Completing assessments
Selecting an assessment
It's important to choose the correct assessment type for the person being assessed. This depends on their clinical picture and setting. This guide will help you select the correct assessment type. There's also guidance on how to sequence community assessments.
Selecting an assessment type - July 2024 (PDF)
Sequencing community assessments - April 2023 (PDF)
Adding a new client or resident into the interRAI Assessment Software
You'll find these guides helpful when adding new people into the interRAI Assessment Software.
Correct process for adding a new client
Assessments for kaumātua
There are special assessment considerations for kaumātua. It's important that kaumātua receive culturally appropriate assessments, and feel comfortable and safe engaging with the interRAI assessment process.
Our culturally appropriate assessment practice is informed by the Meihana model, which you can read about in the article below.
See Workbook Unit 1: Introducing interRAI, for more detailed information on culturally appropriate assessment. Assessors can find this in interRAI Learning and Development (iL&D).
Improving Māori health through clinical assessment: Waikare o te Waka o Meihana (PDF, 9MB)
Sign up for the interRAI Pānui
Our monthly newsletter, the interRAI Pānui, is essential reading if you complete assessments. It includes our popular methodology information update and quiz to help you test your coding skills, updates on reporting, software updates, changes in processes and more.
Enrolled nurse guidance
Enrolled nurses with a current practising certificate can train to become interRAI assessors if assessment is in their scope of practice. Under the new Enrolled Nurse scope of practice, ENs no longer require an RN to mark their assessment complete.
Enrolled nurse scope of practice - Nursing Council of New Zealand