Jarvis-Physical Examination & Health
Assessment Study Guide & Lab_
Chapter 1 2023 to 2024 exam
Evidence-based assessment discusses the characteristics of: - 1. evidence-based
practice
2.diagnosis reasoning
3.the nursing process and
4.critical thinking
Assessment - The collection of data about an individual's health state.
Biomedical model - the Western European/North American tradition that views
health as the absence of disease.
Complete database - a complete health history and full physical examination
Critical thinking - simultaneously problem solving while self-improving one's own
thinking ability
Diagnostic reasoning - a method of collecting and analyzing info with the following
components:
1.attending to initially available cues
2.formulating diagnostic hypotheses
3.gathering data relative to the tentative hypotheses 4. evaluating each hypotheses
with the new data collected in order to arrive at a final diagnosis
Jarvis-Physical Examination & Health Assessment Study Guide & Lab Chapter 1
2023 to 2024 exam
, Emergency database - rapid collection of the database, often compiled concurrently
with lifesaving measures
Environment - the total of all the conditions and elements that make up the
surroundings and influence the development of a person
Evidence-based practice - a systematic approach emphasizing the best research
evidence, the clinician's experience, patient preferences and values, physical
examination, and assessment
Focused database - used for a limited or short-term problem; concerns mainly one
problem, one cue complex, or one body system
Follow-up database - used in all settings to monitor progress of short-term or
chronic health problems
Holistic health - the view that the mind, body, and spirit are interdependent and
function as a whole within the environment
Nursing Process - a method of collecting and analyzing clinical information with the
following components:
(1) assessment
(2) diagnosis
(3) outcome identification
(4) planning
(5) implementation and
(6) evaluation
Objective data - what the health professional observes by inspecting, palpating,
percussing, and auscultating during the physical examination
Jarvis-Physical Examination & Health Assessment Study Guide & Lab Chapter 1
2023 to 2024 exam
Assessment Study Guide & Lab_
Chapter 1 2023 to 2024 exam
Evidence-based assessment discusses the characteristics of: - 1. evidence-based
practice
2.diagnosis reasoning
3.the nursing process and
4.critical thinking
Assessment - The collection of data about an individual's health state.
Biomedical model - the Western European/North American tradition that views
health as the absence of disease.
Complete database - a complete health history and full physical examination
Critical thinking - simultaneously problem solving while self-improving one's own
thinking ability
Diagnostic reasoning - a method of collecting and analyzing info with the following
components:
1.attending to initially available cues
2.formulating diagnostic hypotheses
3.gathering data relative to the tentative hypotheses 4. evaluating each hypotheses
with the new data collected in order to arrive at a final diagnosis
Jarvis-Physical Examination & Health Assessment Study Guide & Lab Chapter 1
2023 to 2024 exam
, Emergency database - rapid collection of the database, often compiled concurrently
with lifesaving measures
Environment - the total of all the conditions and elements that make up the
surroundings and influence the development of a person
Evidence-based practice - a systematic approach emphasizing the best research
evidence, the clinician's experience, patient preferences and values, physical
examination, and assessment
Focused database - used for a limited or short-term problem; concerns mainly one
problem, one cue complex, or one body system
Follow-up database - used in all settings to monitor progress of short-term or
chronic health problems
Holistic health - the view that the mind, body, and spirit are interdependent and
function as a whole within the environment
Nursing Process - a method of collecting and analyzing clinical information with the
following components:
(1) assessment
(2) diagnosis
(3) outcome identification
(4) planning
(5) implementation and
(6) evaluation
Objective data - what the health professional observes by inspecting, palpating,
percussing, and auscultating during the physical examination
Jarvis-Physical Examination & Health Assessment Study Guide & Lab Chapter 1
2023 to 2024 exam
