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Emergency nursing assessment is immediate and early assessment that a nurse has to perform for a life threatening or unstable condition. It is usually done for a patient who come to emergency department.
Focused nursing assessment - Assessment for a specific issue usually involved assessment of a system rather than all the system in the body. It is done to monitor the condition of identified problems. Example hourly input and output assessment
Comprehensive assessment - It is the detailed and thorough examination of patient. It is usually done before surgery. It includes detailed history collection and thorough physical examination of all the system in the body
Answer is Comprehensive
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