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NURSING ASSESSMENT [4 records]

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Record 1 2014-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Data Banks and Databases
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
DEF

An electronic database describing the nursing and paramedical sciences literature published since 1982. [Definition standardized by the Health Technology Assessment(HTA) Glossary English Editorial Board and the Translation Bureau. ]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Banques et bases de données
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
DEF

Base de données électronique décrivant les publications sur les sciences infirmières et paramédicales parues depuis 1982. [Définition normalisée par l'Institut national d'excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS) et le Bureau de la traduction.]

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
  • Diagnostic Aids (Psychology)
DEF

[An assessment tool] that is used to evaluate the level of cognitive impairment affecting a patient in a nursing home.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
  • Aides au diagnostic (Psychologie)
CONT

Enfin, les auteurs ont étudié l’impact du niveau des déficits cognitifs des sujets déments sur les chutes (patients évalués avec l’échelle de performance cognitive du Minimum data set ou MDS). Les patients sans atteintes cognitives tombaient moins que ceux qui présentaient une atteinte cognitive légère ou moyenne.

Spanish

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Record 3 2009-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
DEF

[Diagnosis] derived from the nursing assessment that establish a health status profile for the patient and from which nursing interventions may be ordered.

OBS

Diagnosis: The determination of the nature of a disease or condition or the distinguishing of one disease or condition from another. Assessment may be made through physical examination, laboratory tests, or the like, and may be assisted by computerized programs designed to enhance the decision-making process.

CONT

Myra Levine confronted the difficulties that nurses had in accepting and using the term nursing diagnosis by proposing a new nursing term that described the scientific approach to planning and providing nursing care. The word proposed was trophicognosis. Its derivation is from the Greek words trophikos techne, which mean the "art of nursing" and the suffix -gnosis, which signifies "the knowledge of".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
CONT

Depuis sa fondation, l'ANADIM [l'Association nord-américaine du diagnostic infirmier, section Montréal] a contribué au développement et à la traduction de la classification de diagnostics infirmiers.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Procedimientos diagnósticos (Medicina)
  • Organización médica y hospitalaria
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Record 4 2005-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Provincial Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Hygiene and Health
OBS

The purpose of the Centre is to provide appropriate assessments, treatments or advice to residents of Miscou in order to improve or maintain their state of health. The objectives are to provide consultation services in order to improve health; to ensure the delivery of nursing care services to patients; to promote healthy lifestyle habits; to promote participation among community members in the identification and assessment of their community health care needs; to act as the point of contact between the patient, the family and the hospital; to act as a liaison between the various community organizations, if applicable and to serve as an educational resource and to attend conferences on various health-related topics.

Key term(s)
  • Miscou Health Center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Hygiène et santé
OBS

Le but de ce Centre est d'offrir à la population de l'île de Miscou une évaluation adéquate des traitements et des conseils appropriés afin d'améliorer et de conserver son état de santé. Les objectifs sont d'offrir des services de consultation afin d'améliorer la santé, d'assurer la prestation de soins infirmiers aux personnes malades, de promouvoir la pratique de bonnes habitudes de vie, de promouvoir la participation de la population à la détermination et à l'évaluation des besoins communautaires en matière de santé, d'agir comme point de contact entre la personne, la famille et l'hôpital, d'agir comme agent de liaison entre les divers organismes communautaires, s'il y a lieu, et d'agir comme ressource en matière d'enseignement et participer à des conférences sur divers sujets liés à la santé.

Spanish

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