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NURSING HEALTH HISTORY

DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Address:
Civil Status:
Religion:
Nationality:
Educational Attainment:
Health Care Financing:
Attending Physician:
Date and Time of Admission:
Admitting Diagnosis:

I. IDENTIFYING DATA

II. SOURCE OF INFORMATION

III. CHIEF COMPLAINT

IV. HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS

V. PSYCHIATRIC HISTORY
VI. SUBSTANCE USE/ABUSE
( ) Smoke
( ) Alcohol
( ) Drugs

VII. PAST MEDICAL HISTORY

VIII. FAMILY HISTORY

IX. DEVELOPMENTAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY

X. REVIEW OF SYSTEMS

XI. MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION

XII. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION


BP:
PR:
O2 SAT:
RR:
TEMP:
HEENT:
C/L:
CVS:
Abdomen:
Back and spine:
Extremities:

XIII. DIAGNOSIS

IV. TREATMENT PLAN


MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION
I. APPEARANCE (Observed)
 Gait:
 Posture:
 Clothes:
 Grooming:

II. BEHAVIOR (Observed)


 Mannerisms & Gestures:
 Psychomotor activity:
 Expression & Eye contact:
 Ability to follow commands/requests:
 Compulsions:

III. ATTITUDE (Observed)


 Cooperative, hostile, open, secretive, evasive, suspicious, apathetic, easily distracted, focused, defensive :

IV. LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS (Observed)


 Vigilant, alert, drowsy, lethargic, stuporous, asleep, comatose, confused, fluctuating :

V. ORIENTATION (Inquired)
 “What is your full name?”
 “Where are we at (floor, building, city, county, and state)?”
 “What is the full date today (date, month, year, day of the week, and season of the year)?”
 “How would you describe the situation we are in?”

VI. SPEECH AND LANGUAGE (Inquired)


 Quantity - Talkative, spontaneous, expansive, paucity, poverty :

 Rate - Fast, slow, normal, pressured:

 Volume - Loud, soft, monotone, weak, strong:

 Fluency and Rhythm - Slurred, clear, with appropriately placed inflections, hesitant, with good articulation,
aphasic:

VII. MOOD (Inquired)


 “How are your spirits?”
 “How are you feeling?”
 “Have you been discouraged/depressed/low/blue lately?”
 “Have you been energized/elated/high/out of control lately?”
 “Have you been angry/irritable/edgy lately?”

VIII. AFFECT (Observed)


 Appropriateness to situation, consistency with mood, congruency with thought content:
 Fluctuations - Labile, even:
 Range - Broad, restricted:
 Intensity - Blunted, flat, normal intensity:
 Quality - Sad, angry, hostile, indifferent, euthymic, dysphoric, detached, elated, euphoric, anxious,
animated, irritable:
IX. THOUGHT PROCESS (Observed/ Inquired)
 Linear, goal-directed, circumstantial, tangential, loose associations, incoherent, evasive, racing, blocking,
perseveration, neologisms:

X. THOUGHT CONTENT (Observed/ Inquired)


 “What do you think about when you are sad/angry?”
 “What’s been on your mind lately?”
 “Do you find yourself ruminating about things?”
 “Are there thoughts or images that you have a really difficult time getting out of your head?”
 “Are you worried/scared/frightened about something or other?”
 “Do you have personal beliefs that are not shared by others?” (Delusions are fixed, false, unshared
beliefs.)
 “Do you ever feel detached/removed/changed/different from others around you?”
 “Do things seem unnatural/unreal to you?”
 “What do you think about the reports in papers such as The National Enquirer?”
 “Do you think someone or some group intend to harm you in some way?”
 [In response to something the patient says] “What do you think they meant by that?”
 “Does it ever seem like people are stealing your thoughts, or perhaps inserting thoughts into your head?
Does it ever seem like your own thoughts are broadcast out loud?”
 “Do you ever see (visual), hear (auditory), smell (olfactory), taste (gustatory), and feel (tactile) things that
are not really there, such as voices or visions?” (Hallucinations are false perceptions)
 “Do you sometimes misinterpret real things that are around you, such as muffled noises or shadows?”
(Illusions are misinterpreted perceptions)

XI. SUICIDALITY AND HOMICIDALITY (Inquired)


SUICIDALITY
 “Do you ever feel that life isn’t worth living? Or that you would just as soon be dead?”
 “Have you ever thought of doing away with yourself? If so, how?”
 “What would happen after you were dead?”
HOMICIDALITY
 “Do you think about hurting others or getting even with people who have wronged you?”
 “Have you had desires to hurt others? If so, how?”

