TABLE 2. Comparison of Original and Revised Nursing Assessment Tools^a.

Original Nursing Assessment Tool			Revised Nursing Assessment Tool
I—Demographic Information	() Gender	female male	Gender: __________
	() Marital status	single married divorced separated widowed	Marital Status: ____________
II—Data of Hospitalization	() Origin	home asylum basic health unit emergency unit other: _________	Origin from: () home () long-stay institution for the elderly () basic health unit () emergency unit () other: ________
	Reason for hospitalization:____________________________________________		Reason for hospitalization:______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
III—Lifestyle	Practice physical activity? () Yes () No		Variable included in the category “physical activity and mobility”
	Need help for hygiene? () Yes () No		Variable included in the category “hygiene”
	Feeding habits (frequency, amount, timing, type of food preference, intolerance): ______________________		Variable included in the category “nutrition/hydration”
	Hydration habits (frequency, amount, timing, type of food preference, intolerance): ______________________		variable included in the category “nutrition/hydration”
	Urinary elimination (frequency, quantity and characteristics): ________________		variable included in the category “elimination”
	Intestinal elimination (frequency, quantity and characteristics): _________		variable included in the category “elimination”
IV—Psychobiological Needs: Oxygenation	Inspection: Breathing: () nasal oxygen catheter		Inspection: Breathing: () nasal cannula
IV—Psychobiological Needs: Circulation			Blood Products:
			() Red cells. Volume:______
			() Albumin: ___ U Frequency:___
			() Other: _____________________
			Last Paracentesis: ___/___/_____
			Indication: () Relief () Diagnosis
			Volume drained: _____ L
			Appearance: __________________
IV—Psychobiological Needs: Nutrition/hydration	Weigh: ____ kg		Current weight: ____ kg
			Usual weight: _____ kg
			Percentage of weight loss: ____%
			Triceps skinfold thickness: ____ cm
			Circumference of the middle region of the arm: _____ cm
IV—Psychobiological Needs: Elimination			Water balance in 24 hours: ____ ml
			() positive fluid wave
			() negative fluid wave
			() shifting dullness

Note. The bold are the changes and/or inclusions made in the nursing assessment tool.

^aNot all the changes and/or inclusions made in the nursing assessment tool are shown in this table.