Health Management Interview

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1. Health-perception- Health Management My client did have an immunization history; she was given her pnemococcus shot in 2006. She does have some allergies to drugs she mentioned including, Codeine, which makes her develop nausea and vomiting. The other drug she is allergic to is Penicillin, which causes her pharyngeal to swell. My patient has many risk factors including the risk for falls, due to muscle weakness on her right side, and risk for malnourishment due to the fact that she is not eating full meals in the hospitals because she doesn’t feel like the food is good enough. My patient is just snaking throughout the day. Overall my patient has good perception of her general health status, she knows what she needs to do to get better and…show more content…
She is able to tell you about what she used to be able to do, to what she is limited to do now. She is worried about what she will do after she gets out of the hospital because she lives in a historic house is Fremont. This house has about 15 stairs that she would have to get up to reach the upper level to her bedrooms. She is coming to the fact that she will probably need some help and has to move to an assisted living. Although she changes her mind frequently to that idea. I think she does have a fear that she will fall. She is always trying to fight her strengths when working with OT and always wants to plop down right away as soon as she feels the chair somewhat near her. She does not work well to new changes. She likes certain ways and doesn’t respond well to change. Once she learns something new, she likes to go back to her old ways and finds every excuse in the book to do so. 8. Roles-relationship patterns My patient does not have a significant other, although she was married. She has a big family, including her sons and daughters, as well as her step-son and step daughter. The only one though that she allows to visit is her son. She is able to communicate well and doesn’t like talking about herself. She is more interested in hearing about the other person in the room. She has a good social group and support group, although she does not want them up at the hospital. Her support groups send her flowers to let her know that they are thinking of
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