Which item belongs in the family history section of a health history?
Correct answer: C. Mother diagnosed with hypertension
- A. Previous appendectomy at age 20
- B. Current allergy to penicillin
- C. Mother diagnosed with hypertension
- D. Patient's usual daily exercise pattern
Explanation
Family history records significant illnesses or conditions affecting blood relatives, such as hypertension in the patient's mother. Surgery, allergies and exercise habits belong to other parts of the health history.
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Assessment gathers subjective and objective data through health history, physical examination and observation. The nursing process then uses nursing diagnoses, planning, implementation and evaluation to provide individualised care, while distinguishing a nursing diagnosis from a medical diagnosis and identifying priorities such as airway, breathing, circulation and safety.
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