Nursing Assessment and Older People
A Royal College of
Nursing toolkit
Nursing toolkit
Contents
1. Introduction 2
2. About this assessment tool 3
3. Nursing and older people 4
4. The role of assessment 5
5. The role of the nurse 6
6. Nursing and assessment 7
7. The five stages of the RCN assessment tool 9
Stage 1 9
Stage 2 10
Stage 3 12
Stage 4 13
Stage 5 15
8. Conclusion 15
9. References and further reading 16
Appendix:Assessment sheets 19
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