A Nursing Assessment Guide is a comprehensive work to outline the procedures nurses use to properly assess patients to determine a patient's needs and apparent state of health. It provides a clear blueprint of procedures to follow and outlines the most practical order to follow them. Proper technique is described in detail and it has illustrations and diagrams for doing things the correct way, for the comfort of the patient, and good assessment of possible problems. It is a helpful reference for clear and concise charting.