Community Assessment Reference Guide (08 Edition)

This collection of 38 assessment tools and inventories helps nurses provide excellent nursing care for individuals, families, and population groups. Assessment tools guide nurses in assessing health status, while inventories are checklists of interventions or risk factors for selected community health problems. These tools provide direction for the development of nursing diagnoses, planning interventions, and evaluating the outcomes of care.

Introduction   V

Political Astuteness Inventory (Chapter 7)   1

Population Economic Status Assessment (Chapter 8)   3

Cultural Assessment Tool (Chapter 9)   4

Health Education Assessment and Intervention Guide (Chapter 11)   13

Client Discharge Assessment (Chapter 12)   18

Resource File Entry Form (Chapter 12)   22

Nutritional Assessment and Intervention Guide (Chapters 14, 16, 17, 18, 19)   24

Family Health Assessment and Intervention Guide (Chapter 14)   30

Family Crisis Risk Inventory (Chapter 14)   37

Neighborhood/Community Safety Inventory (Chapter 15)   38

Popuation Health Assessment and Intervention Guide (Chapters 15, 22, 25)   42

Home Safety Inventory-Children and Adolescents (Chapters 14, 16)   50

Child And Adolescent Health Assessment and Intervention Guide (Chapter 16)   52

Nutritional Assessment of Children and Adolescents (Chapter 16)   59

Child and Adolescent Development Inventory (Chapter 16)   61

Safety Education Inventory for Children and Adolescents (Chapter 16)   63

Health Assessment and Intervention Guide-Adult Woman (Chapter 17)   65

Prenatal Care Inventory (Chapter 17)   71

Postpartum/Newborn Intervention Inventory (Chapter 17)   74

Health assessment and Intervention Guide-Adult Man (Chapter 18)   76

Functional Health Status Inventory (Chapter 19)   82

Cognitive Function Inventory (Chapter 19)   85

Home Safety Inventory-Older Adult (Chapters 14, 19)   88

Health Assessment and Intervention Guide-Older Adult (Chapter 19)   89

Community Housing Assessment (Chapter 20)   95

Home Health Nursing Assessment (Chapter 21)   96

Home Assessment in the School Setting (Chapter 23)   101

Work Fitness Inventory (Chapter 24)   107

Health Assessment in the Work Setting (Chapter 24)   110

Health Assessment and Intervention Guide-Correctional Populations (Chapter 26)   117

Community Disaster Preparedness Inventory (Chapter 27)   121

Disaster Assessment and Planning Guide (Chapter 27)   122

Communicable Disease Risk Factor Inventory (Chapter 28)   132

Chronic Disease Risk Factor Inventory (Chapter 29)   136

Mental Illness Risk Factor Inventory (Chapter 30)   139

Substance Abuse Risk Factor Inventory (Chapter 31)   142

Family violence Risk Factor Inventory (Chapter 32)   145

Suicide Risk Factor Inventory (Chapter 32)   147