HHA Final Exam
Four goals of the ANA - answer- Promot health
-prevent illness
-treat human responses to health or illness
- to advocate for individuals, families, communities, and population
what does a health assessment include? - answer health history and physical
assessment
primary prevention - answera type of intervention that seeks to promote health and
prevent disease from the beginning... ex. vaccination
secondary prevention - answer Activities directed toward early diagnosis and prompt
intervention, thereby lessening the severity of a condition and enabling the client to
return to the highest level of health at the earliest possible point. Early detection,
screening, and diagnostic treatment
Tertiary prevention - answerprogram focusing on people who already have a disease
with the aim of preventing relapse and reducing the impact of the disease on the
person's quality of life
Parts of nursing process - answer1) Assessment
2) Diagnosis
3) Planning Outcomes
4) Planning Interventions
5) Interventions
6) Evaluation
Critical Thinking - answerthinking that does not blindly accept arguments and
conclusions. Rather, it examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates
evidence, and assesses conclusions.
-research evidence for new interventions to help problems or potential problems
DIagnostic Reasoning - answer-gather info
-cluster data
-draw inferences/ ideas
-collaborative problem
Subjective Data - answerthings a person tells you about that you cannot observe
through your senses; symptoms
, Objective Data - answerwhat the health professional observes by inspecting, palpating,
percussing, and auscultating during the physical examination
Emergency assessment - answerthe data collection process that occurs in a life-
threatening situation.
comprehensive assessment - answerhealth history and complete physical examination,
usually conducted when a patient first enters a healthcare setting, provides a baseline
for comparing later assessment; outpatient annually head to toe exam
focused assessment - answerassessment conducted to assess a specific problem;
focuses on pertinent history and body regions
functional assessment - answerThe assessment of the functional status of the patient,
which is the ability of an individual to perform normal, expected, or required activities of
daily living
Head to toe assessment - answerAn assessment that organizes the collection of
comprehensive physical data by proceeding through the entire body from head to toe.
Most organized
Body systems approach - answerorganizating client data according to functional body
systems (Integumentary, cardiovascular, respiratory)
Nursing interview steps - answerpreinteraction, beginning, working, closing
preinteraction - answerreview medical record
beginning - answerintroduction to patient
address patient by title
explain expectation and length of interview
working - answerdata collection
client centered
closing - answersummarize main point
validate the data
what is the most important factor in nursing and patient relationships? -
answercommunication
active listening - answerpaying close attention to what someone is saying and
communicating
SOLER-
sitting faccing the patient
open up to the patient
Four goals of the ANA - answer- Promot health
-prevent illness
-treat human responses to health or illness
- to advocate for individuals, families, communities, and population
what does a health assessment include? - answer health history and physical
assessment
primary prevention - answera type of intervention that seeks to promote health and
prevent disease from the beginning... ex. vaccination
secondary prevention - answer Activities directed toward early diagnosis and prompt
intervention, thereby lessening the severity of a condition and enabling the client to
return to the highest level of health at the earliest possible point. Early detection,
screening, and diagnostic treatment
Tertiary prevention - answerprogram focusing on people who already have a disease
with the aim of preventing relapse and reducing the impact of the disease on the
person's quality of life
Parts of nursing process - answer1) Assessment
2) Diagnosis
3) Planning Outcomes
4) Planning Interventions
5) Interventions
6) Evaluation
Critical Thinking - answerthinking that does not blindly accept arguments and
conclusions. Rather, it examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates
evidence, and assesses conclusions.
-research evidence for new interventions to help problems or potential problems
DIagnostic Reasoning - answer-gather info
-cluster data
-draw inferences/ ideas
-collaborative problem
Subjective Data - answerthings a person tells you about that you cannot observe
through your senses; symptoms
, Objective Data - answerwhat the health professional observes by inspecting, palpating,
percussing, and auscultating during the physical examination
Emergency assessment - answerthe data collection process that occurs in a life-
threatening situation.
comprehensive assessment - answerhealth history and complete physical examination,
usually conducted when a patient first enters a healthcare setting, provides a baseline
for comparing later assessment; outpatient annually head to toe exam
focused assessment - answerassessment conducted to assess a specific problem;
focuses on pertinent history and body regions
functional assessment - answerThe assessment of the functional status of the patient,
which is the ability of an individual to perform normal, expected, or required activities of
daily living
Head to toe assessment - answerAn assessment that organizes the collection of
comprehensive physical data by proceeding through the entire body from head to toe.
Most organized
Body systems approach - answerorganizating client data according to functional body
systems (Integumentary, cardiovascular, respiratory)
Nursing interview steps - answerpreinteraction, beginning, working, closing
preinteraction - answerreview medical record
beginning - answerintroduction to patient
address patient by title
explain expectation and length of interview
working - answerdata collection
client centered
closing - answersummarize main point
validate the data
what is the most important factor in nursing and patient relationships? -
answercommunication
active listening - answerpaying close attention to what someone is saying and
communicating
SOLER-
sitting faccing the patient
open up to the patient
