DQ-week 1: Health assessment

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Effective communication is vital to constructing ;an accurate and detailed patient history. A patient’s health or illness ;is influenced by many factors, including age, gender, ethnicity, and ;environmental setting. As an advanced practice nurse, you must be aware ;of these factors and tailor your communication techniques accordingly. ;Doing so will not only help you establish rapport with your patients, ;but it will also enable you to more effectively gather the information ;needed to assess your patients’ health risks.

For this Discussion, you will take on the role ;of a clinician who is building a health history for a particular new ;patient assigned by your Instructor.

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;By Day 1 of this week, you will be assigned a new patient profile by your Instructor for this Discussion. (new patient profile): ;14-year-old biracial male living with his grandmother in a high-density public housing complex ;

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How would your communication and interview techniques for building a health history differ with each patient?

How might you target your questions for building a health history based on the patient’s social determinants of health?

What ;risk assessment instruments would be appropriate to use with each ;patient, or what questions would you ask each patient to assess his or ;her health risks?

Identify ;any potential health-related risks based upon the patient’s age, ;gender, ethnicity, or environmental setting that should be taken into ;consideration.

Select ;one ;of the risk assessment instruments presented in Chapter 1 or Chapter 5 of the Seidel’s Guide to Physical Examination text, or another tool with which you are familiar, related to your selected patient.
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Develop ;at least five ;targeted questions you would ask your selected patient to assess his or her health risks and begin building a health history.

Post ;a summary of the interview and a ;description of the communication techniques you would use with your ;assigned patient. Explain why you would use these techniques. Identify ;the risk assessment instrument you selected, and justify why it would be ;applicable to the selected patient. Provide at least five targeted ;questions you would ask the patient.

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