Structured Summary
Abstract
Evaluation of the nature and extent of nursing problems presented by a patient for the purpose of patient care planning.
MeSH Record
Classification
Broader headings
Narrower headings
Related Concepts
Knowledge Graph
Drag nodes to rearrange; hover to trace links; click a node to open its page.
MeSH Record
Synonyms
7 entry terms
- Assessment, Nursing
- Assessments, Nursing
- Nursing Assessments
- Nursing Protocols
- Protocols, Nursing
- Nursing Protocol
- Protocol, Nursing
MeSH Record
Aspects Covered
10 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.
MeSH Record
Indexing Annotation
to evaluate nature & extent of nurs problems of patient to plan patient care; do not confuse with NURSING AUDIT (to evaluate quality of nurs care)
MeSH Record
History Note
87(80); was see under NURSING PROCESS 1980-86, was NURSING DIAGNOSIS see under NURSING CARE 1975-79
MeSH Hierarchy
Tree Number
MeSH Record
NLM Classification
WY 100.4
AMA Style
References
- National Library of Medicine. Nursing Assessment. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009730. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009730
- Nursing Assessment. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursing_assessment
- Nursing Assessment. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1476755