Nursing 1180A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nursing Diagnosis, Testicular Cancer, Subcutaneous Tissue
9 Dec 2016
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Learn how to complete a mental status assessment. Explore assessment of clients w suicidal ideation. Understand common alterations to mental status across the lifespan. Review: components of the nursing health history daily living: demographic data, reasons for seeking care, history of present illness (oldcarts);+/- pain goal; +/- functional goal; +/- )adls )nstrumental activities: personal & family history, medication profile, review of systems, exploration of current symptoms (including potential psychological trauma, exploration of risk/contributing factors. This assessments give us clues on which to follow up. In the absence of concern, the initial assessment occurs with every meeting or interview; i. e. as part of your general survey. In other words, you assess abct while gathering s & o data during the health history. Cognition: the faces of the 3 d(cid:495)s: delirium, dementia, & depression. Dementia: slow, subtle process resulting in progressive loss of cognitive function, common types include, alzheimer(cid:495)s disease (cid:523)6(cid:882)%(cid:524), multi-infarct dementia (vascular.
