Health Assessment Exam 1 Fortis with
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Health Assessment - ANS A systematic method of collecting data about a patient
Subjective Data - ANS - Primary and secondary sources
- Information that the patient experiences and communicates to the nurse
- Considered covert data or symptom when they cannot be observed by others
Objective Data - ANS - Observed or measured by the professional nurse
- Accuracy depends on nurse's ability to avoid reaching conclusions without substantive
evidence
- Can be constant or variable
Focused Interview - ANS Enables nurse to clarify points, to obtain missing information, and to
follow up on verbal and nonverbal cues identified in the health history
SOAP Method - ANS - Subjective (data)
- Objective (data)
- Assessment
- Planning
APIE Method - ANS - Assessment
- Problem
- Intervention
- Evaluation
Holistic Approach - ANS assesses the whole person because it views the mind, body, and
spirit as independent and functioning as a whole within the environment. Health depends on all
these factors working together.
Psychologic and Emotional Factors - ANS - Anxiety
- Self-esteem
- Depression
- Grieving
Family Factors - ANS - Illness history
- Risk for inheriting diseases
- Decision-making process
Nursing Process Steps - ANS - Assessment
, - Diagnosis
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
Nursing Diagnosis - ANS The basis for planning and implementing nursing care as described
by the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association International (NANDA-I)
Critical Thinking - ANS Process of purposeful and creative thinking about resolution of
problems or the development of ways to change solutions
closed questions - ANS questions that ask for specific information and elicit a short, one or two
word answer, a yes or no or a forced choice
empathy - ANS viewing the world from the other person's inner frame of reference while
remaining yourself; recognizing and accepting the other person's feelings without criticism
interview - ANS meeting between the examiner and patient with the goal of gathering complete
history
Professional jargon - ANS medical vocabulary used with a patient in an exclusionary and
paternalistic way
leading question - ANS a question that implies that one answer would be better that another
nonverbal communication - ANS message conveyed through body language-posture,
gestures, facial expressions, eye contact, touch and even where one places the chairs
open ended question - ANS asks for longer narrative information; unbiased; leaves the person
free to answer in any way
reflection - ANS examiner response that echoes the patients words; repeats part of what the
patient just said
verbal communication - ANS messages sent through spoken words, vocalizations, or tone of
voice
What are the skills requisite for the physical examination? - ANS inspection
palpation
percussion
ascultation
What is inspection? - ANS - concentrated watching
- first of the individual as a whole, then each body system
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Health Assessment - ANS A systematic method of collecting data about a patient
Subjective Data - ANS - Primary and secondary sources
- Information that the patient experiences and communicates to the nurse
- Considered covert data or symptom when they cannot be observed by others
Objective Data - ANS - Observed or measured by the professional nurse
- Accuracy depends on nurse's ability to avoid reaching conclusions without substantive
evidence
- Can be constant or variable
Focused Interview - ANS Enables nurse to clarify points, to obtain missing information, and to
follow up on verbal and nonverbal cues identified in the health history
SOAP Method - ANS - Subjective (data)
- Objective (data)
- Assessment
- Planning
APIE Method - ANS - Assessment
- Problem
- Intervention
- Evaluation
Holistic Approach - ANS assesses the whole person because it views the mind, body, and
spirit as independent and functioning as a whole within the environment. Health depends on all
these factors working together.
Psychologic and Emotional Factors - ANS - Anxiety
- Self-esteem
- Depression
- Grieving
Family Factors - ANS - Illness history
- Risk for inheriting diseases
- Decision-making process
Nursing Process Steps - ANS - Assessment
, - Diagnosis
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
Nursing Diagnosis - ANS The basis for planning and implementing nursing care as described
by the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association International (NANDA-I)
Critical Thinking - ANS Process of purposeful and creative thinking about resolution of
problems or the development of ways to change solutions
closed questions - ANS questions that ask for specific information and elicit a short, one or two
word answer, a yes or no or a forced choice
empathy - ANS viewing the world from the other person's inner frame of reference while
remaining yourself; recognizing and accepting the other person's feelings without criticism
interview - ANS meeting between the examiner and patient with the goal of gathering complete
history
Professional jargon - ANS medical vocabulary used with a patient in an exclusionary and
paternalistic way
leading question - ANS a question that implies that one answer would be better that another
nonverbal communication - ANS message conveyed through body language-posture,
gestures, facial expressions, eye contact, touch and even where one places the chairs
open ended question - ANS asks for longer narrative information; unbiased; leaves the person
free to answer in any way
reflection - ANS examiner response that echoes the patients words; repeats part of what the
patient just said
verbal communication - ANS messages sent through spoken words, vocalizations, or tone of
voice
What are the skills requisite for the physical examination? - ANS inspection
palpation
percussion
ascultation
What is inspection? - ANS - concentrated watching
- first of the individual as a whole, then each body system
