Health History Tips & Tricks: Answer- TJ Health Interview
Student: Hello! Answer- Diana Shadow: Hi. I'm Preceptor Diana. I will explain the details of thi... [Show More] s
assignment and your objectives, just as a preceptor would in real life. Pay close attention to this
information as it will help guide your exam. At the end of this prebrief, you will answer a short question
about the upcoming assignment. During the simulation, you may return to these instructions at any time
by scrolling to the top of your transcript.
Student: What is the situation? Answer- Diana Shadow: Your patient is Tina Jones:, a 28-year-old African
American woman who has just been admitted to Shadow General Hospital for a painful foot wound.
Your role in this simulation is that of a healthcare provider who will take Ms. Jones' health history, a key
component of her admission process.
Student: What are my objectives in this assessment? Answer- Diana Shadow: A health history requires
you to ask questions related to Ms. Jones' past and present health, from her current foot wound to her
pre-existing conditions. You will also want to review Ms. Jones' systems, psychosocial history, and family
medical history. These assessments together will give you a comprehensive picture of Ms. Jones' overall
health. If you discover any disease states, ask about symptoms and the patient's experiences of them.
Your questioning should cover a broad array of the symptoms' characteristics. Throughout the
conversation, you should educate and empathize with Ms. Jones when appropriate to increase her
health literacy and sense of well-being. Regardless of whether you have assessed Ms. Jones previously,
ask all questions that are necessary for obtaining a complete health history. While you should
communicate with patients using accessible, everyday language, it is standard practice to use
professional medical terminology everywhere else, such as in documenting physical findings and nursing
notes. You may complete the exam activities in any order and move between them as needed. After
obtaining Ms. Jones' health history, you will complete an information processing activity. You will
identify and prioritize diagnoses, then create a plan to address the identified diagnoses.
Student: What else will this exam involve? Answer- Diana Shadow: You will complete nursing tasks to
protect the patient’s safety, privacy, and health. You can document your findings, including vital signs, in
the Electronic Health Record. This record provides necessary information for healthcare professionals
who will continue patient care. Besides Subjective Data Collection, and Education and Empathy, there
are activities within the simulation that provide valuable practice for their real-world counterparts, but
they are not automatically graded by the simulation.
Student: How will I be evaluated? Answer- Diana Shadow: In this assignment, you will be evaluated on
your Subjective Data Collection, as well as your Education and Empathy. Your success in Education and
Empathy is based on whether you promptly respond after identifying a moment worthy of therapeutic
communication. The evaluation of your interview is dependent on how you word your questions
therapeutically and precisely and explore all relevant topics with comprehensive breadth and depth. You
will also be evaluated on your ability to collect data and form nursing diagnoses in the information
processing activity. This assignment takes on average between 90 and 110 minutes. This exam may take
longer than in real life, because in this safe simulation, students of all experience levels can take time to
hone and review their skills. You can pause and resume the assignment at any time; your work is always
saved automatically.
Student: How does this assignment prepare me for the real world? Answer- Diana Shadow: In this
assessment, you will become familiarized with the structure and content of a health history exam so
that with real-life patients, you can: º ask effective and comprehensive questions º obtain a thorough
health history º evaluate the patient's risk of disease, infection, injury, and complications º educate and
empathize º reflect on your experience and identify areas to improve º identify and prioritize nursing
diagnoses º and develop a plan to address nursing diagnoses.
Diana Shadow: In 1 or 2 sentences, answer this question to help prepare for the upcoming exam: Why is
it important to obtain a patient's complete health history? Answer- Student: So that you understand if
there are any problems related to their chief complaint. Also, to help treat their current condition.
Diana Shadow: Time to begin. AnswerPatient Exam - Vital Signs: Answer- Height: 170 cm, Weight: 90 kg, BMI: 31, Random blood glucose: 238,
Temperature: 102.4° F, Blood pressure: 138/90 mmHg, Heart rate: 90, Respiratory rate: 18, O2 sat: 98%
Patient Exam - Interview: AnswerStudent: Hello, my name is Catlain, I am your nurse today. Answer- Tina Jones: Hey.
Student: Can you confirm your name? Answer- Tina Jones: Tina Jones:.
Student: Why did you come in today? Answer- Tina Jones: I got this scrape on my foot a while ago, and
it got really infected. It's killing me.
Student: What additional symptoms have you experienced? Answer- Tina Jones: I mean, it's all red and
swollen, and there's pus, it feels hot, it hurts like hell... It's got all that going on.
Student: Can you rate your current pain level on a scale of 0 to 10? Answer- Tina Jones: ...Like a 7. It
hurts a lot, but whatever pain med the ER gave me is helping a little bit.
Student: Please describe the pain. Answer- Tina Jones: It's throbbing and like, sharp if I try to put weight
on it.
Student: How did you hurt your foot? Answer- Tina Jones: I was changing a light bulb, and I had to use
our little stepstool to reach it. My foot slid off the bottom step and it got all scraped up. I didn't realize
how sharp the edge was!
Student: Has your foot been draining any liquids? Answer- Tina Jones: Yeah, there's definitely pus.
Student: What color was the pus? Answer- Tina Jones: It's... white or maybe off-white.
