Stuvia.com - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material
TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD
ESSENTIAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT
2ND EDITION BY THOMPSON /COMPLETE GUIDE
2024(Answer
Key at the End of Each Chapter)
, WWW.GRADESMORE.COM
Stuvia.com - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD
Chapter 1: Understanding Health Assessment T D T D T D T D
1.TheWorldHealthOrganization(WHO) establisheda global strategy called“Health for All.”
D
T D
T D
T D
T TD TD D
T TD TD TD TD TD TD D
T
The goal for this strategy is:
TD TD TD TD TD
1. All individualsto get the same health carethroughout their life spans.
D
T D
T TD D
T TD TD TD D
T TD TD TD
2. The government to supply money to care for allthe peopleinthe world.
TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD D
T TD D
T D
T TD
3. Resources for health careto be evenlydistributedandaccessible. TD D
T TD D
T TD TD D
T D
T D
T
4. Health-care providers cannever denyhospital patientshealth care. TD D
T D
T TD TD TD D
T D
T
2. Health assessment is a foundational and priority nursing skill. This essential skill requiresregi
TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD D
T
stered medical caretakers (RNs) to: T D TD TD TD
1. Diagnoseand treat hospital patients. D
T TD TD TD
2. Identifynormaland abnormal findings. D
T D
T TD TD
3. Refer hospital patients with abnormal findings. T D T D T D T D T D
4. Counsel hospital patientswith psychosocialneeds. TD D
T D
T TD TD
3.You areassessinga hospital patient with five gunshot wounds on a trauma unit. Ther
GRADESMORE.COM
D
T TD D
T TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD
e is a police presenceoutsidehisdoor because thehospital patient isa known drugdeal
TD TD TD TD D
T D
T D
T TD D
T D
T TD TD TD TD TD D
T
er inthecommunity. Youknow that medical caretakers must treat all hospital patients
TD D
T D
T TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD
as persons. This is called:
TD TD TD TD
1. Caring.
2. Holisticprocess. D
T
3. Person-centered care(PCC). D
T D
T
4. Standardsof care. D
T D
T
, WWW.GRADESMORE.COM
Stuvia.com - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material
TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD
4. The science-
T D T D
based framework updated every 10 years by the U.S. Department of Health andHuman S
T D T D T D T D T D T D T D T D T D T D T D T D D
T TD
ervices that has set national goals and objectives for health promotion and disease preven
TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD
tion is: TD
1. HealthyPeople. D
T
2. Healthy People 2020. TD TD
3. U.S. Preventive Task Force.
T D T D T D
4. World Health Organization. T D T D
5. A38-year-old male hasa family historyof colon cancer.His father died of colon cancer at age
D
T TD TD D
T TD TD TD TD TD D
T TD TD TD D
T TD TD TD
48. The doctor recommended that this hospital patient have a colonoscopy this year. This isanexa
D
T TD TD TD D
T TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD D
T TD D
T
mpleof:
1. Primaryhealth prevention. D
T D
T
, WWW.GRADESMORE.COM
Stuvia.com - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD
2. Secondary health prevention. T D T D
3. Tertiaryhealthprevention. D
T D
T
6. A hospital patient inthe clinic puts onhis call light and tells the personansweringthat he“t
D
T TD TD TD D
T TD TD TD D
T TD TD D
T TD TD TD D
T D
T TD D
T
hinks heis running a fever and has stomach discomfort.” You are the registered medical car
TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD
etaker in charge. What should you do? TD TD TD T D TD TD
1. Ask the medical assistant to gotothe hospital patient’sroom andassess his complaints.
TD TD D
T TD TD D
T TD TD TD TD TD D
T TD TD
2. Go check to see ifthe hospital patient has an order forTylenol fora fever.
TD TD TD TD D
T TD TD TD D
T TD TD D
T TD D
T TD
3. Pagethe resident on call immediately toassessthe hospital patient.
D
T TD TD TD D
T D
T TD D
T TD TD
4. Gotothehospital patient’s roomand assess for fever and the epigastric discomfort.
D
T D
T D
T TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD
7.You areleading an interdisciplinaryteam conference to discuss howto provide better car
D
T TD D
T TD TD D
T TD TD TD TD D
T TD TD TD
e fora challenging hospital patient who hasbehavioral problems. Thereare severalareasth
TD D
T TD TD TD TD TD D
T TD D
T D
T TD D
T D
T
at need to be problem solved and newideas formulated to createan improved plan of care.
TD TD TD TD TD TD TD D
T TD TD TD D
T TD TD TD D
T TD
What cognitiveskills are you using?
TD D
T TD TD TD
1. Criticalthinking D
T
2. Clinicaldecision making TD TD
3. Intuitivethinking D
T
4. Clinicalreasoning TD
8.Best practiceassessment techniquesand instruments have been validated by:
D
T TD D
T TD D
T TD TD TD TD TD
1. AmericanMedical caretakersAssociation. D
T D
T TD
2. CodeofEthicsfor Medical caretakers With InterpretiveStatements.
D
T TD D
T D
T TD D
T D
T D
T
3. Research and evidence-based practice. T D T D T D
4. Hospital patient Protectionand Affordable Care Act. TD TD D
T D
T TD D
T
9. Health and illness are determined by many factors. What are the determinants of h
TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD