Patient Health Assessment

Today, many Americans are affected by health care decisions made without their prior knowledge. More than likely most Americans are unsure how those decisions are decided and who is responsible for making those decisions that ultimately affect how health care is administered. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the United States government’s principle agency for protecting the health of all Americans and for providing essential human services, especially to those who are unable to help themselves. HHS administrators over two hundred programs and it accounts for almost forty percent of all United States federal government spending. HHS mission is to keep Americans safe and healthy through effective health and human service programs. The department has five strategic goals: strengthen health care, advance scientific knowledge and innovation, advance the health, safety, and well-being of the American people, increase efficacy, transparency, and accountability of HHS programs and strengthen the Nation’s health and human service infrastructure and workforce (Department of Health and Human Services, (n.d.).

Determine patient’s attitude about condition. Identifies areas to be addressed in teaching plan and potential referral needs.

The United States has an incredibly complicated and expensive healthcare system. Many health insurers and other organizations across the country have dramatically changed the way they do business in order to stay competitive, especially with the new climate that laws such as the Affordable Health Care Act have created. These organizations have developed new strategies and processes in order to participate in the insurance exchange program and other features of the federal healthcare law intended to make it cheaper and easier for individuals and small businesses to purchase health care (Benson, 2013). This essay discusses how a healthcare organization such as a hospital would develop

The goal of the patient gaining more confidence in health care professionals transferring him by 02/10/16, was partically met, however, he still gets anxiety and will occasionally move too quickly, therefore, he is still at risk for the patient falling. The patient met the goal of notifying the nurse or the nursing assistant when he needed to use the restroom. He would properly notify us as the healthcare providers by pushing his call light.

Mr. Douglass was advised to cut back on red meat intake and try to eat leaner meats such as chicken, fish and nuts.

Patient health behaviors have physical and emotional symptomology. The psychometric readings and discussions in this class provides an in-depth understanding of tools to utilize in primary care and traditional therapy settings. According to Wood, Garb, and Nezworski “Better measurement makes better clinicians”. The assessment tools I would utilize in a Primary Care setting are different from the tools I would utilize in a traditional therapy setting.

Thinking back over the years of being a nurse, I cannot say that one particular case has defined me as a nurse. However, I will say that that there was a 12-month period in which I worked on an Alzheimer’s secure unit a long-term care facility, that defined me a as nurse. I believe I had only been working as a nurse for about a year at this long-term facility, however, on another unit. A nurse quit that worked on the Alzheimer’s unit, so I applied for the position and go it, so I started working the unit the next following week. Since the nurse who originally worked that unit quit abruptly, I had no none to train me, so I went in blind. I remember my Director of Nursing at the time, giving me a big notebook

Following a thorough physical therapy examination, several primary and secondary impairments were found post-ACLR surgery. The primary impairments included: decreased hip and knee strength in bilateral lower extremities, left>right, bilateral tightness in the hamstrings, and limited active left knee range of motion. The secondary impairments included swelling in the left knee and slow cadence when ambulating due to the 3-point gait pattern with crutches. These impairments hinder the patient’s ability to perform transfers and prolonged ambulation, which prevented her from being able to participate in playing soccer, going to the mall with friends and running activities. Other limitations were difficulty with lifting objects

As the Director of Simulation and Coordinator of the Skills Laboratories, my assignment is mainly focused on the observation and evaluation of student hands-on abilities. It is my job to pinpoint gaps in patient care proficiencies and to focus on strategies for improvement. As stated by McDonald (2014), drag and drop test questions allow a student to show prioritization of skills. In my role, this item format is an irreplaceable tool. This question type allows me to assess my student’s understanding of sequencing of skill procedures along with their prioritization of patient care. As found by Wendt and Kenny (2009), even though alternative format questions were described as challenging, students agreed that alternative questions allowed

Performing a physical assessment involves collecting, validating, and analyzing subjective data, which are symptoms that are experienced or known only by the patient, as well as objective data, which are signs from direct observations or physical exams, to determine the overall level of physical, psychological, sociocultural, development, and even the spiritual health of a patient (Taylor, Lillis, & Lynn, 2015, p.625). However, it is important to conduct a focused assessment because of its purpose of assessing a specific problem and focusing on it to give the best care and treatment possible, since it usually requires advanced procedures done by advanced practice professionals. For instance, from the scenario of the 54-year-old male who complains

There are a few effective techniques that can be used to gather information during an assessment of a patient. I think the first thing to do after bringing the patient to a room that has been previously cleaned, is to sit down face to face with the patient. You want to do this at eye level and to make sure that the patient is at ease. When talking to the patient you also want to stay professional and be respectful.

This report will discuss the health assessment of a client who presented to my PEP facility, Clinic 275. Clinic 275 is a confidential and complimentary walk-in sexual health service which provides medical consultation/advice, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) (SA Health 2016a). Ultimately, this paper will illustrate how an ongoing health assessment, history taking, provision of client education and care options of certain STIs are fundamental to guiding the planning, implementation and evaluation of care for specific people. All information regarding the client, who will be referred to as R, was permitted for use by the facility and will maintain confidentiality in accordance with the guidelines of the Government of South Australia (2015, p.7; Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia 2016).

Throughout this complete health assessment, I will approach my patient, a 49 years old, female, married patient, and perform a head to toe examination. Starting with the gathering of information, I will start with biographic data, reason for seeking care, present illness, past health history, family history, functional assessment, perception of health, head to toe examination, and baseline measurements. The subjective data will be collected first, where the patient will provide necessary information about every organ system for further examination while the objective data will be amassed in every system based on my findings. This assignment serves as an opportunity to establish a nurse-client interpersonal relationship that

Health assessment is considered as the foundation of nursing (Altman, Kerestzes, Wcisel & Altman, 2010) because it is the first step mentioned in the nursing process. The activities in health assessment may include the collecting, confirming, organizing, interpreting and documenting patients’ data so that health providers will be able to produce nursing diagnosis thus enable them to treats their patients efficiently (Daniels, 2004). It is also mentioned that health assessment can be define as the collection of objective data (Altman, Kerestzes, Wcisel, & Altman, 2010).

Wellness remains vital for living a successful life in older adulthood, therefore conducting a wellness inventory aids in gaging areas that need improvement. Anne is a fairly healthy sixty-seven year-old married woman with three adult children. All of her children live out of the house in different towns. Anne lives in the Fortunes Rock community of Biddeford, Maine. Consequently, there are numerous outdoor recreation opportunities located on or near the seashore. Unfortunately Anne’s arthritis plus excess weight, creates an impediment on outdoor adventure. Anne stays extremely cautious about attempting new activities in hopes to prevent possible arthritis flare-ups. Furthermore, she even limits her stair usage in her split-level house. The relative wellness of Anne depends on her motivation level in addition to the healthy resources in proximity to her.