You receive a patient as a direct admission from a physician’s office, for intravenous antibiotic therapy to treat cellulitis of the left lower extremity. During the patient’s transfer from

You receive a patient as a direct admission from a physician’s office, for intravenous antibiotic therapy to treat cellulitis of the left lower extremity. During the patient’s transfer from the wheelchair to the bed you note a limp. The patient’s daughter is present and comments, “This is the fourth time she’s been admitted to this hospital in the past year.” The patient and her daughter demonstrate a close, loving relationship. The daughter not only encourages her mother, but also sets boundaries regarding her mother’s anxiety. (Learning Outcomes 3, 4, 10, and 11)
What relevant subjective and objective data would you expect to collect in the admission interview and what makes the data either subjective or objective?
Describe the human needs (Maslow) model for organizing or clustering data and how this might apply to your patient.
Where could you find helpful data sources?
Describe appropriate considerations for documentation of collected assessment data.