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Comprehensive Health AssessmentAssessment - CORRECT ANSWER-Determine patient's health status, identify current or
potential health problems, health education opportunities, collection of both objective and
subjective data.
Subjective data - CORRECT ANSWER-Information perceived only by the affected person.
Frameworks that help with collecting this data, e.g. COLDSPA. Character, onset, location,
duration, severity, pattern, associated factors.
Objective data - CORRECT ANSWER-Observed data from someone other than the person
experiencing them, e.g. Inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation.
Initial Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER-Performed shortly after admission. Establish
database for care planning.
Focused Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER-May be performed during initial assessment or as
routine ongoing data collection. To gather data about a specific problem already identified, to
identify new or overlooked problems, to collect data about the specific problem.
Emergency Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER-Performed when a physiological or
psychological crisis presents. To identify and gather data about life-threatening problems.
Time-lapsed Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER-To compare a patient's current status to
baseline data obtained earlier, reassess health status and make necessary revisions in plan of
care, collect data about current health status of patient.
Structuring the Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER-Use a 'holistic' health assessment form to
organise the data. e.g. head to toe assessment.
Components of data collection - Observation - CORRECT ANSWER-Use five senses to gather
data, gathering of health history or performing the physical examination. Uses each interaction
with the person to observe and to interpret meaningful data.
Components of data collection - Health History - CORRECT ANSWER-Guides the all aspects of
the physical assessment, identify personal strengths and weaknesses, Health risks - such as
hereditary and environmental factors, Potential and existing health problems, lifestyle, Reflects
the person-centred approach.
Components of data collection - Physical Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER-Objective,
examination of all body systems in a systematic manner (head to toe), Utilises 4 methods to
collect data;
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