This customizable document, Initial Patient Assessment and Reassessment, is taken from MCN Healthcare’s Administrative Manual for Ambulatory Care Facilities. For more than 20 years, MCN has been the health care industry’s leading provider of policy and procedure templates, forms, competencies and other compliance tools.

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Here is some sample content from Initial Patient Assessment and Reassessment:

	POLICY: It is the policy of this facility that each patient admitted to the institution shall receive a complete head-to-toe assessment by a qualified individual so that a plan of care can be developed to best meet the needs of the patient. The assessment of the care or treatment required to meet the needs of the patient will be ongoing throughout the patient's stay, with the assessment process individualized to meet the needs of the patient population. SCOPE OF PRACTICE: All Ambulatory Care Services nursing personnel shall be qualified by level of licensure to perform a complete assessment...
Second excerpt:
	...in the nursing assessment record and shall be available to all those disciplines involved in the care of the patient. Portions of the initial assessment form include screening information related to other disciplines. Based on the outcome of screening data, other disciplines will be contacted to perform a more comprehensive assessment of the patient as needed. This data shall be used by the multidisciplinary teams to establish the information necessary to provide the most comprehensive...