Question

Patient is a pre school aged white female living in a rural community. As a health care provider, Identify any potential health-related risks based upon the patient’s age, gender, ethnicity, or environmental setting that should be taken into consideration when assessing the patient. Write a summary of the interview and a description of the communication techniques you would use with this assigned patient. Explain why you would use these techniques. Identify the risk assessment instrument you selected, and justify why it would be applicable to the selected patient. Provide at least five targeted questions you would ask the patient.

Answer 1

1. The following are the potential health related risks for a pre School female living in rural community:

A. Mental, behavioral, and developmental disorders (MBDDs).

B. Malnutrition.

C. Infections.

D. Psychosocial deprivation.

E. Genetic Isssue's.

F. Psychosocial deprivation.

G. Insanitary environment as well as lack of hygiene.

H. Social inequality.

2. Summary of the interview:

   The nurse need to build relationship with the patient and parents by greating the patient first, patient trust is very important for complaince,By creating an comfortable environment, Patient will be at ease and stay calm Talk to the patient by healing healing down, By letting them hold the things which are used for assessment ,Make them listen to your heart first.

3. The following are the communication technique s while dealing with patients:

A. Accepting: it’s necessary to acknowledge what patients say and affirm that they’ve been heard.

B. Offering Self
Hospital stays can be lonely, stressful times; when nurses offer their time, it shows they value patients.

C. Giving Broad Openings
Therapeutic communication is often most effective when patients direct the flow of conversation and decide what to talk about.

D. Active Listening
By using nonverbal and verbal cues such as nodding and saying “I see,” nurses can encourage patients to continue talking

E. Seeking Clarification
Similar to active listening, asking patients for clarification when they say something confusing or ambiguous is important.

4. These technique are used as the nurse is dealing with pre school s children's.

5. Risk Assessment Tools:

A. Use of standardized assessment tools to gain a better understanding of risk factors for specific clinical settings and client populations.

B. The Braden Scale and the Norton Scale have been tested sufficiently for reliability and validity to be useful adjuncts to nursing assessments and care planning.

C.These tools, along with clinical judgment, increase the ability to identify risk factors that are then incorporated into a client specific prevention plan of care.

E. Ideally, the client should be assessed for risk on admission, again in 48 hours and as often as the level of morbidity indicates.

5. Targeted questions you must ask the patient are:

1. Tell me about the last meal that you ate. When did you eat? Where did the food come from?where did you eat it? What did you eat?

2.How often do you feel hungry and don’t have anything to eat?

3.Tell me about the water you drink? And where did it come from.

4.I see that you have been sick for a long time ?have you seen doctor or nurse about this problem?

5.How did you get to the doctor's office?