NUR 3069C: Health Assessment -
Exam 1 (Health Interview,
Communication, FHP, & Nursing
Process) Questions Solved Correct.
- The collection of data about the individual's health state
- An ongoing process of gathering, analyzing, and reflecting on evidence
- The point of entry to health care; the gathering of data about one's health state - Answer
Assessment
What is the point of assessment? - Answer To make a judgement or diagnosis
What do you do with the assessment data that appears to be causal or associated? - Answer
Cluster/group it together
Different types of assessment? - Answer - Organized assessment
- Skin assessment
- Evidence-based assessment
- Functional assessment
Type of assessment?
- The starting point of diagnostic reasoning; needs to be factual and complete - Answer
Organized assessment
Type of assessment?
- Reveals potential abnormalities that need to be monitored or removed - Answer Skin
assessment
Type of assessment?
- Emphasizes the use of research and theory to inform the selection of assessment targets, the
methods and measures used in the assessment, and the assessment process itself - Answer
Evidence - based assessment
Type of assessment?
- Organizing around pattern areas (instruments that emphasize functional categories→ help to
diagnose)
, - The use of a standardized instrument that objectively measures a person's present functional
status/changes over time - Answer Functional Assessment
What is the "biomedical model" health concept? - Answer - A traditional view of Western
medicine where health is the absence of disease, the absence of signs and symptoms of
disease.
- Cause of disease is by pathogens/agents and the biomedical focus (disease focus) is to
diagnose and treat those pathogens.
What is the "wellness" health concept? - Answer - A dynamic process moving toward
optimum functioning.
- Health care providers serve to maximize the person's potential and to assist a person to grow
toward high-level wellness.
What is the "holistic health" concept? - Answer - Health views the interdependence of the
mind, body, and spirit.
- These three components function as a whole within the environment (balance).
What is "Health Promotion & Disease Prevention" concept? - Answer - Emphasis on the link
between health and personal behavior.
- A focus of the health professional to teach and help the consumer in choosing a healthy
lifestyle.
What are the two major types of data utilized by assessment? - Answer Subjective &
Objective Data
- Information provided by the individual
- Health history
- To get data, ask patients questions or listen to what they are saying - Answer Subjective
Data
- Physical exam
- Patient's medical record information including laboratory data and diagnostic tests
- To get data, use various hands-on methods - Answer Objective Data
Type of database?
- Includes a complete health history and a full physical exam; describes the current and past
health state and forms a baseline against which all future changes can be measured - Answer
Complete (total health) database
Exam 1 (Health Interview,
Communication, FHP, & Nursing
Process) Questions Solved Correct.
- The collection of data about the individual's health state
- An ongoing process of gathering, analyzing, and reflecting on evidence
- The point of entry to health care; the gathering of data about one's health state - Answer
Assessment
What is the point of assessment? - Answer To make a judgement or diagnosis
What do you do with the assessment data that appears to be causal or associated? - Answer
Cluster/group it together
Different types of assessment? - Answer - Organized assessment
- Skin assessment
- Evidence-based assessment
- Functional assessment
Type of assessment?
- The starting point of diagnostic reasoning; needs to be factual and complete - Answer
Organized assessment
Type of assessment?
- Reveals potential abnormalities that need to be monitored or removed - Answer Skin
assessment
Type of assessment?
- Emphasizes the use of research and theory to inform the selection of assessment targets, the
methods and measures used in the assessment, and the assessment process itself - Answer
Evidence - based assessment
Type of assessment?
- Organizing around pattern areas (instruments that emphasize functional categories→ help to
diagnose)
, - The use of a standardized instrument that objectively measures a person's present functional
status/changes over time - Answer Functional Assessment
What is the "biomedical model" health concept? - Answer - A traditional view of Western
medicine where health is the absence of disease, the absence of signs and symptoms of
disease.
- Cause of disease is by pathogens/agents and the biomedical focus (disease focus) is to
diagnose and treat those pathogens.
What is the "wellness" health concept? - Answer - A dynamic process moving toward
optimum functioning.
- Health care providers serve to maximize the person's potential and to assist a person to grow
toward high-level wellness.
What is the "holistic health" concept? - Answer - Health views the interdependence of the
mind, body, and spirit.
- These three components function as a whole within the environment (balance).
What is "Health Promotion & Disease Prevention" concept? - Answer - Emphasis on the link
between health and personal behavior.
- A focus of the health professional to teach and help the consumer in choosing a healthy
lifestyle.
What are the two major types of data utilized by assessment? - Answer Subjective &
Objective Data
- Information provided by the individual
- Health history
- To get data, ask patients questions or listen to what they are saying - Answer Subjective
Data
- Physical exam
- Patient's medical record information including laboratory data and diagnostic tests
- To get data, use various hands-on methods - Answer Objective Data
Type of database?
- Includes a complete health history and a full physical exam; describes the current and past
health state and forms a baseline against which all future changes can be measured - Answer
Complete (total health) database
