Conduct a health history on a family member or friend. Be sure they give you permission. Using the interviewing techniques learned in Module 2, gather the following information. Use your textbook as your guide.
While this is only a partial health history, summarize in 3 -5 pages the information you gathered. Also, answer the following questions:
Was the person willing to share the information? If they were not, what did you do to encourage them?
Was there any part of the interview that was more challenging? If so, what part and how did you deal with it?
How comfortable were you taking a health history?
What interviewing techniques did you use? Were there any that were difficult and if so, how did you overcome the difficulty?
Now that you have taken a health history discuss how this information can assist the nurse in determining the health status of a client.
Your assignment must have accurate spelling and grammar.
Requirements: 3-5 page
Answer preview
The fact that at some point, he didn’t open up fully was challenging to me as I wanted to get the full information as a way of understanding a friend and helping him at the same time. Respecting his privacy and asking one question at a time helped overcome the challenge, putting him in a relaxed state. Many interviews fail as people ask many questions at a go which makes one feel uncomfortable. Also, medical history is something many people are not comfortable talking about, so respecting one’s privacy gives them a feeling of empathy, making them open up more (Slade & Sergent, 2018). Also, moving to one’s vision puts them in a state of comfort. Me sharing my family health history made him feel like we were at the same level and made him talk more about his health as he also wanted to know more about my friend’s medical history. People tend to be interested in airing their problems in Front of respectful and understanding people, and so having such qualities is a good base to start an interview.
