A framework for patient assessment
Carol Williams Clinical Leader, Practice Development Unit, Seacroft Hospital, Leeds, when this article was written. She is now Assistant Director of Nursing, Cornwall Health Care Trust
Lynn George BSc(Hons), Practice Development Unit, Seacroft Hospital. Leeds
Mike Lowry Senior Lecturer in Nursing, Leeds Metropolitan University
This article considers the development of a multidisciplinary patient assessment booklet. The initial consultations, assessment of need and stages in development of the booklet are described. Implementation and ongoing evaluation are also discussed, and benefits for patients and carers identified.
Nursing Standard.
8, 38, 29-33.
doi: 10.7748/ns.8.38.29.s41
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