A 26-year-old Lebanese female

Effective communication is vital to constructing an accurate and detailed patient history. A patient’s health or illness is influenced by many factors, including age, gender, ethnicity, and environmental setting. As an advanced practice nurse, you must be aware of these factors and tailor your communication techniques accordingly. Doing so will not only help you establish rapport with your patients, but it will also enable you to more effectively gather the information needed to assess your patients’ health risks. For this Discussion, you will take on the role of a clinician who is building a health history for a particular new patient assigned by your Instructor. To prepare: With the information presented in Chapter 1 of Ball et al. in mind, consider the following: The patient profile for this Discussion is a 26-year-old Lebanese female living in graduate-student housing. How would your communication and interview techniques for building a health history differ with each patient? To get ready: Consider the following, keeping in mind the information presented in Chapter 1 of Ball et al. : A 26-year-old Lebanese female living in graduate student housing is the patient profile for this Discussion. How would your communication and interview techniques for gathering a health history differ from one patient to the next? How might you target your questions for building a health history based on the patient’s social determinants of health? What risk assessment instruments would be appropriate to use with each patient, or what questions would you ask each patient to assess his or her health risks? Identify any potential health-related risks based upon the patient’s age, gender, ethnicity, or environmental setting that should be taken into consideration. Select one of the risk assessment instruments presented in Chapter 1 or Chapter 5 of the Seidel’s Guide to Physical Examination text, or another tool with which you are familiar, related to your selected patient. Develop at least five targeted questions you would ask your selected patient to assess his or her health risks and begin building a health history. See less

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