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BH 01 BH Understanding Health Assessment
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BH 02 BH Interviewing the Patient for the Health History
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BH 03 BH Taking the Health History
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BH 04 BH Assessing Nutrition and Anthropometric Measurements
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BH 05 BH Assessment Techniques
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BH 06 BH General Survey and Assessing Vital Signs
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BH 07 BH Assessing Pain
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BH 08 BH Assessing the Skin, Hair, and Nails
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BH 10 BH Assessing the Ears
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BH 11 BH Assessing BH the BH Eyes 250
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BH 17 BHAssessing the
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Chapter 1: Understanding Health Assessment
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1. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called “Health for
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All.” The goal for this strategy is:
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quires registered nurses (RNs) to:
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ce presence outside his door because the patient is a known drug dealer in the community.
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4. World Health Organization.
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5. A 38-year-old male has a family history of colon cancer. His father died of colon cancer at age
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