What sorts interventions do you do for both?
2007-04-04 13:14:10 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
You assess a patient as soon as you meet him. We do a head to toe assessment at least once per shift. Then you monitor them for changes in their condition or changes in your assessment of them.
2007-04-04 13:29:35 · answer #1 · answered by jackie g 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My wife, the R.N., used to explain it this way.
When she assesses a patient, she examins him/her to determine what his/her current state is.
When she monitors a patient, she is collecting data to determine changes in the patient's condition over time.
2007-04-04 20:18:27 · answer #2 · answered by edward_otto@sbcglobal.net 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Monitoring is "expermet and obseration" A monitor, and the eyes and ears of a medico are used. . Assesment is "inference" and the medico`s brain is used.
2007-04-05 02:53:11 · answer #3 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