TOPIC.A nursing theory framework for teaching health assessment.
PURPOSE.To improve teaching of health assessment and nursing process to beginning-level baccalaureate nursing students.
SOURCES.The Assessment and Analysis Guideline Tool, published and unpublished literature, personal observation, and faculty feedback were used in tool development.
CONCLUSIONS.Faculty concluded that students who could envision the connection of the Neuman Systems Model and NANDA nursing diagnoses through the nursing process would be better able to understand the nursing model and choose appropriate nursing diagnoses for client care.
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