An Advanced Health Assessment Using Functonal Patten
A well-organized interview is one of the most sufficient ways to make the client’s situation to be acknowledged by health professionals. I recently conducted a health assessment interview with a client, aiming to gain a thorough understanding of her general health. Instead of using a systems approach which is focusing more on the health status of each part of the human body, I would rather choose a more person-centered approach, functional approach which look at the person as a whole, examine how the health status affect the way they function both as an individual and as a part of the society, but the systemic review is integrated where relevant. The proforma was designed based on a functional health patterns (Javrvis & Denmead 2012, p.456). Under each heading of these patterns, I designed questions aims to obtain the normal and abnormal findings, and the client’s answers are summarized in this assignment followed by a discussion from literature as indicated.
The patient I interviewed named Anne (pseudonym), 28 years old, admitted in a metropiltan public hospital for supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). She is otherwise physically sound, but has been experienced multiple hospital admission for the same diagnosis in the past 3 months. She is married with 3 children, smoker, moderate drinker, and having the family history of heart disease (her father has experienced several times of heart attack, alive). The other condition will be explored as the presentation of the interview outcome flow.
Health perception- Health management pattern
To Anne, to be healthy needs healthy diet, plenty of exercise and sleep, and just being happy inside and out. And she thinks it is quite hard for her at this stage. Being a mother of 3 children (9months, 2years old, 5 years old) and a first-year nursing student in the mean time, she rarely have time to engage in any exercise and looking after her children stops her from getting enough sleep. She is expecting that when her children
The patient I interviewed named Anne (pseudonym), 28 years old, admitted in a metropiltan public hospital for supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). She is otherwise physically sound, but has been experienced multiple hospital admission for the same diagnosis in the past 3 months. She is married with 3 children, smoker, moderate drinker, and having the family history of heart disease (her father has experienced several times of heart attack, alive). The other condition will be explored as the presentation of the interview outcome flow.
Health perception- Health management pattern
To Anne, to be healthy needs healthy diet, plenty of exercise and sleep, and just being happy inside and out. And she thinks it is quite hard for her at this stage. Being a mother of 3 children (9months, 2years old, 5 years old) and a first-year nursing student in the mean time, she rarely have time to engage in any exercise and looking after her children stops her from getting enough sleep. She is expecting that when her children
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