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 applied by the practitioner
- Gather, record and organise information in a way which can be interpreted readily by other professionals
- Analyse and differentiate patterns by assessing signs and symptoms and give priority for treatment
- Identify condition according to stage and related implications
- Use professional judgement to draw sound conclusions and prognosis from the data collected
- Elicit all assessment signs and symptoms in a thorough and objective manner to avoid premature conclusions on the treatment plan
- Monitor the client's progress systematically in order to confirm the clinical impression
- Combine history and clinical to obtain a differential assessment and prognosis
- Inform the client