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Chapter 3

Patient Assessment and Communication

QuestionAnswer
Unfavorable happenings Adverse effects
To break down into parts for a study; to dissect Analyze
Evaluation of a patient using skills in history-taking to achieve a particular goal Assessment
Needs one cannot live without; that is air, food and shelter Basic needs
Prejudices Biases
How one imagines oneself to appear physically Body image
Mental activities related to thinking, learning and memory that result in learning Cognitive
The power to invent something new or original Creativity
Assessing one's thinking to make it clearer, more accurate or more defensible Critical thinking
A lack of harmony or agreement Dissonance
To make a judgement as to the value of something; to size up Evaluate
For persons who wish to have full cardiopulmonary resuscitation if they stop breathing; this is also called "Code Blue" Full code
To arrive at a conclusion based upon evidence gathered Infer
Looking into one's own mind to analyze thoughts Introspection
Using only habit and recall as one thinks Lower-level thinking
The same as do-not-resuscitate order; a written medical order must follow this request for the patient to be allowed to expire without emergency assistance No code
Needs that allow our bodies to function; food, air, water Physiologic needs
Using critical thinking to assess complex situations and formulating a method of solution to the problem Problem solving
To confirm; to justify or establish as true Validate
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