First impressions: paradigms for patient assessment.
The interview that the nurse completes with a patient on his admission to hospital may be seen as one more negotiated step within a patient career that may span many years. Nevertheless, the nurse's assessment of the patient marks a key point in this career, his entry into a formal institution. It also marks the starting point of a planned intervention on the part of the nurses involved. Whilst such interviews have traditionally not been seen as important as that with the consultant, they are likely to have a significant effect upon how patient and nurse subsequently interact. This paper describes a research project which sought to identify the ways in which student nurses formulate an assessment of a patient on admission. A qualitative research methodology was used and a symbolic interactionist perspective employed.
Army Medical Services School of Nursing, Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot.
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010343:Patient Admission; D012737:Sex Factors; D013240:Stereotyping; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*