1. Compare and Contrast assessment techniques for a Complete Health Assessment versus a Focused Health Assessment using the Jarvis text as a resource.

Questions:

1. Compare and Contrast assessment techniques for a Complete Health Assessment versus a Focused Health Assessment using the Jarvis text as a resource. Specify when as a nurse it would be appropriate to complete a Focused Health Assessment on a client and when it would be appropriate to complete a Complete Health Assessment on a client. Indicate in your discussion how you would decide which physical assessment systems to assess when completing a focused assessment.

2. Refer to the Chapter titled Bedside Assessment and Electronic Health Recording and discuss how Meaningful Use has impacted how nurses complete documentation of health and physical assessments. Discuss how proper, complete and concise documentation of Health and Physical Assessment has improved patient safety.