The importance of clinical practice supported by health assessment tools - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem

The importance of clinical practice supported by health assessment tools |

The tools of assessment in clinical practice are tools capable of objectively identifying important physical and psychic and spiritual changes, examining subjective phenomena and regularly monitoring the progression, regression or stagnation of a health-disease state. Moreover, of creating a steering mechanism for the examiner and the care team. These tools are still capable of standardizing conducts to be applied in each situation. Another important function is the epidemiological use they naturally bring. The most frequent data used comes from tools and this is because they are able to accurately extract data that often reflects a considerable public health problem.

The use of these resources in daily practice does not provide only clinical benefits, but also certainty regarding the reliability of the tool in question; since, before they are applied, they undergo different validation and accuracy procedures when it comes to diagnostic means.

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