Examples Of Chief Complaint

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Define Chief complaint and give 2 examples?
The chief complaint is the specified reason that brought the patient to the doctor. The chief complaint is the focus of a patients visit (American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2017). It is a problem that the patient is experiencing, which cause them to seek medical attention. Two example of chief complaint: Patient state “I have a toothache”. Patient state “My stomach hurt”.
Define the History of Present Illness?
It is in correlation to the chief complaint. It allows the patient to review when the symptoms began up until the point of the visit. The following questions should be addressed within the present illness, what, when, how, where, which, who, and why (Swartz, 2014). It gives the provider a
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It a technique used by the health professional to obtain a medical history, and to evaluate past and present state of the body system (Jarvis, 2016). The review of the system is done in an orderly manner, paying close attention to each system of the body making sure nothing is left uncovered. All the system should be included, such as eyes, ears, nose, mouth, throat, cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, muscle skeletal, skin, neurologic, hematologic, and the endocrine system (Jarvis, 2016).
Define subjective Data and what details need to be included?
Subjective data are information provided from the patient’s point of view (Swartz, 2014). The detail that needs to be included in the subjective data is information about the symptoms. The chief complaint should be included in this section. The OLDCHART should be included in this section (Swartz, 2014). The patient symptom is referred to as the subjective data (Jarvis, 2016).
Define objective data and what is details need to be
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An office visit is a problem-focused appointment designed to discuss new or existing health problems or symptoms (Jarvis, 2016).
Why are vital signs important and what are the 5th vital signs?
Vital signs are important they include temperature, respiration, heart rate, blood pressure and they are a physiological functioning indicator of a person well-being (Van, 2016). Pain is the fifth vital signs and it was primarily promoted by the American Pain Society to increase awareness of pain management (Greenwell, 2015).
Define evidence-based practice?
Evidence-based practice is well supported by robust, empirical evidence, which produces the best research evidence, clinical expertise and patient need that will result in the best patient outcome (Agran, Spooner, & Singer, 2017).
Name four basic interview techniques?
Four basic interview techniques are, introduction, open-ended question, Closed or direct questions, and nonverbal skills (Jarvis,

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