1 Running head: PATIENT INTERVIEW Patient Interview Name: Institution: Course Code: PATIENT INTERVIEW 2 When conducting a physical assessment on patients, it is important that nurses take note of their mental and emotional state as well. This is because their physical health may be contributed by situations that affect their mental well-being. The various aspects of physical assessment include inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation (Wolters Kluwer Health Inc., 2019). The patient in question is a 27-year-old woman who is to be admitted to a work-up of weight loss. There are several issues that are discovered while conducting an admission interview. She reveals that she had lost her job and that her family has a history of depression and even suicide. I would construct my interview around these two issues by probing her to talk about her instances of depression. By doing ...
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