NUR 202 Exam 2
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Denning [Date] [Course title]
,to make a judgment or diagnosis - Answer: Why do you create a database (subjective/objective/labs) ?
well - Answer: For a _____ patients the health history is used to assess lifestyle and encourage healthy
behaviors. You recognize what the patient is doing right
ill - Answer: for a ____ patients the healthy history includes a detailed, chronologic record of the health
problem
screening - Answer: for all patients, health history is a ____ tool for abnormal symptoms, health
problems, and concerns. Records health promotion behaviors and coping skills.
Biographic data
Reason for seeking care
Present health status/ current illness history
Past medical history
Family history
Personal and psychosocial history
Review of all body systems - Answer: when recording a health history what 8 categories should you
gather data from?
biographic data - Answer: includes name, date of birth, occupation, primary language, and
communication needs
reason for seeking care - Answer: chief complaint, in the patient's own words, describes the reason for
the visit, 1 or 2 s/s, and their duration.
present health or history of present illness - Answer: the general state of health for well p and the
chronologically recorded reason the sick p is seeking care, if there is a symptom perform symptom
analysis.
location, character/quality, quantity/severity, timing, setting, aggravating/relieving factors, associated
factors, and patient's perception - Answer: what is included in a symptom analysis? (8)
, past medical health - Answer: includes childhood, serious, and chronic illnesses; accidents or injuries;
hospitalizations, operations' obstetric history (pregnancy); immunizations; allergies; last exam date; and
ALL medications
family history - Answer: may have genetic significance for the patient. contact with family members
with communicable diseases or effect of a family member's illness
review of systems - Answer: evaluates the past and present health of each body system, double-checks
for significant data that may have been omitted, and assesses health promotion practices
functional assessment - Answer: includes self-esteem, self-concept, activity/exercise, sleep/rest,
nutrition/elimination, relationships, spiritual resources, coping/stress management, personal habits,
alcohol, street drugs, hazards, relationship violence, and occupational health
child's health history - Answer: includes same structure as adult but also includes prenatal/perinatal
history (family unit), present problem info and who is providing it, childhood illnesses, injuries, or
accidents, immunizations, surgeries/hospitalizations, medications, allergies, developmental overview,
and nutritional history
Home environment, Education/employment, Eating, peer-related Activities, Drugs, Sexuality,
Suicide/depression, and Safety - Answer: when assessing adolescents, the HEEADSSS method should be
used to obtain his/her psychosocial state. What does HEEADSSS stand for?
gives consistent answers, story is always the same, when asked the same question the answer should be
the same - Answer: how do you determine reliability in a patient?
genogram - Answer: a graphic family tree that uses symbols to show the gender, relationship, and age
of immediate blood relatives in 3 generations (parents, g-parents, siblings, aunts/uncles,
nieces/nephews, and cousins)
highlights the patient's prolonged contact with any communicable disease or environmental hazards
through family. - Answer: what is a genogram used for