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What is the purpose of obtaining a health history from a patient?
What is the purpose of obtaining a health history from a patient?
- To prescribe medication immediately
- To identify problems and formulating nursing diagnoses (correct)
- To request laboratory tests without any analysis
- To schedule surgery without further evaluation
Why is health history considered an essential part of patient assessment?
Why is health history considered an essential part of patient assessment?
- To obtain critical information about the patient's health status (correct)
- To learn about the patient's daily exercise routine
- To gather information about the patient's favorite foods
- To increase the cost of healthcare services
What should a nurse aim to achieve by the end of taking a patient's health history?
What should a nurse aim to achieve by the end of taking a patient's health history?
- Avoid making any clinical decisions
- Passively listen to the patient without guiding them
- Have an idea of possible causes of the patient's illness (correct)
- Immediately diagnose the illness
In which way does obtaining a health history help in client care?
In which way does obtaining a health history help in client care?
What is one of the purposes of guiding a patient into giving out information during health history taking?
What is one of the purposes of guiding a patient into giving out information during health history taking?
What is the purpose of eliciting the 'exact nature of symptom' in a health history?
What is the purpose of eliciting the 'exact nature of symptom' in a health history?
Why is it important to ask about 'change over time' when evaluating a symptom?
Why is it important to ask about 'change over time' when evaluating a symptom?
In a health history, asking about 'what makes it worse' aligns with which mnemonic commonly used for pain assessment?
In a health history, asking about 'what makes it worse' aligns with which mnemonic commonly used for pain assessment?
When assessing a patient's past medical history, which of the following conditions should be specifically asked for according to the text?
When assessing a patient's past medical history, which of the following conditions should be specifically asked for according to the text?
Which component of health history involves questions about family health, diseases running in the family, and deaths and causes in the family?
Which component of health history involves questions about family health, diseases running in the family, and deaths and causes in the family?
