nursing

[kous4317]

hi I'm first year students and I have a question about the health assessment. I have interviewed a patients who has celiac disease which is allergy to gluten but I don't know what is health assessment finding!! is it celiac disease or the patient's symptoms.

thanks

[Summer Days]

Not sure what the assignment is. By definition, health assessment will go from head to toe. As you assess, you are to note what's normal and what's abnormal for each body system then report your findings. If your assignment asks for focussed assessment then you would assess further what the pt is presenting with, which in this case is celiac dz. Utilize look, listen, and feel as you go down head to toe. For example, look at the head, do you see anything out of the norm? When you palpate the head, do you feel any masses? Proceed this way for each body system and ask questions for any abnormality. Your findings become the health assessment. Hope this helped. All the best.

[kous4317]

thanks a lot, it is helpful, also I have one more question about Erik Erikson theory about life span development. how nurses can compare the patients with erkison stage and how it fit on the category. for example a patient who is 22 years old, has a job and full time student. how can I compare it with Erickson stage? thanks a lot for help me