Comprehensive Health Assessment

A. Reflect on the comprehensive health assessment you performed in task 1 by doing the following:

1. Discuss four evidence-based interview techniques you used to assess your patient’s social
   determinants. Include a scholarly source in your discussion.
   a. Justify the questions you used to assess each of the five social determinants of your patient and
   include his or her responses.
   b. Explain how the patient’s answers to the questions will inform the patient’s nursing plan of care.
2. Explain how your patient’s economic stability affects his or her access to healthcare, including the
   three following factors:
   • socioeconomic status
   • employment status
   • housing stability
3. Analyze how your patient’s educational status affects his or her health. Include a scholarly source to
   support your analysis.
   a. Discuss the healthcare barriers and opportunities the patient might face because of his or her
   educational status.
4. Analyze how the patient’s health and healthcare status affect his or her quality of life.
   a. Analyze how an understanding of health literacy affects health. Include a scholarly source to
   support your analysis.
5. Explain how the patient’s neighborhood and environment affect his or her access to health.
   a. Compare the healthcare (e.g., quality, access, outcomes) received by a patient living in a lowincome area to the healthcare received by a patient living in a high-income area.
   b. Discuss how access to healthcare differs for patients living in rural versus urban areas. Include a
   scholarly source to support your discussion.
   c. Discuss how your patient’s neighborhood affects his or her access to healthy food options.

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