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TEST BANK
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Essential Health Assessment
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Janice M Thompson
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1st Edition
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,Table of Contents
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Chapteru01uUnderstandinguHealthuAssessment 1
Chapteru02uInterviewingutheuPatientuforutheuHealthuHistory 11
Chapteru03uTakingutheuHealthuHistory 40
Chapteru04uAssessinguNutritionuanduAnthropometricuMeasurements 61
Chapteru05uAssessmentuTechniques 88
Chapteru06uGeneraluSurveyuanduAssessinguVitaluSigns 99
Chapteru07uAssessinguPain 128
Chapteru08uAssessingutheuSkin,uHair,uanduNails 149
Chapteru09uAssessingutheuHead,uFace,uMouth,uanduNeck 188
Chapteru10uAssessingutheuEars 229
Chapteru11uAssessingutheuEyes 250
Chapteru12uAssessingutheuRespiratoryuSystem 281
Chapteru13uAssessingutheuCardiovascularuSystem 308
Chapteru14uAssessingutheuAbdomen 335
Chapteru15uAssessingutheuPeripheraluVascularuSystemuanduRegionaluLymphaticuSystem 363
Chapteru16uAssessingutheuMusculoskeletaluSystem 391
Chapteru17uAssessingutheuNeurologicaluSystem 417
Chapteru18uAssessingutheuFemaleuBreasts,uAxillae,uanduReproductiveuSystem 451
Chapteru19uAssessingutheuMaleuBreastsuanduReproductiveuSystem 477
Chapteru20uAssessingutheuAnusuanduRectum 501
Chapteru21uAssessingutheuNewborn 517
Chapteru22uAssessingutheuChilduanduAdolescent 555
Chapteru23uAssessingutheuPregnantuWoman 583
Chapteru24uAssessingutheuOlderuAdult 612

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Chapter 1: Understanding Health Assessment
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1.uTheuWorlduHealthuOrganizationu(WHO)uestablisheduauglobalustrategyucalledu“HealthuforuAll.”uTheu
goaluforuthisustrategyuis:
1. Alluindividualsutougetutheusameuhealthucareuthroughoututheirulifeuspans.
2. Theugovernmentutousupplyumoneyutoucareuforuallutheupeopleuinutheuworld.
3. Resourcesuforuhealthucareutoubeuevenlyudistributeduanduaccessible.
4. Health-careuprovidersucanuneverudenyupatientsuhealthucare.



2.uHealthuassessmentuisuaufoundationaluandupriorityunursinguskill.uThisuessentialuskillurequiresuregister
edunursesu(RNs)uto:
1. Diagnoseuandutreatupatients.
2. Identifyunormaluanduabnormalufindings.
3. Referupatientsuwithuabnormalufindings.
4. Counselupatientsuwithupsychosocialuneeds.



3.uYouuareuassessinguaupatientuwithufiveugunshotuwoundsuonuautraumauunit.uThereuisuaupoliceupresenc
euoutsideuhisudoorubecauseutheupatientuisuauknownudrugudealeruinutheucommunity.uYouuknowuthatunurse
sumustutreatuallupatientsuasupersons.uThisuisucalled:
1. Caring.
2. Holisticuprocess.
3. Person-centereducareu(PCC).
4. Standardsuofucare.



4.uTheuscience-
baseduframeworkuupdatedueveryu10uyearsubyutheuU.S.uDepartmentuofuHealthuanduHumanuServicesuthat
uhasusetunationalugoalsuanduobjectivesuforuhealthupromotionuandudiseaseupreventionuis:

1. HealthyuPeople.
2. HealthyuPeopleu2020.
3. U.S.uPreventiveuTaskuForce.
4. WorlduHealthuOrganization.



5. Au38-year-oldumaleuhasuaufamilyuhistoryuofucolonucancer.uHisufatherudieduofucolonucanceruatuage
48.uTheudoctorurecommendeduthatuthisupatientuhaveuaucolonoscopyuthisuyear.uThisuisuanuexampleuof:
1. Primaryu healthu prevention.




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2. Secondaryuhealthuprevention.
3. Tertiaryuhealthuprevention.




6.uAupatientuinutheuhospitaluputsuonuhisucallulightuandutellsutheupersonuansweringuthatuheu“thinksuheuisuru
nninguaufeveruanduhasustomachudiscomfort.”uYouuareutheuregisteredunurseuinucharge.uWhatushoulduyou
udo?

1. Askutheumedicaluassistantutougoutoutheupatient’suroomuanduassessuhisucomplaints.
2. GoucheckutouseeuifutheupatientuhasuanuorderuforuTylenoluforuaufever.
3. Pageutheuresidentuonucalluimmediatelyutouassessutheupatient.
4. Goutoutheupatient’suroomuanduassessuforufeveruandutheuepigastricudiscomfort.



7.uYouuareuleadinguanuinterdisciplinaryuteamuconferenceutoudiscussuhowutouprovideubetterucareuforuauc
hallengingupatientuwhouhasubehavioraluproblems.uThereuareuseveraluareasuthatuneedutoubeuproblemusol
veduandunewuideasuformulatedutoucreateuanuimproveduplanuofucare.uWhatucognitiveuskillsuareuyouuusin
g?
1. Criticaluthinking
2. Clinicaludecisionumaking
3. Intuitiveuthinking
4. Clinicalureasoning



8.uBestupracticeuassessmentutechniquesuanduinstrumentsuhaveubeenuvalidateduby:
1. AmericanuNursesuAssociation.
2. CodeuofuEthicsuforuNursesuWithuInterpretiveuStatements.
3. Researchuanduevidence-basedupractice.
4. PatientuProtectionuanduAffordableuCareuAct.



9. Healthuanduillnessuareudeterminedubyumanyufactors.uWhatuareutheudeterminantsuofuhealthuidentifiedub
yutheuCentersuforuDiseaseuControluanduPreventionu(CDC)?uSelectualluthatuapply.
1. Geneticsuandubiology
2. Genderuanduoccupation
3. Individualubehavior
4. Socialuenvironment
5. Physicaluenvironment
6. Healthuservices




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