The Complete Health History
A genogram is used for what reasons?
Family history
(to figure out baby momma drama... jk)
An adult patient’s pulse is 46 beats per minute. The term used to describe this rate is
What are nociceptors?
Type of data that you collect when you observe the person's posture, physical appearance, and overall demeanor.
What is objective data?
This area of the hand is best for determining temperature
What is dorsa (backs) of hands/fingers
The nurse questions the reliability of the history provided by the patient. One method to verify information within the context of the interview is to
Rephrase the same questions later in the interview.
What is hyperthermia?
When the pain impulse moves from the level of the spinal cord to the brain.
What is the Transmission phase?
When people seek health care in settings like hospitals and nursing homes, services cannot be denied to them.
What is Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Listening to the sounds produced by the body using a stethoscope
What is auscultation?
When recording information for the review of systems, the interviewer must document -
The presence or absence of all symptoms under the system heading.
Which technique would the nurse use to noninvasively assess arterial oxygen saturation?
What is a pulse oximeter?
Pain that is felt at a particular site but originates from another location.
What is referred pain?
The world is an arena in which supernatural forces dominate.
What is Magicoreligious perspective?
Humpback appearance common in the very old and people with osteoporosis.
What is kyphosis?
A patient seeks care for “debilitating headaches that cause excessive absences at work.” On further exploration, the nurse asks, “What makes the headaches worse?” With this question, the nurse is seeking information about -
What is aggravating factors?
Pulse pressure is described as:
What is the difference between the systolic and diastolic pressure?
These receptors modulate perception of pain in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord AND peripheral nerves.
What are Mu receptors?
Influence an individual's health status - a constellation of factors.
What is Social Determinants of Health?
As you proceed through health history, make note of these 4 areas.
What is physical appearance, body structure, mobility, and behavior?
An evaluation of past and present health state of each body system. (In the health history)
What is "Review of Systems"?
Silence for 30 to 40 mmHg during deflation; an abnormal finding
What is an auscultatory gap?
Asks the patient to answer 8 questions concerning location, duration, quality, quality, intensity, and aggravating/relieving factors.
What is Initial Pain Assessment?
What are Nonberval behaviors of the interviewer?
What is an older adult?