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A state of complete physical, mental, social, spiritual well-being, and not merely absence of the disease of infirmity
Health
The key component of midwife practice required for planning and provision of client patient and family centered care
Assessment
Purpose of Assessment
• To collect data about physical, mental and social well being of
client.
• To get clear picture of the client’s health status and health related
problems.
• To determine the cause and extent of disease.
• To determine the nature of treatment required for client.
• To collect data systematically.
• To get holistic (complete) view of the client.
• To formulate appropriate nursing/midwife care plan
The collection of data regarding client’s health in chronological order
Health history
Components of Health History
1. Biographical Information/ Baseline data
2. Chief complaints
3. Present health history
4. Past health history
5. Family history
6. Personal history
7. Environmental history
8. Socio economic history
9. Psychological histor
This includes information regarding
• Client’s name/Patient name
• Age
• Gender/Sex
• Address
• Hospital number
• Marital status
• Education
• Occupation
• Date and Time of Admission
• Diagnosis
Biographical information or baseline data
- The condition that brought client to health care facility
- reason for visit
Chief Complaints
It is the expansion of chief complaints.
It should include
• Onset of the problem,
• Clinical manifestations,
• Including severity of symptoms,
• Pain, etc
Present health history
It is the information about client’s previous experience with any disease or surgery.
This health history includes the detail of
• Childhood illness
• Adult illness
• Psychiatric illness
• Injuries, burn, fractures etc.
• Hospitalization
• Surgical & diagnostic procedure
Past health history
- type of family
- number of family and their health status
Family history
• Dietary pattern
• Sleep pattern
• Elimination pattern
• Habits
• Bathing pattern
Personal history
It includes client’s environmental detail such as,
• Type of the house
• Number of rooms
• Ventilation
• Water supply
• Power supply
• House drainage system
Environmental history
It includes collecting data regarding client’s
• Life style
• Which class they belong
• What is the monthly or annual income of the
family
Socio-economic history
It includes whether client is co-operative with his/her
• Family
• Relatives
• Neighbors
Psychological history