Student: How have you treated the wound? Answer- Tina Jones: I've been taking Advil for my foot for a
few days.
Student: What did you do to treat your foot after your accident? Answer- Tina Jones: I made sure to
clean it and keep it bandaged. And I put Neosporin on it.
Student: How effective was the Neosporin? Answer- Tina Jones: Well, I'm here, so I guess it didn't do its
job.
Student: Can you walk with your foot being injured? Answer- Tina Jones: No, I can't. I can't put any
weight on it without like, shooting pain.
Student: What preexisting medical conditions do you have? Answer- Tina Jones: I mean, I have asthma
and diabetes, but right I now I just care about my foot!
Student: I understand your foot hurts, but I need to know this information to make sure I take care of
the problem correctly. Answer- Tina Jones: Thanks.
Student: When were you diagnosed with diabetes? Answer- Tina Jones: I was diagnosed when I was 24.
Student: What do you do to manage your asthma? Answer- Tina Jones: I try to avoid things that give me
breathing problems, but when my asthma starts to act up, I just use my inhaler.
Student: What medications did you take for your diabetes? Answer- Tina Jones: It was metformin.
Student: Do you currently take medicine for your diabetes? Answer- Tina Jones: No, I don't take
anything for my diabetes anymore.
Student: What made you stop taking medication for your diabetes? Answer- Tina Jones: I guess I just
got sick of feeling sick and gassy all the time, and it was overwhelming, remembering to take pills and
check my sugar. I feel a lot better now that I'm just eating healthier than I did when I was taking the pills.
Student: Do you monitor your blood glucose? Answer- Tina Jones: I have a monitor at home, but to be
honest I don't really use it that often.
Student: How frequently do you urinate? Answer- Tina Jones: I don't know. Every hour or two when I'm
awake?
Student: What is your current diet? Answer- Tina Jones: It's pretty good, I think. I'm not a huge health
nut or anything.
Student: Have you had any change in appetite? Answer- Tina Jones: Yeah, lately I've definitely been
much hungrier than usual.
Student: Has your weight changed? Answer- Tina Jones: Yeah, I've lost some weight recently.
Student: Do you know why you lost weight? Answer- Tina Jones: I don't know what caused it, I just lost
weight.
Student: How often do you have asthma exacerbations? Answer- Tina Jones: I haven't had a full attack
in years. But my breathing definitely acts up. . .not always. Max twice a week.
Student: What asthma symptoms have you experienced? Answer- Tina Jones: My chest and throat get
tight, and I start to wheeze. It feels like I can't take in air, like I can't get enough air into my lungs.
Student: How many puffs do you take when using your asthma inhaler? Answer- Tina Jones: I usually
use two puffs from my inhaler, but sometimes I need three. [Nurse confirmed with Pharmacy: albuterol
90mcg/spray MDI]
Student: What are some things that trigger your asthma? Answer- Tina Jones: Being around cats is the
worst, but dust and running up stairs can make my breathing bad, too.
Student: What allergies do you have? Answer- Tina Jones: I'm allergic to cats.
Student: When did you realize you were allergic to cats? Answer- Tina Jones: For as long as I've been
around.
Student: How effective was your pain medication at home? Answer- Tina Jones: Whatever pain
medication the ER gave me is helping. Before I came in, I was just taking Advil. For the past few days, the
Advil wasn't doing much for me -- it would only last a couple of hours.
Student: What medication allergies do you have? Answer- Tina Jones: I'm allergic to penicillin.
Student: What food allergies do you have? Answer- Tina Jones: I don't have any food allergies that I
know of.
Student: Are you allergic to dust, mold, or pollen? Answer- Tina Jones: Well. . . I don't know if it's
allergies, but sometimes my asthma acts up around dust.
Student: What immunizations have you received? Answer- Tina Jones: I got a tetanus booster for work
about a year ago. For the other kinds, I got all the required ones when I was a kid, and for college...I'm
sure I have a record somewhere at home.
Student: Have you received a flu vaccine? Answer- Tina Jones: No.
Student: Have you had any prior hospitalizations? Answer- Tina Jones: Well, before this I went a bunch
of times when I was little, for asthma attacks. This is the first time I've been in the hospital since I was
probably sixteen, though.
Student: Have you had any gastrointestinal problems? Answer- Tina Jones: No. I've never really had
stomach or bowel problems.
Student: Do you have a family history of psychiatric illness? Answer- Tina Jones: No. They're crazy, but
nobody's diagnosed with anything.
Student: Do you have any neck, throat or gland problems? Answer- Tina Jones: No, not that I noticed.
Student: Do you have any problems with your head? Answer- Tina Jones: I don't think I have any
problems. I get headaches sometimes, but that's all.
Student: Any problems with your ears? Answer- Tina Jones: No.
Student: Any problems with your eyes and vision? Answer- Tina Jones: I've actually been noticing
problems lately. When I'm reading or studying I'll notice that things start to get kind of blurry.
Student: Any problems with your nose? Answer- Tina Jones: My nose is fine right now. Sometimes it
runs, but not very often.
Student: Do you have problems with your mouth? Answer- Tina Jones: No [Show Less]
