Growth & Development
At this age, infants typically roll from abdomen to back.
What is 4-5months?
Most often, this history is recorded the first time you see the patient and makes you as thoroughly familiar with the patient as possible.
What is a complete history?
This is the baseline for assessing the present concern and includes gender identity, childhood illnesses immunizations, surgeries, allergies, medications, and recent screenings, to name a few.
What is past medical history?
This evolves from honesty, candor, and demonstrating dignity and respect toward the patient.
What is trust?
This is the age when bones are fully ossified.
What is Adulthood?
Toddlers typically experience a peak of separation anxiety at this age.
What is 15-18 months?
This history is taken when the problem is acute, possibly life-threatening, requiring immediate attention.
What is a problem (or focused) history?
These are some components of handling these types of issues: provide privacy, do not waffle, do not apologize for asking a question, do not preach.
What is how to handle sensitive issues?
The purpose of this is to discover the details about a patient’s concern, explore expectations for the encounter, and display genuine interest, curiosity, and partnership
What is the primary objective of the patient-clinician relationship?
Access to healthcare is this kind of detriment.
What is Social?
At this age, children can typically copy a square.
What is age 4?
This history is designed to chronicle events that have occurred since your last meeting with the patient.
What is an interim (or interval) history?
This is an assessment to attempt to understand a patient’s ability to achieve the basic activity of daily living. This assessment should be made for all older adults and for any person limited by disease or disability, acute or chronic.
What is a functional assessment?
Be courteous; ensure comfort, confirm that all that has happened during the patient-clinician interaction is clearly understood and your patient is able to articulate the agreed-on plan.
What are the principals of effective communication?
The process of adapting to a new culture, while changing many aspects of one’s own culture, is termed:
What is Acculturation?
Around 11 years, children begin showing this type of higher-level reasoning.
What is abstract reasoning?
This is an imperative first step in obtaining a health history.
What is communicating well?
This is a brief statement about why the patient is seeking care.
What is the chief complaint?
These go a long way toward establishing a first good impression with the patient. Clean fingernails, modest clothing, neat hair are imperative.
What is professional dress and grooming?
Asking a patient’s dominant culture, including the accompanying health beliefs, and beliefs about birth, illness, and death is this kind of assessment.
What is cultural assessment?
By age 3, children can say this many words and use 3-4 word sentences.
What is 900 words?
These mnemonics are used during a focused history to obtain specific subjective information about the chief complaint.
What is OLD CARTS or OPPQRST?
This identifies the presence or absence of health-related issues in each body system (depending on the type of patient visit will determine how many body systems are included).
What is Review of Systems?
This type of question gives the patient discretion about the extent of an answer.
What are open-ended questions?
The M-CHAT is a screening tool designed to be used between the following ages.
What is 16 months and 30 months of age?