Nursing 1101W Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Feces, Auscultation, Hemorrhoid
4 Mar 2016
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N1101 - lecture 3 nursing history, assessment & interviewing strategies. A nursing holistic health assessment is defined as the systematic collection of subjective data - stated by the client/family (symptom) and objective data - observed by the nurse (signs), used to determine a client"s functional health pattern status. The nurse collects physiologic, psychological, sociocultural, and spiritual client data. Examples of subjective (symptoms) & objective data (signs) (kozier p. 462; weber pp. May be started by one nurse and completed by another. Valuables identified and secured - best sent home with family. *often resuscitation/end of life care plan is completed and risks identified (falls, pressure risk, aro) as part of the history/admission process: be detailed describe valuables (money, jewellery), count money (how many bills of each), with another nurse. Components of nursing health history (9: biographical data, family history, lifestyle (sleep pattern, appetite, wt. loss/gain, chief concern or reason for visit. Patient"s perception what they think is going on.
