The nurse is preparing to conduct a health history. Which of these statements best describes the purpose of a health history?
a. To provide an opportunity for interaction between the patient and the nurse
b. To provide a form for obtaining the patient's biographic information
c. To document the normal and abnormal findings of a physical assessment
d. To provide a database of subjective information about the patient's past and current health
ANS: D
The purpose of the health history is to collect subjective dataâ€"what the person says about him or herself. The other options are not correct.
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