Publisher's Synopsis
The booklet contains disease-specific assessment guidelines written with the faith community nurse in mind. The aim is to improve the quality of care provided by guiding the nurse to address risk factors and perform a standardized assessment for each health concern. Risk factors and a list of assessment questions are available for Alzheimer 's disease, Asthma, Cancer, Diabetes, Congestive Heart Failure, Hypertension, Mental Health, Multiple Chronic Diseases, Parkinson's Disease, Hospital Discharge, Post Hospital Discharge, Post-Operative Assessment, Spiritual Distress, and Stroke. In addition, reminders of what is important to decrease unnecessary hospital admission and re-admission, important resources, normal laboratory results, vaccinations, and screenings.
