COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH ASSESSMENT OF M. H. 1 A Comprehensive Health Assessment of M. H. Nicole M. Henneberg Empire State College A COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH ASSESSMENT OF M. H. 2 The purpose of this paper is to discuss the results of a comprehensive health assessment on a patient of my choosing. This comprehensive assessment included the patient ’s complete health history and a head-to-toe physical examination. The complete health history information
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FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT My family health assessment was conducted using the 11 Gordon functional health pattern. Marjorie Gordon’s functional health pattern is a guide for establishing a comprehensive nursing date base‚ using the 11 categories enable nurses determines the following aspects of health and human function (Gordon 1987). The Gordon 11 functional health patterns are health perception/health management‚ nutrition‚ elimination‚ activity/exercise‚ cognitive
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The assignment will discuss the importance of assessment in Mental Health nursing‚ focusing on a 54 year old lady suffering from major depression. The Department of Health (DoH‚ 2010) pointed out that depression is a disorder of mood and may be characterised by low mood and feelings of unhappiness‚ exhaustion‚ self blame and suicidal thoughts. The assessment scale called Health of the Nations Outcome Scales (HONOS) (see appendix B) and the rational for using this scale will be explored. A brief profile
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Americans today are faced with a number of health issues‚ mainly as a result of poor diet‚ lack of exercise‚ and lifestyle choices; but‚ of course‚ genetics does play a part. My family‚ for example‚ has a history of several issues. My father suffers from diabetes and asthma‚ which my children have as well. My older sister and I both suffer from stress‚ which is most likely causing our chronic heartburn and my headaches; and‚ both my husband and I are borderline obese‚ which is a gateway disease
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Study Guide Test One Chapters 1-8 BSN Assessment 3106 The test will be 50 multiple choice questions types of data: subjective data- what the patient says about themselves (ex. im feeling nauseous) objective data- what one can observe about the patient. can observe visually‚ by inspecting‚ palpating‚ percussing‚ and auscultating during a physical exam. what makes up a database: the subjective and objective information acquired along with patients record and laboratory files novice
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Family Assessment Susan Gerold-Terraza Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V May 12‚ 2013 Family Assessment Gordon’s functional health patterns is a method developed by Marjory Gordon‚ a nursing theorist and professor. The functional health patterns are to be used during the nursing process to obtain a more comprehensive assessment. There are 11 functional health patterns to in place to create a comprehensive assessment. The functional health patterns are values and health perception and
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Health History and Examination Health Assessment of the Head‚ Neck‚ Eyes‚ Ears‚ Nose‚ Mouth‚ Throat‚ Neurological System‚ and the 12 Cranial Nerves Skin‚ Hair‚ Nails‚ Breasts‚ Peripheral Vascular System‚ Lymphatics‚ Thorax‚ Heart‚ Lungs‚ Musculoskeletal‚ Gastrointestinal‚ and Genitourinary Systems Save this form on your computer as a Microsoft Word document. You can expand or shrink each area as you need to include relevant data for your client. Student Name: Date: Client/Patient
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Importance of Family Health History Your Patients’ and Your Own JoAnn Grif Alspach‚ RN‚ MSN‚ EdD‚ Editor As much as we might anticipate that the most cutting-edge scientific approaches to health assessment would afford the most reliable indicators for guiding health care decisions‚ that isn’t always the case. Researchers at the Genomic Medicine Institute’s Center for Personalized Genetic Healthcare at the Cleveland Clinic recently reported that when an assessment of family health history was compared
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From Thomas Gordon’s Functional Health Pattern (Carpenito-Moyet‚ 2004)‚ three areas of nursing interventions were implemented by registered nurses to promote safe mobility. These interventions aimed to reduce Thomas from falling as well as having skin damages cause by his incontinence and in addition‚ to support his lower extremities pain. According to Kneafsey et al. (2013)‚ extended periods of bedridden and inactivities due to low mobility will cause loss of muscle mass‚ loss in motivation to
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of Chester County community health needs assessment of children with dental health care needs. Quantitative information from the US census and Chester county department of health will provide the required statistics for the report‚ which will be compared to the Healthy people 2020 goals and objectives to determine the state of dental health care for children. Information Background of the Community Background information for the community is vital for the assessment‚ as it will provide in details
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