NUR 1600 EXAM 8
- Critical Indicators
Answer Name DOB
Allergies Pronouns Hand Hygiene
- Interviewing Patient
Answer Used to get health history
- Ask open-ended questions
- Clarify/restate
- Ask/learn about chief complaint
- Past health and family history
- Numeric Pain
Answer 0-10, 0 being no pain, 10 being absolute worst
- FACES Pain
Answer Cartoon happy/sad faces Used for kids and non verbal patients
- Brief Head to Toe
Answer Quick overview of physical health (Shift)
- Holistic Patient Assessment
Answer All aspects of a patient (physical, mental, spiritual)
- Sign 1 / 2
Answer Objective evidence (fever or broken bone)
- Symptom
Answer Subjective evidence (pain or headache)
- Objective
Answer Something we can measure or see
- Subjective
Answer Something a patient tells us
- Therapeutic Communication Strategies
Answer Active listening Empathy
Facilitation Clarification Reflection Interpretation Summarization Confrontation
- Therapeutic Communication Barriers
Answer Arguing False reassurance
Probing sensitive areas Prejudice/stereotyping
- Open-end Questions
Answer Gets more information
- Closed-end Questions
- / 2
Answer Yes or no