NURSE 108 Health Assessment Exam 1 Study Guide
Exam #1 Study Guide
1.
Importance of Health Assessment CH1
a.
Attention to details, use of appropriate
questions, and a keen awareness of what a
person says and does shape the plan of
care to optimize each individual's health
status throughout the lifespan.
b.
Determine a patient's health status,
risk factors, and need for education as
basis for developing a nursing plan of
care
1. Components of Health Assessment CH1
NURSE 108 Health Assessment Exam 1 Study Guide
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A. Identifies many contributing factors to
individual's health: ( 7 Facets)
B. Spends time w/patient: identify
concerns/changes (deviations noted)
C. Notes used to determine health
problems/potential problems
D. Development of nursing care plan
E. Once plan in place,
evaluation/reconfiguring
F. Collaboration between health care team
(until death)
G. Detects areas of immediate attention
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(prioritizing)
H. Health/disease promotion
A. Healthy People 2020 CH 1
A.Framework that identifies risk factors,
health issues, and diseases of concern in
US. ( 10 year increments )
B.Goal: increase quality of life by creating
guidelines for a healthy lifestyle/educating
people and cultivating awareness to
eliminate health disparities.
C.Promotes health/disease as it improves
quality and length of a person's life
A.Types of patient data CH 2
A. Subjective data
i. Gather info from patient/family
ii. Symptoms
iii. What the patient tells you
iv. OLDCART
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v. Ask one question at a time/specific
questions
vi. Open chief complaint interview
w/broad, open-ended question: "Tell
me about your headache from when it
began to now"
B. Objective Data
i. What you detect during
examination
ii. Physical findings
iii. Factual/descriptive : Signs
A.Nursing Process CH 2
A. Broad systematic framework provides
methodical base for nursing practice.
B. Addresses the human responses and
needs of patient, family, and community
NURSE 108 Health Assessment Exam 1 Study Guide
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Exam #1 Study Guide
1.
Importance of Health Assessment CH1
a.
Attention to details, use of appropriate
questions, and a keen awareness of what a
person says and does shape the plan of
care to optimize each individual's health
status throughout the lifespan.
b.
Determine a patient's health status,
risk factors, and need for education as
basis for developing a nursing plan of
care
1. Components of Health Assessment CH1
NURSE 108 Health Assessment Exam 1 Study Guide
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,NURSE 108 Health Assessment Exam 1 Study Guide
A. Identifies many contributing factors to
individual's health: ( 7 Facets)
B. Spends time w/patient: identify
concerns/changes (deviations noted)
C. Notes used to determine health
problems/potential problems
D. Development of nursing care plan
E. Once plan in place,
evaluation/reconfiguring
F. Collaboration between health care team
(until death)
G. Detects areas of immediate attention
NURSE 108 Health Assessment Exam 1 Study Guide
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,NURSE 108 Health Assessment Exam 1 Study Guide
(prioritizing)
H. Health/disease promotion
A. Healthy People 2020 CH 1
A.Framework that identifies risk factors,
health issues, and diseases of concern in
US. ( 10 year increments )
B.Goal: increase quality of life by creating
guidelines for a healthy lifestyle/educating
people and cultivating awareness to
eliminate health disparities.
C.Promotes health/disease as it improves
quality and length of a person's life
A.Types of patient data CH 2
A. Subjective data
i. Gather info from patient/family
ii. Symptoms
iii. What the patient tells you
iv. OLDCART
NURSE 108 Health Assessment Exam 1 Study Guide
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, NURSE 108 Health Assessment Exam 1 Study Guide
v. Ask one question at a time/specific
questions
vi. Open chief complaint interview
w/broad, open-ended question: "Tell
me about your headache from when it
began to now"
B. Objective Data
i. What you detect during
examination
ii. Physical findings
iii. Factual/descriptive : Signs
A.Nursing Process CH 2
A. Broad systematic framework provides
methodical base for nursing practice.
B. Addresses the human responses and
needs of patient, family, and community
NURSE 108 Health Assessment Exam 1 Study Guide
Latest Update 2022/2023 RATED A+
