Assignment 5: Health risks and health
behaviors
Assignment 5: Health risks and health behaviors
Arrange a 1- to 1.5-hour session with your volunteer. During your
session, please collect a health history from your volunteer to
serve as the evidence source for your short paper this week. You
should also practice the focus exam skills learned thus far
including cardiovascular, respiratory systems, and exam of the
skin, hair, and nails. The short paper reflects the compilation and
analysis of data collected during the patient volunteer health
history interview. The paper is private between the student and
instructor. Within the paper, you will have the opportunity to
discuss interview techniques and strategies that were utilized in
the patient interview to facilitate therapeutic communication with
a patient. You will also provide a brief synopsis of the health
history information that was collected, describe health risks and
health behaviors that were identified in the volunteer interview,
and prioritize a health promotion need. Be sure to address all of
the required elements outlined in the prompt. Prompt This week
you completed a health history interview with your patient
volunteer. Address the following prompts based on your
experience:
Discuss the interviewing skills that were utilized when collecting
the volunteer’s health history information. What strategies were
used to develop therapeutic rapport with the patient?

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