Pattern recognition in diagnosing a patient

Pattern Recognition in Diagnosing a Patient Student's Name Institution's Affiliation Pattern Recognition in Diagnosing a Patient The identification of the nature, types and causes of diseases is an essential aspect for nurses. Nurses begin by observing the visible characteristics of the patient. Observation and examination of a patient starts when they visit a nurse. Nurses do typical evaluation before asking the patient about their health conditions. A patient's information and data can be gathered through visual observation of the body language. Examination and evaluation of the health condition of a patient is a crucial component because it assists in providing appropriate health care services to a patient (LeBlond, et. al., 2015). The main aim of this topic is to explain how recognizing a patient's symptoms and status can help lead to diagnosis. Knowing patients' signs and symptoms assist nurses and doctors to predict the possible causes of a given disease. Since each patient has distinct degree of vulnerability for a disease, nurses use patients' symptoms to give guidance on how to carry out diagnosis against any disease (Auldrich & Auret, 2013). Vulnerable diseases have specific recognized symptoms whic...