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You are working as a travel health nurse in one of the clinics, a patient has...

You are working as a travel health nurse in one of the clinics, a patient has approached you to have an
evaluation of his health before travel -health risk assessments.


Search on the internet about a health risk assessment tool that you will use and attach it to your
document and put your reference. With website form where you get it


- Specify why you are going to use that tool.

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  1. This travel health risk assessment is a important tool involves gathering information on the traveller and their proposed journey. This assessment will help to identify specific travel related hazards and includes risk management advice and strategies.

Here the travel health nurse will collect health infirmation that includes biometric testing to assess an individuals health status, risk and habits.

The assessment tool contains the details including

  1. Age and sex
  2. Medical history and medication
  3. Previous travel experiances
  4. Information about the journey
  • Destination include geography. Epidemiology and current outbreak information
  • departure date and duration if travel
  • mode of travel
  • reason for travel includes pilgrimates bussiness, adventure, sex tourism etc
  1. 5. Identification of health risk during travel.
  2. 6. Education of travel risk communication

Use of the travel health assessment tool is

Its an essential tool for the travel health consultants. This information gathered from the tool will help the travel health nurse to provide advise according to the individual needs. This advise what the nurse providing will help the travellers to make informed choices about risk management strategies...

Nightingale answered 2 years ago
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