55-year-old Asian female living in a high-density public housing complex
With the information presented in Chapter 1 of Ball et al. in mind, consider the following:
By Day 1 of this week, you will be assigned a new patient profile by your
Instructor for this Discussion. Note: Please see the “Course Announcements” section of
the classroom for your new patient profile assignment.
How 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 risk assessment instruments would be appropriate to use with each patient,
or what questions would you ask each patient to assess his or her health risks?
Identify any potential health-related risks based upon the patient’s age, gender,
ethnicity, or environmental setting that should be taken into consideration.
Select one of the risk assessment instruments presented in Chapter 1 or Chapter
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familiar, related to your selected patient.
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Assessment of the patient must be done carefully and with respect to patients’ culture,
gender, economic status, and religious beliefs. Patient centered care is important in providing the
best quality safe care that is individualized (Hashim, M.J, 2017). Every patient is different
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, regarding culture, race, religion, and gender. Patient centered care involves shared decision
making and building a relationship with the patient. These things can help the patient to be more
comfortable and share more about their health.
Communication
Effective communication is vital in building a patient/provider relationship. Some
suggested techniques for effective communication are, introducing everyone in the room and
build a rapport such as talking about the weather or something to build rapport and put the
patient at ease, the use of active listening, elicit the patients agenda, list all the patients agenda
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items, negotiate the agenda, and start asking open ended questions (Hashim, M.J, 2017). These
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Social Determinates of Health
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patient is exposed to different risk factors for disease (Andermann, 2016). For example, if a
patient resides near a power plant, they are more exposed to radiation and the risk for cancer or
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radiation poisoning.
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Risk Assessment
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Conducting a risk assessment can give clues to possible diagnosis of patient symptoms.
The patient’s environment is linked to illness and disease. My patient is a 55-year-old Asian
female that lives in a high-density public housing complex. Public housing complexes can be a
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With the information presented in Chapter 1 of Ball et al. in mind, consider the following:
By Day 1 of this week, you will be assigned a new patient profile by your
Instructor for this Discussion. Note: Please see the “Course Announcements” section of
the classroom for your new patient profile assignment.
How 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 risk assessment instruments would be appropriate to use with each patient,
or what questions would you ask each patient to assess his or her health risks?
Identify any potential health-related risks based upon the patient’s age, gender,
ethnicity, or environmental setting that should be taken into consideration.
Select one of the risk assessment instruments presented in Chapter 1 or Chapter
m
er as
5 of the Seidel's Guide to Physical Examination text, or another tool with which you are
familiar, related to your selected patient.
co
Develop at least five targeted questions you would ask your selected patient to
eH w
assess his or her health risks and begin building a health history.
o.
By Day 3 of Week 1
rs e
Post a summary of the interview and a description of the communication techniques
ou urc
you would use with your assigned patient. Explain why you would use these techniques.
Identify the risk assessment instrument you selected, and justify why it would be
applicable to the selected patient. Provide at least five targeted questions you would ask
o
the patient.
aC s
vi y re
NURS 6512 Advanced Health Assessment
ed d
ar stu
June 3, 2020
Initial post
is
Th
Professor and Class,
sh
Assessment of the patient must be done carefully and with respect to patients’ culture,
gender, economic status, and religious beliefs. Patient centered care is important in providing the
best quality safe care that is individualized (Hashim, M.J, 2017). Every patient is different
This study source was downloaded by 100000818682243 from CourseHero.com on 03-30-2021 06:04:20 GMT -05:00
https://www.coursehero.com/file/63395872/NURS6512-advanced-health-assessment-week-1-dbdocx/
, regarding culture, race, religion, and gender. Patient centered care involves shared decision
making and building a relationship with the patient. These things can help the patient to be more
comfortable and share more about their health.
Communication
Effective communication is vital in building a patient/provider relationship. Some
suggested techniques for effective communication are, introducing everyone in the room and
build a rapport such as talking about the weather or something to build rapport and put the
patient at ease, the use of active listening, elicit the patients agenda, list all the patients agenda
m
er as
items, negotiate the agenda, and start asking open ended questions (Hashim, M.J, 2017). These
co
eH w
are some of the ways to build a rapport and effectively communicate with the patient.
o.
rs e
ou urc
Social Determinates of Health
There are five social determinates of health in all cultures. These are, Where the patient is
o
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born, where they grew up, where they live, where they work, and where they age (Andermann,
vi y re
A, 2016). Social determinates influence patient health due to the environment around them.
ed d
Questions can be focused on the patient’s surroundings and daily life to determine how the
ar stu
patient is exposed to different risk factors for disease (Andermann, 2016). For example, if a
patient resides near a power plant, they are more exposed to radiation and the risk for cancer or
is
radiation poisoning.
Th
Risk Assessment
sh
Conducting a risk assessment can give clues to possible diagnosis of patient symptoms.
The patient’s environment is linked to illness and disease. My patient is a 55-year-old Asian
female that lives in a high-density public housing complex. Public housing complexes can be a
This study source was downloaded by 100000818682243 from CourseHero.com on 03-30-2021 06:04:20 GMT -05:00
https://www.coursehero.com/file/63395872/NURS6512-advanced-health-assessment-week-1-dbdocx/
