Latest NSG 316 Key Terms (Answer Guide)
Follow-up database A follow up will occur so that the status of any identified
problems can be evaluated (this will be done at regular and
appropriate intervals).
Complete (Total Health) Database Includes complete health history and full physical examination
Describes current and past health state and forms baseline to
measure all future changes
Yields first diagnoses
Focused or Problem-Centered Database For limited or short term problem. Collect "mini" database,
smaller in scope, concerns mainly one problem, ONE cue
complex, or ONE body system
Emergency database rapid collection of the database, often compiled concurrently
with lifesaving measures
health promotion the process of enabling people to increase control over, and
to improve, their health
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, Latest NSG 316 Key Terms (Answer Guide)
disease prevention the process of reducing risks and alleviating disease to
promote, preserve, and restore health and minimize suffering
and distress
first level priority high priority; emergent, life threatening AIRWAY BREATHING
CIRCULATION
second level priority include mental status changed, acute pain, infection risk,
abnormal lab values, and elimination problems.
third level priority include lack of knowledge, mobility problems, and family
coping
inspection concentrated watching, first of the individual as a whole then
of each body system. Inspection begins the moment you first
meet the person and develop a "general survey."
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Follow-up database A follow up will occur so that the status of any identified
problems can be evaluated (this will be done at regular and
appropriate intervals).
Complete (Total Health) Database Includes complete health history and full physical examination
Describes current and past health state and forms baseline to
measure all future changes
Yields first diagnoses
Focused or Problem-Centered Database For limited or short term problem. Collect "mini" database,
smaller in scope, concerns mainly one problem, ONE cue
complex, or ONE body system
Emergency database rapid collection of the database, often compiled concurrently
with lifesaving measures
health promotion the process of enabling people to increase control over, and
to improve, their health
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, Latest NSG 316 Key Terms (Answer Guide)
disease prevention the process of reducing risks and alleviating disease to
promote, preserve, and restore health and minimize suffering
and distress
first level priority high priority; emergent, life threatening AIRWAY BREATHING
CIRCULATION
second level priority include mental status changed, acute pain, infection risk,
abnormal lab values, and elimination problems.
third level priority include lack of knowledge, mobility problems, and family
coping
inspection concentrated watching, first of the individual as a whole then
of each body system. Inspection begins the moment you first
meet the person and develop a "general survey."
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