGHT: equal unequal
SPEECH: clear slurred other: ______________________________
MUSCULOSKELETAL

Normal ROM of extremities: yes no


weakness ___________________________________________________________________
Paralysis ___________________________________________________________________
Contracture _________________________________________________________________
Joint swelling _______________________________________________________________
Pain _______________________________________________________________________
Other ______________________________________________________________________

RESPIRATORY

PATTERN: even uneven shallow dyspnea other: _______________


BREATHING SOUND: clear other
SECRETION: none other
COUGH: none productive non productive

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

Pulses: Apical pulse______________ regular irregular pacemaker


S= strong W=weak A=absent D=Doppler
Radial: right_______ left ________ Pedal: right ______________ left _____________
Edema: absent present site: _________________________________
Perfusion: warm dry diaphoretic cool

GASTROINTESTINAL

Oral Mucosa: normal other ______________________________________


Bowel Sounds: normal other ______________________________________
Weight Change: yes no
N/V ____________________________________________________
Stool frequency/ character ___________________________________
Last B/M _________________________ Ostomy (type) ______________________________
Equipment: ___________________________________________________________________

GENITOURINARY
URINE: last voided ___________________________________________________________
Normal anuria hematuria dysuria incontinence
Catheter type __________________________ other ______________________________
LMP ________________________________________ vaginal/ penile discharge
OTHER ______________________________________________________________________
SELF CARE

NEED ASSIST WITH: Ambulating elimination meals hygiene dressing

NUTRITION

GENERAL APPEARANCE: well nourished emaciated other _________________


APPETITE: good fair poor
DIET: ______________________ MEAL PATTERN: _______________________________
feed self assist total feed

SKIN ASSESSMENT

COLOR: normal flushed pale dusky cyanotic


jaundice other ______________________________________________
GENERAL DESCRIPTION: ____________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
NOTE CULTURE OBTAINED: _________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

PRESSURE SORE “AT RISK” SCREENING CRITERIA

GRADE- OVERALL SKIN CONDITION

Turgor ( elasticity adequate, skin warm and moist )


0
Poor Turgor, skin cold and dry
1 Areas Mottled, red or denuded
Existing Skin Ulcer
2
GRADE BOWEL AND BLADDER CONTROL
3 Always able to ask for bed pan
0 Incontinence of urine
Incontinence of feces
1 Total incontinence, confined to bed
2

3 GRADE REHABILITATIVE STATE

Fully ambulatory
0
Ambulated with assistance
1 Chair to bed ambulation only
Immobile to bed
2

3
GRADES NUTRITIONAL STATE

Eats well
0
Eats very little
1 Refuses food often
Tube feeding
2 Intravenous feeding

3 GRADES MENTAL STATE


4
Alert and Clear
0
Confused
1 Disoriented/ senile
Stupurous
2 Unconscious

3 GRADES CHRONIC DISEASE (COPD, ASCVD, PVD, cancer, diabetes,


renal disease and sensory deficits, elderly, other)
4
Absent
0
One present
1 Two present
Three or more
2

3 TOTAL:
____________________________________________________________________
REFER TO SKIN CARE PROTOCOL:
___________________________________________

FALL SCREENING

IF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ARE CHECKED INSTITUTE FALL


PRECAUTIONS/ PLAN OF CARE:

history of falls unsteady gait confused/ disoriented dizziness

IF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ARE CHECKED INSTITUTE FALL


PRECAUTIONS/ PLAN OF CARE:

age over 80 utilizes cane, walker sleeplessness impaired vision


impaired hearing multiple diagnosis urgency/ frequency of elimination
inability to understand or follow direction medications/ sedative/ diuretics

NURSES SIGNATURE/ TITLE DATE TIME


__________________________________ ________________ _______________
__________________________________ ________________ _______________

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