The most obvious reason for using a framework when assessing a patient is to:
1) Prioritize assessment data.
2) Organize and cluster data.
3) Separate subjective and objective data.
4) Identify primary from secondary data.
Question 2
The nurse is interviewing a patient who has a recent onset of migraine headaches. The patient is highly anxious and cannot seem to focus on what the nurse is saying.
Which of the following questions would be best for the nurse to use to begin gathering data about the headaches?
1) When did your migraines begin?
2) Tell me about your family history of migraines.
3) What are the types of things that trigger your headaches?
4) Describe what your headaches feel like.
The patient interview often requires note taking.
The liver in this photograph was from a deceased patient with an advanced state of cirrhosis.
Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). The grafts are often obtained from the patient’s saphenous vein
A medical assistant helps the physician with a patient.
Pneumonia patient’s chest x-ray. Note the irregular areas of density.
Inadequate Airway, Breathing and Circulation in the Trauma Patient (Part 2)