Health Assessment Final Nursing, NUR2092 Health Assessment Final Exam

Health Assessment Final Nursing, NUR2092 Health Assessment Final Exam The nurse is preparing to conduct a health history. Explain this to the patient. - ~ ANSWER Answer- The purpose of a health history is to provide a database of subjective information about the patient's past and current health history. You might say to the patient, "I will be asking you questions about your past and present health." This information will help the provider along with the physical exam (objective data) to develop a diagnosis or health status. The nurse is evaluating the reliability of a patient's responses, which of these statements would be correct? The patient: - ~ ANSWER Provided consistent information and therefore is reliable A patient tells the nurse that she has had abdominal pain for the past week. What would be the nurse's best response? - ~ ANSWER "Can you point to where it hurts?" A 29-year-old woman tells the nurse that she has "excruciating pain" in her back. Which would be the nurse's appropriate response to the woman's statement? - ~ ANSWER "How would you say the pain affects your ability to do your daily activities?" A patient tells the nurse that he is allergic to penicillin. What would be the nurse's best response to this information? - ~ ANSWER "Describe what happens (or the reaction) to you when you take Penicillin." The nurse is taking a family history. Important diseases or problems about which the patient should be specifically asked include: - ~ ANSWER Mental illness.