Assignment: Health History
This paper is regarding the Health History a Nurse Practitioner should use to gather information, and assess a new patient. A Health history provides the Nurse Practitioner a background on the patient, covering everything from their current health conditions, their parents, their environment, spirituality, occupation, everything that will provide the Nurse Practitioner with a well round view of the patient, so they may provide the appropriate care, and teachings for the patient. This paper MUST include the following:
A. Provide an overview of interviewing techniques for the Nurse Practitioner to use when obtaining a Health History from a new patient.
B. Construct relevant health history questions for all body systems as included on the review of systems (ROS).
C. Provide the expected normal subjective findings for each body systems on the ROS.
D. Advanced interview techniques.
E. Analyze and discuss how you might adapt your interviewing techniques to accommodate each of the following specific populations:
a. Infant/pediatric
b. Pregnancy
c. Geriatric
F. Identify one disease process or condition that may significantly hinder conducting a Health History interview.
G. Synthesis and discuss the expected abnormal physical examination findings that may be associated with this disease or disease process.
H. Summarize the key points.
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
a. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
b. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
c. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.