The occupational health nurse is administering a health risk appraisal to employees of a medium-sized business. The employee asks what this risk appraisal is. What response by the nurse is most accurate?
A) Easily administered, confidential instrument used to determine life expectancy based on current risk behaviors
B) Instrument that calculates the amount of benefit that can occur with current lifestyle behaviors
C) Appraisal used as a teaching tool that gives feedback about unhealthy behaviors
D) Often completed with paper and pencil, a form to allow for accurate individualized reports
Ans: A
A health risk appraisal (HRA) is an easily administered, confidential instrument used to determine life expectancy based on current risk behaviors. The HRA can also calculate the amount of risk that could be avoided if lifestyle behaviors were changed. Some HRAs determine the person's readiness to change behavior. An HRA can be used as a teaching tool that gives positive feedback for healthy behaviors and encouragement and information for changing those unhealthy behaviors. An HRA is often completed on an interactive computer program and provides an accurate individualized report to each employee in a timely manner.
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