Shadow Health- Health History Study Guide Rated A+

Closed Question examples {Ans: - Has your pain gotten worse? - Are your headaches focused on one side of your head? - Has the medication helped with your heartburn? - When did you start feeling fatigued?}A proper greeting: {Ans: 1) uses a friendly tone 2) addresses both yourself and the patient by name 3) States your reason for being there}Key Closed Question words: {Ans: "How many", "How Often", "Can you, do you, will you, are you", "is it, has it, have you, etc", "Which", "Who"}for Conversational Flow: {Ans: Move between open and closed questions.}The narrowing and broadening of scope in a health history interview occurs in the contexts of: {Ans: an organized progression through topics related to patient health}Key Open Question Words {Ans: "Describe", "Tell me about", "How", "Why"}Medical History {Ans: Determine allergies, presence and dates of childhood and adult illnesses, chronic health problems, immunization history, and past hospitalizations}History of Present Illness (HPI) {Ans: Assess symptoms and patient's thoughts and feelings about illness}Open or closed questions establish therapeutic rapport? {Ans: Closed. Good for: - Sexual History - Substance use - Social or domestic problems - Trauma - Physical symptoms that the