​The Interview

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The Interview:

The medical interview serves several functions. It is used to collect information to assist in diagnosis of the present illness, to understand the patient’s values, to assess and communicate prognosis, to establish a therapeutic relationship and to reach agreement with the patient about further diagnostic procedures and therapeutic options. The interview also offers an opportunity to influence patient behaviors.

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Please answer the following questions and include your rationale and evidence-based research to support your written work.

What does it means to document accurately and appropriately?

What are the documenting guidelines? When is it appropriate to use abbreviations?

What is the difference between subjective and objective data?

What does it mean to demonstrate clinical reasoning skills?

How can you use clinical reasoning to plan the organization of a comprehensive exam?

How will you document variations of normal and abnormal assessment findings?

What factors influence appropriate tools and tests necessary for a comprehensive assessment?

Reflect on personal strengths, limitations, beliefs, prejudices, and values.

How will these impact your ability to collect a comprehensive health history?

How can you develop strong communication skills.

What interviewing techniques will you use to interview the patient to elicit subjective health information about their health history?

What relevant follow-up questions will you use to evaluate patient condition?

How will you demonstrate empathy for patient perspectives, feelings, and sociocultural background?

What opportunities will you take to educate the patient?

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What does it means to document accurately and appropriately?
The accurate and appropriate documentation of the information provided by a patient
during medical interview is regarded as the recording of the data that can be used to provide care
and determine the patient’s response to them. Also, documents that are accurate and appropriate
adhere to the standards of the documentation guidelines for patient intake and examination.
What are the documenting guidelines? When is it appropriate to use abbreviations?
Documenting guidelines can be defined as the set of rules and procedures for recording
the information provided by the patient and observations by the clinical practitioner. Although
the use of abbreviations is regarded as similar to jargons and meaningless phrases, the
documenting guidelines for medical interview permit the use of those are generally understood
and utilized (Stevens & Pickering, 2010). For example, BP is the universally-accepted
abbreviation for document blood pressure during medical interview.
What is the difference between subjective and objective data?
Objective data are the information that are derived from the clinical practitioner’s
utilization of his or her five senses and can be measured or observed such as temperature and
blood pressure among others. In contrast subjective data ...


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