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Chapter1:UnderstandingHealthAssessment ns
Chapter2:InterviewingthePatientfortheHealthHistory
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Chapter3:TakingtheHealthHistory
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Chapter4:AssessingNutritionandAnthropometricMeasurementsChapter
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h4 5:Assessment Techniques ns
Chapter6:GeneralSurveyandAssessingVitalSignsChapter7: ns h4
AssessingPain
Chapter8:AssessingtheSkin,Hair,andNails
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Chapter9:AssessingtheHead,Face,Mouth,andNeckChapter
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h4 10:AssessingtheEars
Chapter11:AssessingtheEyes
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Chapter12:AssessingtheRespiratorySystem
h4 Chapter13:AssessingtheCardiovascularSystem
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h4 Chapter14:AssessingtheAbdomen
Chapter15:AssessingthePeripheralVascularSystemandRegionalLymphaticSystemChapter
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h4 16:AssessingtheMusculoskeletalSystem
Chapter17:AssessingtheNeurologicalSystem
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Chapter18:AssessingtheFemaleBreasts,Axillae,andReproductiveSystemChapter19:
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h4 AssessingtheMaleBreastsandReproductiveSystem
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h4 Chapter20:AssessingtheAnusandRectumChapter
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21:AssessingtheNewborn
Chapter22:AssessingtheChildandAdolescent
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Chapter23AssessingthePregnantWomanChapter
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1. TheWorldHealthOrganization(WHO)established aglobalstrategycalled “HealthforAll.”The ns ns ns h4
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1. Allindividualstoget thesamehealthcarethroughout their lifespans.
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2. Thegovernment tosupplymoneytocareforallthepeopleintheworld.
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3. Resourcesforhealthcaretobeevenlydistributedandaccessible.
4. Health-careproviderscanneverdenypatients healthcare. ns h4
2. Healthassessmentisafoundationalandprioritynursingskill.Thisessentialskillrequires
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1. Diagnoseandtreatpatients.
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3. Referpatientswithabnormalfindings.
4. Counselpatientswithpsychosocialneeds. ns
3. You are assessing a patient with five gunshot wounds on a trauma unit. There is a police
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thatnurses must treat all patientsaspersons.Thisis called:
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1. Caring.
2. Holisticprocess.
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4. Standardsofcare.
4. Thescience-basedframeworkupdatedevery10yearsbytheU.S.DepartmentofHealthand
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Human Servicesthat has setnationalgoals and objectivesforhealthpromotionanddisease
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prevention is:
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1. HealthyPeople.
2. HealthyPeople2020.
3. U.S.PreventiveTask Force. ns ns
4. WorldHealthOrganization. ns
5. A 38-year-oldmalehasa familyhistoryofcoloncancer.Hisfatherdied ofcoloncanceratage
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48.Thedoctorrecommended thatthispatienthaveacolonoscopythisyear.Thisisanexample of: ns ns ns ns h 4
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3. Tertiaryhealthprevention.
6. Apatientin the hospitalputson hiscalllightandtellsthe personansweringthat he“thinksheis
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running a feverand hasstomach discomfort.” Youaretheregisterednursein charge.Whatshould
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2. Gochecktosee if thepatient hasanorderforTylenolforafever.
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3. Pagetheresident oncall immediatelytoassessthepatient. ns h4 h4 ns
4. Gotothepatient’sroomandassessforfeverandthe epigastricdiscomfort.
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7. You areleadinganinterdisciplinaryteamconferencetodiscusshowtoprovidebettercarefora
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challengingpatientwhohasbehavioralproblems.Thereareseveralareasthatneedtobeproblem
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4. Clinicalreasoning
8. Bestpracticeassessment techniquesandinstrumentshavebeenvalidatedby: h4 ns ns h4
1. AmericanNursesAssociation. ns ns
2. CodeofEthicsforNursesWithInterpretiveStatements. h4 h4
3. Researchandevidence-basedpractice. ns
4. PatientProtectionandAffordableCareAct.
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9. Healthandillnessaredeterminedbymanyfactors. Whatarethedeterminantsofhealth h4 h4 h4
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1. Geneticsandbiology ns
2. Genderandoccupation
3. Individualbehavior
4. Socialenvironment
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6. Healthservices ns