Nursing 251 Health Assessment Cumulative Final Questions and Correct Answers
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Module
NURS 251
Institution
NURS 251
Initial comprehensive Assessment occurs when client first presents themselves, and gives and overall picture of "health"
Ongoing/Partial Assessment Occurs after comprehensive data base is established; is a reevaluation of problem or baseline looking for Improvement/deterioration
Focused/ Problem ...
Nursing 251 Health Assessment
Cumulative Final Questions and Correct
Answers
Initial comprehensive Assessment ✅occurs when client first presents themselves, and
gives and overall picture of "health"
Ongoing/Partial Assessment ✅Occurs after comprehensive data base is established;
is a reevaluation of problem or baseline looking for Improvement/deterioration
Focused/ Problem Assessment ✅Occurs in relation to a specific health concern but
doesn't replace comprehensive assessment
Emergency Assessment ✅Occurs rapidly when life-saving action needs to be taken;
immediate diagnosis needed to begin treatment
Primary Vs. Secondary source ✅Primary is Patient; secondary is family, medical
records, nurse, doctor
Methods for Validation ✅-Recheck (repeat)
-clarify (asking client)
-verify (as another physician to listen)
-compare (differences in stories and body language)
Euro-American ✅-Very time conscious
-Arm's length distance while communicating
-Speaks directly and maintains eye contact
-Productive, prefer action over inaction
-Measure accomplishments by external standards
African-American ✅-Time orientation is not strict
-Present oriented instead of future
-Avoids eye contact
-May use jargon or slang
-Self-Care and Folk Medicine very prevalent
-Attempts home remedies first
Latin-American (hispanic) ✅-Very modest
-Time orientation not strict
-Don't like to be questioned
-Politeness is a sign of respect
,-Tends to express emotions openly
-Tends to have a fatalistic outlook on life
-Illness is an imbalance between Hot and Cold
Asian-American ✅-Privacy, No expression of emotions
-Unlikely to complain about problems
-Physical contact not acceptable
-Do not react well to painful diagnostic work-up
-Goal of therapy is to restore balance of Yin and Yang
Native American ✅-Respect of the body
-Present oriented
-Respect for the elderly
-All disorders believed to have aspects of the supernatural
-Theology and medicine strongly interwoven
-Fear of witchcraft
Stereotype ✅A simplified, generally inflexible conception of the members of a group or
subgroup
Ethnocentrism ✅A tendency to view people unconsciously by using your own group
and your own customs as standards for all judgments
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