Assignment 1) Health History Assessment Using the following components of a health history assessment and your textbook for explicit details about

Assignment

1) Health History Assessment

Using the following components of a health history assessment and your textbook for explicit details about each category, complete a health assessment/history on an individual of your choice. The person interviewed must be 18 years of age or older and should NOT be a family member or close friend.

· Health History components to be included:

· Demographic data

· Perception of health

· Past Medical History (including medications, allergies, and vaccinations/immunizations)

· Family Medical History

· Review of the systems

· Developmental considerations

· Cultural considerations

· Psychosocial considerations

· If you were to perform a physical assessment, which body system would be a top priority for evaluation and why?

· List two teaching/learning need priorities for this individual (Consider Age,

· Psychosocial, Cultural, Lifespan concerns)

· Collaborative resources (Think Community, Family, Groups, Health Care System)

2) Reflection

Reflection is used to intentionally examine our thought processes, actions, and behaviors in order to evaluate outcomes. Provide a written reflection that describes your experience with conducting this Health History. First, reflect on your interaction with the interviewee holistically. Consider the interaction in its entirety: include the environment, your approach to the individual, time of day, and other features relevant to therapeutic communication and to the interview process (if needed, refer to your text for a description of therapeutic communication and of the interview process). Finally, be sure your reflection addresses each of these questions:

· How did your interaction compare to what you have learned?

· What went well?

· What barriers to communication did you experience?

· How did you overcome them? What will you do to overcome them in the future?

· Were there unanticipated challenges to the interview?

· Was there information you wished you had obtained?

· How will you alter your approach next time?

3) Your writing should reflect your synthesis of ideas based on prior knowledge, newly acquire information, and appropriate writing skills. Scoring of your work in written communication is based on proper use of grammar, spelling and how clearly you express your thoughts and reasoning in your writing.