The purpose of first assessment in the nursing process is:
- Assessment of the patient is an important step as it allows the
nurse to understand the patient's problems.
- A though assessment makes the following steps in the nursing
process easy.
- The data obtained during the assessment phase helps to
formulate a diagnosis
- The assessment stage also helps to select the right kind of
nursing intervention for the patient.
- The nurse can come up with creative measures to deal with the
patient's problem, a throughout data collection was done in the
assessment process.
- If the assessment is done thoroughly the nurse can use this
information as a baseline. So after the patient receives treatment,
it can be used to gauge improvement/deterioration.
- it can also help in doing research.