You have just completed a new client assessment on a patient in the community. Using your knowledge that a common process is to assess individuals for risk factors that have been associated with a disease or illness, what are risk factors?
A) Course of a disease or condition from the onset to resolution
B) Primary measurement used to describe either the occurrence or the existence of a specific state of health or illness
C) Probability or likelihood that a disease or illness will occur in a group of people who presently do not have the problem
D) Characteristics or events that have been shown to increase the probability that a specific disease or illness will develop
Question 2
You have to document the course of your client's condition from the onset to resolution Using your knowledge about the natural history of most illnesses, what stages will be included in the documentation?
1. Pathological onset stage
2. Presymptomatic stage
3. Manifestation of clinical disease
4. Resolution
A) 1, 2, 3
B) 1, 2, 4
C) 1, 3, 4
D) 2, 3, 4
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