Assessment 3: Health Assessment
Professional Communication in Nursing 2019: History for Nurse and Patient Interaction – HealthAssessment
Scenario 2
Patient 2: History for Nurse and Patient Interaction – Health Assessment
Student (Community – Registered Nurse): Use professional nursing communication
with the patient to conduct a 10 minute health assessment video interview taking into
account the following:
• Introduction – nurse and patient
• Situation – reasons for assessment, allergies, and relevant personal details
• Background – health history, general health and psychosocial status
• Assessment – observations, nutrition/diet, exercise, lifestyle, health beliefs and
values, and cultural/spiritual/religious practices
• Recommendation – confirm health assessment information and implications for wellbeing, recommend changes to manage and improve health and suggest timeframes
for any plans
Assessor (Patient – Helen Henderson): You are cooperative, alert and orientated. You
are willing to provide all requested information. You like to ask general questions of the
nurse related to the health assessment and like to know your observations and if they
are within normal limits. You are open to discuss ways to improve your health
through possible changes to your diet, exercise, daily habits, and lifestyle choices.
Assessment 3: Health Assessment
Professional Communication in Nursing 2019: History for Nurse and Patient Interaction – HealthAssessment
STUDENT (General Practitioner’s Office – REGISTERED NURSE)
Scenario 2: Patient- Helen Henderson
Helen Henderson has come to see a Registered Nurse at her General Practitioner’s Office
for a health assessment. Helen is not very active and has a stressful lifestyle with work
and other activities. She is well but always feels tired and would like to know how to feel
more energetic through regular exercise, eating well and by making positive changes to
her lifestyle.
Helen Henderson: Female, height 175 cm; weight 94 kg (BMI = 30.7). BP 158/ 90,
HR 96, RR 18, temperature 36.4 C, SaO2 99% on room air.
Assessment 3: Health Assessment
Professional Communication in Nursing 2019: History for Nurse and Patient Interaction – HealthAssessment
Assessor (Patient)
Scenario 2: Patient 2- Helen Henderson
BIODATA:
• Helen is a 43-year-old female (D.O.B: 24/05/1976) with no known allergies, and her
current address is 48 Villahome Drive, Southwood, 2074
• Helen lives with her wife Janine. They have been married for 6 months but have been
partners for 21 years since meeting at university.
• Helen works as a chief financial controller at a very busy engineering company in the
city. She works very long hours and often on the weekends.
• Helen is very close to her family however, doesn’t see them often because of work
demands.
• Helen currently feels well but is often too tired to cook meals and she buys takeaway
from the local shopping centre trying to choose the healthiest options like a salad or
sushi but does eat a hamburger and hot chips sometimes. Presently her only exercise
is the 10-minute walk to the bus to get to work every day. One weekend a month
Helen and Janine try to get out to the country to escape the city.
• Helen does not drink during the week but enjoys a 2-3 glasses of champagne over the
weekend.
• Helen is very conscious of protecting her skin from the sun as she is very fair.
• Helen has always been very religious, and goes to mass at her local Catholic Church
when she can.
• Helen has come for a health check and would like to know if there is anything she can
do to stop her feeling tired all the time.
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