Nursing Students General Students
Published Sep 10, 2007
tequilaseay13
27 Posts
I am taking 188 foundation of physical assessment. We are doing the health history. Can someone tell me how to correctly do a history of present illness? I am so confused. Thank you
How can I write a paper from nursing journals? Where do I start? I have my topic, which is to write on one of the attribute of nursing, which I pick caring?
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MB37
1,714 Posts
We were taught OLDCARTS:
Onset
Location
Duration
Character
Associated symptoms, Aggravating factors
Relieving factors
Treatments tried
also patient's perception, and here's another mnemonic from my book:
PQRTSU
Provocative/Palliative - what brings it on/makes it better
Quality/Quantity - describe
Region/Radiation - where is it? does it spread?
Severity Scale (1-10)
Timing - onset, duration
Understand patient perception