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Health Assessment
Test 3 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a Health Assessment? | a systematic collection of data. |
| Why do Nurses do a Health Assess.? | 1.We gather baseline data( could be adm. data)2.Make nursing diagnoses (help develop a plan of care for the patient)3. Evaluate outcomes of care (successful or not)4. Make clinical judgements(the best way to attack the problem) |
| In doing a H.A the nurse wants to use? | Therapeutic communication skills |
| Before conducting your H.A., you might want to tell patients that? | you are going to be writting to reassure them that that is normal and apart of the assessment. |
| What type of questions do you want to use while doing your H.A.? | open-ended questions (this can be apart of Alertx3) |
| Components of a Health Assessment? | Lifestlye, Social Data, health history, Biographic data, Cheif complaint, history of any present illness, family illness, past medical history, psychological data |
| the primary source of data comes from? | the patient |
| What are some sources of secondary data? | family, friends, health care team, medical records |
| It is best to use a secondary source of data when the client is? | unconscious or confused |
| Health History: a client's level of wellness? | genreral health, does the client catch things easily, never catch things, etc. |
| Health History: Changes in life patterns | recently been under a circumstance in their life that may have an impact on their health, ex. just getting through a divorce. |
| Health History: Socio-cultural | different cultures are more prone to certain diseases or things. |
| Health History: Spiritual | some religious people have certain principles and the nurse needs to take these principles into consideration. |
| Health History: Emotional Reaction to Illness | do the nurse suspect that this patient might be suicidal, depressed, etc. |
| Types Of Assessment: Inital/Comprehensive Assessment? | broad and includes everything |
| Focused/problem oriented assessment? | narrow assessment "priority assessment" |
| Emergency Assessment? | life vs. death (crucial that it be done immediatly) |
| Time- Lapsed Assessment? | an assessment done over a period of time |
| What is the Demographic Data refering to? | determines other things that may be subsectibale to? Based on the environment. |
| What are some biographic data? (8) | Name, Age, Religion, Martial status, occupation, race, emergency contact, support system |
| Values/Beliefs (3) | Religious preferences, Blood Transfusions, and Dietary restrictions |
| Stressors: What do they do? And what does the nurse need to consider? | stressors precipitate illness; the nurse needs to be thinking about ways that the stressors can be prevented if neccessary. |
| What is another stressor concern that the nurse needs to consider? | the way the client copes with their stressors. Do they eat, harm themselves, etc. |
| The patient response to the reason why they are seeking medical care should be? | in qoetes or paraphrases |
| Onset means? | where it all started |
| Duration? | how long it last |
| Location? | where does it hurt |
| Quality? | on a scale how bad does it hurt |
| HPI means | History of Presesnt Illness |
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