Essence of measurement in neurological nursing.
Measurement consists in ascribing symbols to observed values of the investigated traits and in comparing the established indicators of the object measured with a proper standard equipped with a scale. In nursing, measurement means specific activities realized by a nurse in order to obtain information concerning the quantitative description of certain traits occurring in an individual patient. Measurement is performed by means of a scale. The following scales are distinguished: nominal, ordinal, quotient and interval, the latter being most frequently applied in nursing. Self-care efficiency of a neurological patient, functional independence of a neurological patient and the level of health education in neurology were examined, among other things, by means of this scale.
Adamczyk
Kazimiera
K
Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Medical University of Lublin.
Zarzycka
Danuta
D
Rychter
Bozena
B
Zajko
Anna
A
Szczepaniuk
Mirela
M
D006748:Hospital Departments; D006801:Humans; D009462:Neurology; D009736:Nursing Process; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D000078329:Workforce