XII. INSIGHT AND JUDGMENT (Observed/ Inquired)


 “What brings you here today?”
 “What seems to be the problem?”
 “What do you think is causing your problems?”
 “How do you understand your problems?”
 “How would you describe your role in this situation?”
 “Do you think that these thoughts, moods, perceptions, are abnormal?”
 “How do you plan to get help for this problem?”
 “What will you do when ____ occurs?”
 “How will you manage if ____ happens?”
 “If you found a stamped, addressed envelope on the street, what would you do with it?”
 “If you were in a movie theater and smelled smoke, what would you do?”

XIII. ATTENTION (Observed/ Inquired)


DIGIT SPAN (FORWARD AND REVERSE
 “I will recite a series of numbers to you, and then I will ask you to repeat them to me, first forwards and
then backwards.” [Begin with 3 numbers – not consecutive numbers, and advance to 7-8 numbered
sequence.]
SPELLING BACKWARDS
 “Spell the word ‘world.’ Now spell the word ‘world’ backwards.”
CALCULATIONS
 (Serial 7’s) “Starting with 100, subtract 7 from 100, and then keep subtracting 7 from that number as far
as you can go.”
 (Serial 3’s) “Starting with 20, subtract 3 from 20, and then keep subtracting 3 from that number as far as
you can go.” [Monitor for speed, accuracy, effort required, and monitor patient reactions to the request]
 “Add these numbers: (15 + 12 + 7)”
 “Multiply these numbers: (25 x 6)”
 “If something costs 78 cents and you give the cashier one dollar, how much change should you get back?”

XIV. MEMORY (Observed/ Inquired)


RECENT MEMORY
 “What is my name?”
 “What medications did you take today?”
 “What time was your appointment with me for today?”
REMOTE MEMORY
 “Where were you when President Kennedy was shot?” (For patients over 40)
 “What is your Social Security number?”
 “What were the dates of your graduation from high school, college, graduate school?”
 “When and where did you get married?”
IMMEDIATE MEMORY AND NEW LEARNING
 “I am going to ask you to remember three words (color, object, animal – e.g., blue, table, and horse) and
I will ask you to repeat them to me in 5 minutes. Please repeat them now after me: blue, table, and
horse.” – 5 minutes elapse – “What were those three words I asked you to remember?” [Monitor accuracy
of response, awareness of whether responses are correct, tendency to confabulate or substitute other
words, ability to correct themselves with category clue and multiple choice].

XV. INTELLECTUAL FUNCTIONING (Observed/ Inquired)


INFORMATION AND VOCABULARY
 “Name the last 5 presidents.”
 “Name 5 of the largest cities in the country.”
 “Name the current president, vice president, governor, and mayor.”
VOCABULARY
 Grade school level, high school level, fluent, consistent with education:
ABSTRACTION
 Similarities – “How are the following items similar?”
 “An apple and an orange” (round ~concrete, fruit ~abstract)
 “A chair and a table” (made of wood ~concrete, furniture ~abstract)
 “A watch and a ruler” (measurement instruments ~abstract)
 Proverbs – “How would you describe the meaning of the following sayings?”
 “People living in glass houses should not throw stones.”
 “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.”
 “You shouldn’t cry over spilt milk.”
 “Two heads are better than one.”
PROCESS RECORDING
HEALTH CARE PROVIDER CLIENT FINAL COMMENT
ANALYSIS ANALYSIS
VERBAL NON-VERBAL VERBAL NON-VERBAL OR FEEDBACK

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