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A comprehensive overview of key concepts in health assessment, including components of a health assessment, health promotion and protection, therapeutic communication techniques, and age-related variations in health history taking. it also includes vital sign ranges for different age groups and discusses various assessment types such as comprehensive, problem-focused, and follow-up assessments. The content is presented in a concise question-and-answer format, making it suitable for quick review and self-assessment.
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Describe the components of a health assessment - ✔✔Health History, Physical Examination, Documentation of Data Define health promotion and health protection - ✔✔Primary prevention: prevents a disease Secondary prevention: screening for a disease Tertiary prevention: managing a disease Describe the concept of communication and discuss common therapeutic and non-therapeutic communication techniques - ✔✔-Active listening techniques
Use the OLDCARTS mnemonic to complete a symptom assessment - ✔✔O: onset- when did symptoms begin? L: location- where are symptoms occurring D: duration- how long have you had symptoms C: characteristics- can you describe it? A: aggravating factors- what makes it worse? R: Related symptoms- what other symptoms? T: treatment- what has been tried already? S: severity- what is the intensity of the symptom? Discuss age-related variations in the completion of the health history - ✔✔-Parents should not be in the room when adolescents are giving a health history.
Child 1 - 10 temperature - ✔✔ 97 - 99 Child 1 - 10 heart rate - ✔✔ 70 - 120 Child 1 - 10 blood pressure - ✔✔ 90 to 110/55 to 75 mm Hg Hypotension SBP < 70 + (age in years x2) mmHg Child 1 - 10 respiratory rate - ✔✔ 12 - 30 Children > 10 Temperature - ✔✔ 97 - 99 Children > 10 heart rate - ✔✔ 60 - 100 Children > 10 blood pressure - ✔✔ 110 - 135/65- 85 mm Hg Hypotension SBP < 90 mmHg Children > 10 Respiratory rate - ✔✔ 12 - 18 Adult temperature - ✔✔ 97 - 99 Adult heart rate - ✔✔ 60 - 100 Adult blood pressure - ✔✔ 90 - 120/60-80Hypotension SBP < 90 mmHg Orthostatic hypotension decrease ≥ 20 mmHg systolic Hypertensive crisis SBP > 180 or DBP > 120 mmHg Adult respiratory rate - ✔✔ 12 - 20