Date of Award
1991
Document Type
Thesis
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Degree Name
Bachelor of Health Science Honours
Faculty
Faculty of Health and Human Sciences
First Supervisor
Adrianne Montgomery
Second Supervisor
Dr A McMurray
Third Supervisor
Amanda Blackmore
Abstract
Health assessment is the responsibility of all nurses (McCain, 1965), however, it is frequently discussed without reference to any global definition and studied under a variety of conditions. The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of clinical setting, year of assessment, nursing education and experience in nursing on the scope of nursing health assessment using meta-analysis techniques. Sixty five research journal articles were located of which 16 primary studies were selected and grouped for analysis. The result of this analysis indicates there is a significant difference in the scope of nursing health assessment in varied clinical settings (p
Recommended Citation
Jarvis, J. E. (1991). Nursing health assessment: A meta-analysis. Edith Cowan University. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses_hons/407