1. Purposes of health assessment
1. Gather data
2. confirm, or refuse data obtained in the health history.
3. To confirm identify nursing diagnoses

2. 4. To make clinical judgments about client's changing health
5.To evaluate bio-psycho-social and spiritual outcomes of care.

3. Nursing and medical diagnosis There is a big Difference
* Nursing diagnosis independent role of the nurse
* Nursing diagnoses depends on the client's problems associated with specific disorder

4. Any problem must notice from a holistic view e. g
* Any problem must notice from a holistic view e.g. bio-psycho-social and spiritual relations
* Medical diagnoses depends on clinical picture and laboratory findings

5. *The specialist doctor has a right to diagnose not else
Example: DM is medical diagnoses (hypo or hyperglycemia)
* Nursing diagnoses in this case e.g. Impaired skin integrity R/T poor circulation, Knowledge deficit R/T…

6. Health history
1.The interview
2.Psychosocial assessment
3.Nutritional assessment
4.Assessment of sleep-wakefulness patterns
5.The health history.

7. Interview
*Definition: communication process focuses on the client's development, psychological, physiological, socio cultural , and spiritual

8. Components of nursing interview
Major purpose:
To obtain health history & to identify development of symptoms
Components of nursing interview
1. Introductory phase
2. working phase and
3. termination phase

9. Introductory phase:
Introduces yourself and explains the purpose of the interview to the client. Before Asking questions Let client to feel Comfort, Privacy and confidentiality

10. working phase:
*The nurse must listen and observe cues in addition to using critical thinking skills to validate information received from the client.
*The nurse identify client's problems and goals.

11. Termination phase:
The nurse summarizes information obtained during the working phase
validates problems and goals with the client.
Making plans to resolve the problems

12. Communications techniques during interview
Types of questions :
Use open ended questions to assess client's feelings e.g. what, how , which“
Use closed ended question to obtain facts e.g." when, did…etc.

13. 2. Types of statements to use:
Use list to obtain specific answers e.g. "is pain sever, dull sharp
Explore all data that deviate from normal e.g. “increase or decrease the problem
2. Types of statements to use:
clarify information, and encourage verbalization

14. 3. Accept the client use silence to recognize thoughts.
4. avoid some communication styles e.g.
*Excessive or not enough eye contact.
*Doing other things during getting history.

15. 5.specific age variations :-
Biased or leading questions e.g. "you don't feel bad"
- Relying on memory to recall information
5.specific age variations :-
- Pediatric clients: validate information from parents.
- Geriatric clients: use simple words, &assess hearing acuity

16. 6. Emotional variations:
*Be calm with angry clients
*simply with anxious
*interest with depressed client

17. 8. You can use culture broker:
7. cultural variations:" In the communication of self and clients”
8. You can use culture broker:
In different languages. And use pictures for non reading clients

18. Psychosocial assessment
*Involves, person's growth and development throughout his life
*Discuss crises with the clients to assess relationship between health & illness. “It depends on multiple G&D theories”.

19. Nutritional assessment
*Nutrition plays a major role in the way an individual looks, feels,& behaves.
*The body ability to fight disease greatly depends on the individual's nutritional status

20. Major goals of nutritional assessment
1.Identification of malnutrition.
2.Identification of over consumption
3.Identification of optimal nutritional health and fitness.

21. Components of Nutritional Assessment
1.Anthropometric measurement.
2.Biochemical measurement.
3.Clinical examination.
4.Dietary analysis.

22. Anthropometric measurement
*Measurement of size, weight, and proportions of human body
*Measurement includes: height, weight, skin fold thickness, and circumference of various body parts, including the head chest, and arm

23. Assess body mass index (BMI) to shows
Assess body mass index (BMI) to shows. High ratios of waist to hip circumference are associated with higher risk for illness & decreased life span.
BMI = (wt. in kilograms)
(High in meters) 2

24. Biochemical Measurement
Useful in indicating malnutrition or the development of diseases as a result of over consumption of nutrients. Serum and urine are commonly used for biochemical assessment.

25. Clinical examination
*Involves, close physical evaluation and may reveal signs suggesting malnutrition or over consumption of nutrients.
*Examination alone doesn't permit definitive diagnosis of nutritional problem

26. Dietary analysis
Food represent cultural and ethnic background and socio- economic status and have many emotional and psychological meaning

27. *Assessment includes usual foods consumed &habits of food
*Ask the client to recall every thing consumed within the past 24 hour including all foods, fluid, vitamins, minerals or other supplements. .