Follow these guidelines when completing this assignment. Speak with your faculty member if you have questions.
1. Complete a health assessment/history on an individual of your choice who is 18 years of age or older and NOT a family member or close friend.
a. The purpose of this restriction is to avoid any tendency to anticipate answers or to influence how the questions are answered. Your goal in choosing an interviewee is to simulate the interaction between you and an individual for whom you would provide care.
b. Inform the individual that information obtained will be kept confidential and do not use identifying information within the assignment.
c. There are three parts to this assignment.
2. Include the following sections when completing the assignment
a. Health History Assessment (70 points/70%)
1) Demographics
2) Perception of Health
3) Past Medical History
4) Family Medical History
5) Review of Systems
6) Developmental Considerations- use Erikson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development- which stage is your participant at and give examples of if they have met or not met the milestones for that stage.
7) Cultural Considerations- definition, cultural traditions, cultural viewpoints on healing/healers, traditional and complementary medicine, these are examples but please add more
8) Psychosocial Considerations- support systems-family, religious, occupational, community these are examples but please add more
9) Collaborative Resources to Improve Health- give examples of resources available to improve the health of the participant such as community, nutritional recommendations, healthcare, spiritual, etc.
b. Reflection (20 points/20%)
Reflection is used to intentionally examine our thought processes, actions, and behaviors in order to evaluate outcomes. Provide a written reflection that describes your experience with conducting this Health History.
1) Reflect on your interaction with the interviewee holistically.
a) Describes the interaction in its entirety: include the environment, your approach to the individual, time of day, and other features relevant to therapeutic communication and to the interview process.
2) How did your interaction compare to what you have learned?
3) What barriers to communication did you experience?
a) How did you overcome them?
b) What will you do to overcome them in the future?
4) What went well with this assignment?
5) Were there unanticipated challenges during this assignment?
6) Was there information you wished you had available but did not?
7) How will you alter your approach next time?
3. Style and Organization (10 Points/10%)
Your writing should reflect your synthesis of ideas based on prior knowledge, newly acquired information, and appropriate writing skills. Scoring of your work in written communication is based on proper use of grammar, spelling, APA, and how clearly you express your thoughts and reasoning in your writing.
1) Grammar and mechanics are free of errors.
2) Verbalizes thoughts and reasoning clearly
3) Uses appropriate resources and ideas to support topic with APA where applicable.
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Grading Rubric
Criteria are met when the student’s application of knowledge within the paper demonstrates achievement of the outcomes for this assignment.
Assignment Section and Required Criteria
(Points possible/% of total points available)
Highest Level of Performance
High Level of Performance
Satisfactory Level of Performance
Unsatisfactory Level of Performance
Section not present in paper
Health History Assessment
(70 points/70%)
70 points
66 points
52 points
35 points
0 points
Required criteria
1. Demographics
2. Perception of Health
3. Past Medical History
4. Family Medical History
5. Review of Systems
6. Developmental Considerations
7. Cultural Considerations
8. Psychosocial Considerations
9. Collaborative Resources to Improve Health
Includes 9 requirements for section.
Includes 7-8 requirements for section.
Includes 5-6 requirements for section.
Includes 1-4 requirements for section.
No requirements for this section presented.
Reflection
(20 points/20%)
20 points
18 points
16 points
10 points
0 points
Required criteria
1. Reflect on your interaction with the interviewee holistically.
a) Describes the interaction in its entirety: include the environment, your approach to the individual, time of day, and other features relevant to therapeutic communication and to the interview process.
2. How did your interaction compare to what you have learned?
3. What barriers to communication did you experience?
a) How did you overcome them?
Includes 7 requirements for section.
6 requirements for section.
Includes 5 requirements for section.
Includes 1-4 requirements for section.
No requirements for this section presented.
Assignment Section and Required Criteria
(Points possible/% of total points available)
Highest Level of Performance
High Level of Performance
Satisfactory Level of Performance
Unsatisfactory Level of Performance
Section not present in paper
b) What will you do to overcome them in
the future?
4. What went well with this assignment?
5. Were there unanticipated challenges during this assignment?
6. Was there information you wished you had available but did not?
7. How will you alter your approach next time?
Style and Organization
(10 points/10%)
10 points
8 points
4 points
0 points
Required criteria
1. Grammar and mechanics are free of errors.
2. Verbalizes thoughts and reasoning clearly.
3. Uses appropriate resources and ideas to support topic with APA where applicable.
Includes no fewer than 3 requirements for section.
Includes no fewer than 2 requirements for section.
Includes 1 requirement for section.
No requirements for this section presented.
Total Points Possible = 100 points
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