During an assessment of the cranial nerves, the nurse finds the following: asymmetry when the patient smiles or frowns, uneven lifting of eyebrows, sagging of the lower eyelids, and escape of air when the nurse presses against the right puffed cheek. This would indicate dysfunction of which of these cranial nerves?
Functional assessment includes questions on substance use and abuse. C) symptoms. The eight critical characteristics of any symptom reported in the history of the present illness are: P = provocative or palliative; Q = quality or quantity; R = region or radiation; S = severity scale; T = timing; and U = understand patient's perception.
Most of health practices used by folk healers are not dangerous and are usually harmless. While evaluating the health history, the nurse determines that the patient subscribes to the hot/cold theory of health. Which of the following will most likely describe this patient's view of wellness?
Obtaining a heritage assessment helps gather data that are accurate and meaningful and can guide culturally sensitive and appropriate care. According to the biomedical model, a narrow definition of health is: A) an optimal functioning of mind, body, and spirit within the environment. B) the absence of disease.
Nursing has an expanded concept of health; holistic health includes the mind, body, and spirit as interdependent and functioning as a whole within the environment. B) the absence of disease.