title: How a pyramid helps to unravel the stages of nursing assessment.
abstract: Teaching nurses at one college's nursing and midwifery department how to assess patients and clients has been made easier with the help of a visual pyramid developed by one lecturer. The model highlights the need to distinguish between holistic, physical and specialist/specific assessment.
authors.affiliation: University College Worcester, Worcester.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stanley
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009729:Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000592:standards*