GENERAL ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET 1. What is the purpose of the…

GENERAL ASSESSMENT
WORKSHEET
1. What is the purpose of the health/general assessment
2. What is the difference between empathy and sympathy?
3. When communicating with the elderly, what should the nurse anticipate?
4. What are the different types of Assessments?
5. Identify 3 reasons that a nurse does a health assessment.
6. What is the different between internal and external factors when performing a health
assessment?
7. What type of questions should the nurse ask when gathering the client’s history?
8. List the 4 techniques a nurse uses when performing a head to toe physical assessment.
Explain
a.
b.
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c.
d.
9. Describe what the nurse should look for within each of the following: Identify what the
abnormal may be
a. Age
b. Level of consciousness
c. Skin color
d. Facial features
e. Stature
f. Nutrition
g. Posture
h. Body position
i. Body build
j. Gait
k. Range of Motion
l. Mood & effect
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m. Dress
n. Hygiene
10. How do you calculate the BMI?
11. When do you perform a full Mental Status Examination?
12. Assessment of Speech
a. Dysphonia:
b. Dysarthria:
c. Aphasia:
13. Explain the difference between Delirium & Dementia & Vascular Dementia.
14. What is sundowning mean ? How would the nurse calm the patient experiencing
sundowning?
15. Explain each of the following:
a. Recent memory
b. Remote memory:
c. New learning
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16. Explain the Mini mental state examination and the Mini Cog.
17. Define each
a. Lethargic
b. Obtunded
c. Stupor
d. Coma
e. Flat affect
f. Euphoria
g. Rage
h. Ambivalence
i. Liability
j. Inappropriate affect
18. Define how depression can effect the elderly.
19. What is Alzheimer’s: BRIEFLY describe the pathophysiology, signs & symptoms, the 3
stages, medications and nursing management.