lOMoARcPSD|70468202
Week 5: RUA: Health History
Desiree Contes
Chamberlain University School of Nursing
NR302 – Yang – Health Assessment 1
, lOMoARcPSD|70468202
Health History Assessment
I chose to do a health assessment on a family friend, and I will use the initials CJ. CJ
allowed me to do this assessment and was able to sit down with me for thirty minutes to
complete this assessment. I explained to my patient the full assessment and explained everything
step by step. We were able to do the full assessment with no interruptions.
Demographic Data
CJ is a 63-year-old female who is of a Hispanic background and owns her own home and
was happy when she finally was able to buy her own home. She lives with her husband,
daughter, son, and her grandson. CJ’s primary language spoken is Spanish and she is from
Honduras and speaks only a little of English as she was able to learn some English from her
children who can speak it very well. My patient was alert throughout the full assessment and was
very happy going and was very much excited to be my patient and do this assessment with me.
Perception of Health
CJ keeps herself in a good health standard with eating healthy foods and getting in a
regular daily exercise and she enjoys trying out new daily work outs that will enhance her
continuous work out history. She has a good idea of her healthy status and why she wants to
maintain a healthy lifestyle. She likes to maintain a vegetarian diet and she exercise’s five days a
week. She sates that she also likes when her children join in with her daily work out routines.
Past Medical History
CJ has no past medical history. She is content with her health and is always looking to
make healthy meals daily for her and her family. She has always known if there was going to be
an issue with her health it would be due to neglecting her health and that was something that she
Week 5: RUA: Health History
Desiree Contes
Chamberlain University School of Nursing
NR302 – Yang – Health Assessment 1
, lOMoARcPSD|70468202
Health History Assessment
I chose to do a health assessment on a family friend, and I will use the initials CJ. CJ
allowed me to do this assessment and was able to sit down with me for thirty minutes to
complete this assessment. I explained to my patient the full assessment and explained everything
step by step. We were able to do the full assessment with no interruptions.
Demographic Data
CJ is a 63-year-old female who is of a Hispanic background and owns her own home and
was happy when she finally was able to buy her own home. She lives with her husband,
daughter, son, and her grandson. CJ’s primary language spoken is Spanish and she is from
Honduras and speaks only a little of English as she was able to learn some English from her
children who can speak it very well. My patient was alert throughout the full assessment and was
very happy going and was very much excited to be my patient and do this assessment with me.
Perception of Health
CJ keeps herself in a good health standard with eating healthy foods and getting in a
regular daily exercise and she enjoys trying out new daily work outs that will enhance her
continuous work out history. She has a good idea of her healthy status and why she wants to
maintain a healthy lifestyle. She likes to maintain a vegetarian diet and she exercise’s five days a
week. She sates that she also likes when her children join in with her daily work out routines.
Past Medical History
CJ has no past medical history. She is content with her health and is always looking to
make healthy meals daily for her and her family. She has always known if there was going to be
an issue with her health it would be due to neglecting her health and that was something that she
