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.
Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Medical University of Lublin.
Kazimiera
K
Adamczyk
Danuta
D
Zarzycka
Bozena
B
Rychter
Anna
A
Zajko
Mirela
M
Szczepaniuk
D006748:Hospital Departments; D006801:Humans; D009462:Neurology; D009736:Nursing Process; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D000078329:Workforce