Unit 1 - Intro To Health Assessment Flashcards
What is Health Promotion?
The process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their health.
Levels of health Promotion
3
Primary- preventative measures (ie: hand washing)
Secondary- rectifying a problem before it becomes an illness (ie: screening)
Tertiary- management of health issue
Social Determinants of Health (9)
Socioeconomic status Physical Environment Health Services Healthy Childhood Development Personal Health Practices Individual Capacity + Coping Skills Biology + Genetics Gender Culture
Define Culture
There is no predefined approach in any one specific cultural community
Steps of Nursing Process
6
Assessment Diagnosis Outcome Identification Planning Implementation Evaluation
Define Critical Thinking
The ability to interpret argument, evidence, or raw info in a logical and unbiased fashion
What are the 12 Critical Thinking Skills in Health Assessment?
1 - Identify Assumptions 2 - ID an organized approach to assessment 3 - accuracy/reliability of data 4 - Distinguish normal from abnormal 5 - Making inferences 6 - Clustering related cues 7 - Distinguish relevant from irrelevant 8 - Recognize Inconsistency 9 - ID patterns 10 - ID missing info 11 - Promoting Health 12 - Diagnose Actual/Potential problems from data
What are the guidelines to Critical Health? (3)
1) BuildingTrust
2) Engage Through Listening
3) Convey Respect for differences
What is Subjective Data?
What the pt. says; feeling, sensation and expectations
“Use quotes to document what pt. says”
What is objective data?
What HCP observed
MEASURABLE
What is a Sign?
Objective abnormalities examiner observes
What is a Symptom?
Subjective sensation the pt. feels ( the pt. tells us this info)
Types of Assessment (4)
1) Complete Database - provide baseline for future assessment
2) Episodic Database - focused on 1 system/problem
3) Follow-Up Database - always evaluate problems at intervals
4) Emergency Database - used in emergent or unstable situations
Anatomical Terms: Anterior
To the front of the body
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Posterior
Towards the back of the body
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Inferior
Away from the head
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Superior
Upwards towards the head
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Lateral
Towards the outside of body; moving away from the midline of body
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Medial
Towards the midline of the body
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Palmar
Palms facing the anterior direction
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Plantar
The underside of foot
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Flexor
Moving arm away from resting position
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Extensor
Moving arm across body
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Proximal
Limbs; moving towards the origin of limb
