Unit-1 Diet Counselling

Question 1

What are health needs assessment?

Answer 1

Health needs assessment is the systematic approach to ensuring that the health service uses its resources to improve the health of the population in the most efficient way

Question 2

What does it involve?

Answer 2

It involves epidemiological, qualitative, and comparative methods to describe health problems of a population; identify inequalities in health and access to services; and determine priorities for the most effective use of resources

Question 3

What are the components of health assessment?

Answer 3

History Taking
Physical Examination of various system
Nutritional assessment
Related investigations and diagnostic assessment

Question 4

What is the purpose of assessment?

Answer 4

To gather information regarding the client health
To determine client’s normal function
To organize the collected information
To confirm the hypothesis growing out of the nurse’s interview
To enhance the investigation of nursing problems
To frame nursing diagnosis
It increases greater managing skills of handling patient problem
To increase the health problems
To identify the clients strenght
To identify need for health teaching

Question 5

What are the different types of assessment?

Answer 5

Initial
Focus
Emergency
Time-Lapsed

Question 6

What is initial assessment? And what is its purpose?

Answer 6

Performed within specified time after admission to a health care agency
P: is to establish a complete data base for problem identification, reference, and future comparision

Question 7

What is focus assessment? AKA? Its Purpose?

Answer 7

It is an ongoing process integrated with the nursing care.
AKA: ongoing assessment
P: to determine the status of a specific problem identified in an earlier assessment and to identify new or over looked problem

Question 8

What is emergency assessment? Its purpose?

Answer 8

It is done during physiologic and psychologic crisis of the client
P: To identify life threatening condition or problems

Question 9

What is Time lapsed assessment?

Answer 9

Done several months after the initial assessment
P: to compare the client’s status to baseline data previously obtained

Question 10

What are the methods of assessment?

Answer 10

Observing
Interviewing
Examining

Question 11

What is observing?

Answer 11

It is a consious, deliberate skill that is developed only through and with an organized approach

Question 12

What is interviewing? What are its approaches?

Answer 12

It is a planned communication or a conversation with a purpose
ex: history taking
Approaches are directive and non directive

Question 13

What is examining?

Answer 13

Physical examination is a sytematic data collection method that uses obsevational skills to detect health problems
To conduct the examination the nurse uses techniques of onspection, auscultation, palpation, and percussion

Question 14

What are the types of data?

Answer 14

Subjective
Objective

Question 15

What is subjective data?

Answer 15

they are verbal statements provided by the patient. statements about nausea and descriptions of pain and fatigue are examples of subjective data

Question 16

what are objective data? AKA?

Answer 16

they are detectable by an observer or can be measure or tested against an accepted standard. they can be seen, heard, felt, or smelt, and they are obtained by observation or physical examination
ex: discolouration of the skin

Question 17

what are the sources of data?

Answer 17

Primary
Secondary

Question 18

What are the primary sources of data?

Answer 18

the primary source of data is the patient. in the most instances the patient is considered to be the most accuarate reporter. the alert and oriented patient can provide information about the past illness and surgeries and present signs, symptoms and lifestyle.
When the patient is unable to provide with the info because of deterioration of the mental status, age, or seriousness of the illness then secondary sources are used.