Contents

• Introduction
• Methods for intermittent Non-invasive measurement of BP
• Non-invasive Continuous Methods of Measuring BP
• Ambulatory BP Measurement
• GLASGOW COMA SCALE
• References

Description

Clinical assessment tools are the various differential techniques (which are generally a set of questions) asked to the patients which are used by nurses for health assessment of patients. These are basically the facts that can not be measured directly in terms of a specific unit like temperature or heart rate, but these are measured on the hypothetical scales developed for the level of the severity of the symptoms like the kind of pain, level of consciousness, feeling of wellbeing etc.
There are various tools which are used by nurses, show their significant utility in the treatment of the patients. Like- VCH Quick assessment guide, Brief abuse screen for the elderly (BASE), Frontal Behavioral Inventory (FBI), Geriatric Depression Scale, Indicators of abuse screen, Glasgow Coma Scale; Alcohol Withdrawal Scale; and pain assessment scales etc. (Vancouver Costal Health).These tools play crucial role in quantifying the baseline clinical assessment, monitoring improvement and help the clinicians to take decision accordingly.