NUR 350 Health Assessment Midterm
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Biomedical Approach - ✔✔Health approach in which the focus was on the
treatment of disease and health was considered the absence of disease
and that's it.
Behavioural Approach - ✔✔Health approach in which there was more
going on that just absence of disease; also behavioural factors at play (i.e.
smoking). The belief that if we could teach people how to stay healthy
themselves then they would.
Socioenvironmental Approach - ✔✔Health approach in which the belief
was that the higher income, well-educated Canadians were the ones that
the behavioural approach would affect most.
Subjective Data (symptoms)
and
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,Objective Data (signs) - ✔✔What kind of data does a nursing health
assessment involve? (2 types)
Subjective Data - ✔✔Symptoms; type of data; what the family/person says
about the patient/themselves.
Objective Data - ✔✔Signs; the type of data you will find in a physical
assessment.
Unless we have the full subjective piece, we cannot see the whole picture.
Therefore the subjective piece is just as important as the objective piece;
we need both in order to treat the patient. - ✔✔What is more important -
subjective or objective data?
1) Assess - gather info about the client's condition
2) Diagnose - identify the client's problems
3) Plan - set goals of care and desired outcomes and identify appropriate
nursing actions
4) Implement - perform the nursing actions identified in planning
5) Evaluate - determine if goals met and outcome achieved - ✔✔What are
the 5 steps of the nursing process?
- Biographical data (i.e. name, address, gender identity, marital status)
- Source of history (who provided the information)
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, - Reason for seeking care (quote their words)
- History of current illness (PQRSTU-AAA)
- Past health (childhood illnesses, accidents, operations, etc.)
- Family history (usually blood-related family)
- Review of systems
- Functional assessment (ADLs and IADLs). - ✔✔What kind of things will
you gather during the subjective portion of a complete health history?
P - provoke
Q - quality and/or quantity
R - region and/or radiation
S - severity
T - timing
U - understand the patient's perspective
A - associated factors
A - alleviating factors
A - aggravating factors - ✔✔What does PQRSTU-AAA stand for?
Vital signs, measurements (head circumference, weight, height, etc.), IPPA
(inspection, palpitation, percussion, and inspection). - ✔✔What kind of data
will you gather during the physical assessment portion of a complete health
assessment?
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Exam Questions and Answers 100%
Pass
Biomedical Approach - ✔✔Health approach in which the focus was on the
treatment of disease and health was considered the absence of disease
and that's it.
Behavioural Approach - ✔✔Health approach in which there was more
going on that just absence of disease; also behavioural factors at play (i.e.
smoking). The belief that if we could teach people how to stay healthy
themselves then they would.
Socioenvironmental Approach - ✔✔Health approach in which the belief
was that the higher income, well-educated Canadians were the ones that
the behavioural approach would affect most.
Subjective Data (symptoms)
and
1
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
,Objective Data (signs) - ✔✔What kind of data does a nursing health
assessment involve? (2 types)
Subjective Data - ✔✔Symptoms; type of data; what the family/person says
about the patient/themselves.
Objective Data - ✔✔Signs; the type of data you will find in a physical
assessment.
Unless we have the full subjective piece, we cannot see the whole picture.
Therefore the subjective piece is just as important as the objective piece;
we need both in order to treat the patient. - ✔✔What is more important -
subjective or objective data?
1) Assess - gather info about the client's condition
2) Diagnose - identify the client's problems
3) Plan - set goals of care and desired outcomes and identify appropriate
nursing actions
4) Implement - perform the nursing actions identified in planning
5) Evaluate - determine if goals met and outcome achieved - ✔✔What are
the 5 steps of the nursing process?
- Biographical data (i.e. name, address, gender identity, marital status)
- Source of history (who provided the information)
2
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, - Reason for seeking care (quote their words)
- History of current illness (PQRSTU-AAA)
- Past health (childhood illnesses, accidents, operations, etc.)
- Family history (usually blood-related family)
- Review of systems
- Functional assessment (ADLs and IADLs). - ✔✔What kind of things will
you gather during the subjective portion of a complete health history?
P - provoke
Q - quality and/or quantity
R - region and/or radiation
S - severity
T - timing
U - understand the patient's perspective
A - associated factors
A - alleviating factors
A - aggravating factors - ✔✔What does PQRSTU-AAA stand for?
Vital signs, measurements (head circumference, weight, height, etc.), IPPA
(inspection, palpitation, percussion, and inspection). - ✔✔What kind of data
will you gather during the physical assessment portion of a complete health
assessment?
3
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