Elements and Performance Criteria
- Analyse and interpret information received
- Correlate results of the health assessment with case history
- Recognise signs and symptoms of condition in the client and identify as pre-requisites for treatment/care
- Assess information gathered and assign priorities in consultation with the client using the knowledge and experience and theoretical principles
- Gather, record and organise information in a way which can be interpreted readily by other professionals
- Analyse patterns and differentiate by assessing signs and symptoms
- Identify condition according to stage and related implications (eg acute/chronic) by applying principles of diagnosis
- Use professional judgement to draw sound conclusions and prognosis from the data collected
- Elicit all diagnostic signs and symptoms in a thorough and objective manner to avoid premature conclusions
- Systematically monitor client progress in order to confirm the initial diagnosis or clinical impression
- Critically evaluate the diagnosis
- Inform the client