Posted: July 15th, 2017

In a 1,000-1,250-word essay, summarize effective interview techniques for collecting a patient’s health history

Select one patient (neighbor, family, or friend) and write-up their comprehensive health history. Include the following variables: Identifying data. Past medical history. Health status, perceived barriers, and support. Chief complaint (CC). History of present illness (HPI). Family and/or social history (PFSH). Focused review of systems (ROS). Identify age, spiritual values, and cultural variables that were considered and how these variables influenced your interviews or health history. In a 1,000-1,250-word essay, summarize effective interview techniques for collecting a patient’s health history. Include the following: Address how to elicit the patient’s interpretation of their health status, their perceived barriers, and support. Critique the effectiveness of several history taking techniques with rationale from the readings.