Health Assessment (Definition) - ANSWER -Systematic way of collecting objective
and subjective client data
-Involves: Inspection, Palpation, Percussion, and Auscultation
What is the Purpose of a Health Assessment? - ANSWER -Establish a Trusting
nurse-patient relationship
-Gather data about the patient's GENERAL health
-Identify Patient strengths
-Identify Actual or Potential Health Problems
-Establish the base for the Nursing Process
Comprehensive health assessment - ANSWER Completed upon ADMISSION,
- full health history & physical
- provides baseline for comparison
Ongoing partial health assessment - ANSWER Conducted at regular INTERVALS
- each hospital shift
- monitors effectiveness of interventions
focused health assessment - ANSWER Used to assess a SPECIFIC problem
, - client complains of abdominal pain
Emergency Health Assessment - ANSWER RAPID FOCUSED assessment
- done to determine a potentially fatal situation
2 components of a health assessment - ANSWER 1) Health History
2) Physical Assessment
Health History (pg.696) - ANSWER -Data collected: SUBJECTIVE
-uses an interviewing technique
Includes:
-Biographical data
-Reason for seeking Healthcare
-History or present illness
-Past Medical History
-Family History
-Functional Health assessment
-Psychosocial & Lifestyle factors
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