DQ-week 1: Health assessment

Discussion: Building a Health HistoryEffective communication is vital to constructing ÿan accurate and detailed patient history. A patient?s health or illness ÿis influenced by many factors, including age, gender, ethnicity, and ÿenvironmental setting. As an advanced practice nurse, you must be aware ÿof these factors and tailor your communication techniques accordingly. ÿDoing so will not only help you establish rapport with your patients, ÿbut it will also enable you to more effectively gather the information ÿneeded to assess your patients? health risks.For this Discussion, you will take on the role ÿof a clinician who is building a health history for a particular new ÿpatient assigned by your Instructor.To prepare:By Day 1 of this week, you will be assigned a new patient profile by your Instructor for this Discussion. (new patient profile):14-year-old biracial male living with his grandmother in a high-density public housing complexHow would your communication and interview techniques for building a health history differ with each patient?How might you target your questions for building a health history based on the patient?s social determinants of health?What ÿrisk assessment instruments would be appropriate to use with each ÿpatient, or what questions would you ask each patient to assess his or ÿher health risks?Identify ÿany potential health-related risks based upon the patient?s age, ÿgender, ethnicity, or environmental setting that should be taken into ÿconsideration.Selectÿoneÿof the risk assessment instruments presented in Chapter 1 or Chapter 5 of the Seidel’s Guide to Physical Examination text, or another tool with which you are familiar, related to your selected patient.Developÿat least fiveÿtargeted questions you would ask your selected patient to assess his or her health risks and begin building a health history.Postÿa summary of the interview and a ÿdescription of the communication techniques you would use with your ÿassigned patient. Explain why you would use these techniques. Identify ÿthe risk assessment instrument you selected, and justify why it would be ÿapplicable to the selected patient. Provide at least five targeted ÿquestions you would ask the patient.NOTE: THIS IS THE LINK TO DOWNLOAD THE BOOK YOU NEED TO COMPLETE THE DISCUSSION QUESTIONhttps://yadi.sk/i/ 8cLDZzWn8FsUbg

 

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