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Health History and Physical Examination Chapter 3 Overview Copyright © 2011, 2007 by Mosby, Inc., an affiliate of Elsevier Inc.

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Health History and Physical Examination

Chapter 3 Overview

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Data CollectionMedical Focus

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Table 3-1. Medical History Format.

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Data CollectionNursing FocusTypes of DataInterview ConsiderationsSymptom InvestigationData Organization

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Data Collection

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Fig. 3-1. Obtaining a nursing history is an important role of the nurse.

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Culturally Competent Care

Assessment

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Nursing History:Subjective Data

Important Health InformationPast health historyMedicationsSurgery or other treatments

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Nursing History:Subjective Data

Functional Health PatternsHealth perception–health management pattern

Nutritional-metabolic Elimination patternActivity-exercise patternSleep-rest pattern Cognitive-perceptual pattern

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Nursing History:Subjective Data

Functional Health Patterns, continuedSelf-perception–self-concept pattern

Role-relationship pattern Sexuality-reproductive pattern

Coping–stress tolerance pattern

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Physical Examination:Objective Data

General SurveyPhysical Examination

Techniques Inspection Palpation

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10Fig. 3-2. Palpation is the examination of the body through the use of touch.

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Physical Examination:Objective Data

Physical ExaminationTechniques, continued Percussion Auscultation

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Fig. 3-4. Auscultation is listening to sounds produced by the body to assess normalconditions and deviations from normal.

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Fig. 3-3. Percussion technique. Tapping the interphalangeal joint. Only the middle finger of the nondominant hand should be in contact with the skin surface.

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Physical Examination:Objective Data

Physical Examination, continuedEquipment

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Table 3-4. Equipment for Physical Examination*.

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Physical Examination:Objective Data

Physical Examination, continuedOrganization of examination

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Physical Examination:Objective Data

Physical Examination, continuedRecording physical examination

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Table 3-6. Gerontologic Differences in Assessment.

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Types of AssessmentComprehensive Assessment

Focused AssessmentEmergency Assessment

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Types of AssessmentLearning Assessment

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Table 3-8. Clinical Application of Various Types of Assessment.

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Problem Identification and Nursing Diagnoses

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Fig. 3-5. Problem identification phase of the nursing process.

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