Professional Regards in Health Assessment

Professional Regards in Health Assessment

First, you must find a professional article in regards to health assessment. This article can be about a full health assessment or just a specific component. Based on your readings, experience and chosen article discuss your thoughts regarding the importance of health assessment and the role as a starting point for clinical reasoning. How well does nursing in general perform a health assessment? How are patient outcomes affected by a nurse’s assessment? Have you experienced/witness poor outcomes associated with lack of quality, thorough health assessment? What are the barriers to nursing for performing a thorough health assessment? What solutions do you have to overcome the barriers? Describe the use of critical thinking in diagnostic reasoning and clinical judgment. When writing any post please to ensure confidentiality of any person or place of employment if you are discussing an example.

Question 2

You only need to post an initial response to one of the following. Your participation posts can be to anyone and either option. The only rule regarding your selection is what others have posted. Half of your group will respond to option #1 and half of your group will respond to option #2. Therefore if you are in a group of 6 and when you log on 3 people already made a post to option #1 than you will make your initial post to option #2. Your posts to others can be in either option #1 or #2.

Option 1: In the following scenario, discuss the developmental, age, socioeconomic and cross-cultural considerations that should be considered during the gathering of the subjective and objective  and the provision of health care. Discuss the findings presented. Is there additional information / assessments you would like to know prior to making a clinical judgment?

It is December in a northern state. S.A. has brought her two children, ages 3 and 5 years, to the health clinic for the first time. She states that she recently emigrated from India. She is wearing a sari with a light coat, and each child is wearing a light jacket. Interaction between parent and children is appropriate. The children both fall at the 4th percentile for both height and weight. Overall, nutrition status appears to be satisfactory.

Option 2: S.P. is a 75-year-old female who presents to the provider’s office with fatigue. Subjective data includes: PMH – hypertension, hyperlipidemia, MI 3 years ago; fatigue started about a month ago, getting worse; relieved with rest, exacerbated with activity; denies chest pain, ankles swollen. The Objective data includes: Vital signs T 98.3, P 112, R 18, BP 110/54; Lungs – bilateral lower lobe crackles anterior and posterior; O2 sat = 94% on RA; Skin is cool to touch; CV- heart rate regular, positive peripheral pulses, ECG=no changes, +2 edema bilateral ankles; Medications include Metoprolol 20mg/day and Aspirin 325mg per day.

1. What other questions should the nurse ask about the fatigue?

2. What other assessments are necessary for this patient?

3. Based on the readings, what is the most likely cause of fatigue for this patient?