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1. What experiences have you had interviewing people to gather information?
2. What communication skills do you have that will help you conduct interviews to gather information?
3. What communication skills do you have that may hinder your ability to gather information? What can you do to overcome these?
How can we identify health risks, strengths, and needs in our comprehensive health assessment?
Give two examples with rationale for each.
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.
Case Study:
CASE STUDY AG is a 54-year-old Caucasian male who was referred to your clinic to establish care after a recent hospitalization after having a
seizure related to alcohol withdrawal. He has hypertension and a history of alcohol and cocaine abuse. He is homeless and is currently living at a local
homeless shelter. He reports that he is out of his amlodipine 10 mg which he takes for hypertension. He reports he is abstaining from alcohol and cocaine but needs to smoke cigarettes to calm down since he is not drinking anymore.
APA FORMAT
ATLEAST 3 references within the last 5 years (2018-2023)
Reflect on your experiences as a nurse and on the information provided in this week’s Learning Resources on diversity issues in health assessments.
By Day 1 of this week, you will be assigned a case study by your Instructor. Note: Please see the “Course Announcements” section of the classroom for your case study assignment.
Reflect on the specific socioeconomic, spiritual, lifestyle, and other cultural factors related to the health of the patient assigned to you.
Consider how you would build a health history for the patient. What questions would you ask, and how would you frame them to be sensitive to the patient’s background, lifestyle, and culture? Develop five targeted questions you would ask the patient to build his or her health history and to assess his or her health risks.
Think about the challenges associated with communicating with patients from a variety of specific populations. What strategies can you as a nurse employ to be sensitive to different cultural factors while gathering the pertinent information?
After reviewing Chapter 5 of the Brinkley textbook and the Etre (2017) article, discuss surprising facts about the psychosocial care of the aging. Did you originally consider any of these as misconceptions, when in reality they may be based on evidence? How can nurses influence attitudes among caregivers and the public about aging?
How can we identify health risks, strengths, and needs in our comprehensive health assessment? Give two examples with a rationale for each.
Discuss how health and illness beliefs can influence the assessment and interview process. You can use your textbook or any other evidence-based sources. Include how belief structure might impact how a client responds to an assessment interview and how culture might influence physical findings.
Conduct an assessment on the following body systems:
Head, Face, Eyes, Ears, Nose, Throat & Neck
You may conduct the assessment on a fellow student, friend, or family member. Remember to secure their permission.
Collect both subjective and objective data using the process described in the textbook.
Write a summary of the assessment and the skills utilized. Answer the following 3 questions in the summary. Do not disclose any patient identifiers.
What skills (assessment techniques) were utilized during the assessment?
What subjective data did you collect? (list your findings)
What objective data did you collect? (list your findings)
Family Health Assessment
Select a family to complete a family health assessment. (The family cannot be your own.)
Before interviewing the family, develop three open-ended, family-focused questions for each of the following health patterns:
Values, Health Perception
Nutrition
Sleep/Rest
Elimination
Activity/Exercise
Cognitive
Sensory-Perception
Self-Perception
Role Relationship
Sexuality
Coping
NOTE: Your list of questions must be submitted with your assignment as an attachment.
After interviewing the family, compile the data and analyze the responses.
In 1,000-1,250 words, summarize the findings for each functional health pattern for the family you have selected.
Identify two or more wellness nursing diagnoses based on your family assessment. Wellness and family nursing diagnoses are different than standard nursing diagnoses. A list of wellness and family nursing diagnoses, from J. R. Weber’s Nurses Handbook of Health Assessment (5th ed.), can be found at the following link Nurses Handbook of Health Assessment
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.