Reference no: EM133221378

In this section, the process of taking a health assessment is the focus.

The three main components of a health assessment are a general survey, patient history, and physical examination

Discuss how a health assessment would need to be tailored to the individual patient in 2 of the scenarios below. For each 2 chosen scenarios, also identify 4 different aspects of health assessment, including features of the setting as well as developmental, age-specific information, cultural and/or lifespan factors that may impact the interaction between a nurse and patient

Chosen scenarios:

1. Master B = a 6-month-old male child (accompanied by his parent) recently immigrated from Sudan and is visiting a child health nurse. The child has no known health challenges.

2. Mrs E = a 48-year-old female recently diagnosed with high blood pressure, is visiting the general practice office where the nurse works as a practice nurse. The client is a single mother with 2 teenage children