Comprehensive Health History and Genogram Paper Purpose The purpose of this application is to provide the student an opportunity to conduct a comprehensive health history and genogram

Question

Comprehensive Health History and Genogram Paper

Purpose

The purpose of this application is to provide the student an opportunity to conduct a comprehensive health history and genogram.

Course OBJECTIVES

This assignment provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course objectives:

CO1: Examine the foundations of quality health assessment.

CO3: Delineate the impact of health assessment on the quality and safety of nursing care utilizing the QSEN essentials

CO4: Recognize the roles of the inter-professional members of the health team in the

coordination of healthcare

Points

This assignment is worth a total of 200 points.

Requirements

The Comprehensive Health History and Genogram Paper is worth 200 points and will be graded on the quality of assessment, use of citations, use of Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and overall organization based on the required components as summarized in the directions and grading criteria/rubric.
Follow the directions and grading criteria closely. Any questions about your essay may be directed to the professor via email.
The length of the paper is to be no less than 5 and no greater than 9 pages, excluding the title page and reference pages.
APA format is required with both a title page and reference page. Use the required components of the review as Level 1 headers (upper and lower case, centered):

Preparing Your Paper

Complete comprehensive health history and genogram on an adult greater than 55 years of age. Use the data compiled in your interview to complete the assignment. Refer to chapter 4 of the course text, pg., 52-54, 59-64 as reference.

Jarvis, Carolyn. (2016). Health Assessment for Physical Examination and Health

Assessment. 7^th Edition. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Publications.

Directions and Grading Criteria

Category	Points	Description
Introduction	15	Introduces the purpose of the comprehensive health history and genogram and its significance as a screening tool for patients.
Biographic Data/Present Health	25	Includes complete biographic data of patient (Using patient initials only as identifier) and a description of the patient’s current state of health
Medication Reconciliation	20	Includes complete list of prescription, over-the-counter, herbals and vitamins the patient takes. Include patient’s perceptions of reason for taking the medicine and its side effects.
Past Personal Health History/Family History	25	Includes comprehensive list of personal medical history and medical history of first degree relatives
Review of Systems	25	Includes a complete assessment of each body system, including health promotion practices. Be sure to use subjective data received from the patient.
Functional Assessment	25	Includes a complete assessment of patient’s self-care abilities. Be sure to use subjective data received from patient.
Genogram	25	Includes a completed a genogram which; (a) Identifies maternal and paternal bloodlines ie. Grandparents, parents and parent's siblings, client and client's siblings, client’s children and grandchildren. (b) For each family member, notes age and health status including presence of disease(s) or chronic conditions(s). For each deceased family member, notes age at death and cause of death. (c) Uses symbols included in the Genogram Key and add other symbols as needed
Conclusion	15	An effective conclusion identifies the main ideas and major conclusions from the body of your essay. Minor details are left out. Summarize the benefits of the comprehensive health history and genogram and its significance for patients.
Clarity of Writing	15	Use of standard English grammar and sentence structure. No spelling errors or typographical errors. Organized around the required components using appropriate headers
APA Format	10	All information taken from another source, even if summarized, must be appropriately cited in the manuscript and listed in the references using APA (6^th ed.) format: 1. Document setup 2. Title and reference pages 3. Citations in the text and references.
Total:	200	A quality essay will meet or exceed all of the above requirements.