Description
**Please note: List the health history in BULLET POINT form, not a narrative. Thank you!**Please note: List the health history in BULLET POINT form, not a narrative. Thank you!**Please note: List the health history in BULLET POINT form, not a narrative. Thank you!
Conduct a health history on a family member or friend. Be sure they give you permission. Using the interviewing techniques learned in Module 2, gather the following information. Use your textbook as your guide.
- Present Health
- Past Health
- Family History
While this is only a partial health history, summarize in 3 -5 pages the information you gathered. Also, answer the following questions:
- Was the person willing to share the information? If they were not, what did you do to encourage them?
- Was there any part of the interview that was more challenging? If so, what part and how did you deal with it?
- How comfortable were you taking a health history?
- What interviewing techniques did you use? Were there any that were difficult and if so, how did you overcome the difficulty?
- Now that you have taken a health history discuss how this information can assist the nurse in determining the health status of a client.
Your assignment must have accurate spelling and grammar
.**Please note: List the health history in BULLET POINT form, not a narrative. Thank you!
Explanation & Answer
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Present Health
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Past Health
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Family History
While this is only a partial health history, summarize in 3 -5 pages the information you
gathered. Also, answer the following questions in about 1 page.
1. Was the person willing to share the information? If they were not, what did you do to
encourage them?
2. Was there any part of the interview that was more challenging? If so, what part and
how did you deal with it?
3. How comfortable were you taking a health history?
4. What interviewing techniques did you use? Were there any that were difficult and if
so, how did you overcome the difficulty?
5. Now that you have taken a health history discuss how this information can assist the
nurse in determining the health status of a client.
Running head: HEALTH HISTORY INTERVIEW
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Health History Interview
Name
Institution Affiliation
Date
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HEALTH HISTORY INTERVIEW
Health History Interview
o My 60-year old aunt gave me permission for an interview to record her health history.
o She lives in a different neighborhood in the city, but the interview was through Zoom as
compliance with the CDC guidelines for social distance amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
o She lives with her 65-year-old husband with whom they are married for 30 years, but
they have no children.
o My father happens to be her closest family member who is alive. Both parents are dead,
as well as her sister.
o She occasionally takes alcohol but quitted smoking and excessive drinking 6 years ago.
o Her current BMI is 32.5
o She is non-Hispanic white and has a medical cover. Her husband was a military general,
and she was a high school teacher for 25 years.
Present Health
o She is diagnosed with breast cancer.
o She is also diagnosed with obesity and primary hypertension.
A. Breast Cancer
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