Religious, Cultural, Spiritual Beliefs, History Taking, Physical assessment , & Documentation Strategies
For this Discussion, you will take on the role of a clinician who is building a health history for this patient.
- 76-year-old Black/African-American male with disabilities living in an urban setting.
- Adolescent Hispanic/Latino boy living in a middle-class suburb
Answer the following questions:
- What are the barriers to interpersonal communication?
- What are the procedures and examination techniques that will be used during the physical assessment of your patient?
- Describe the Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Planning (S.O.A.P.) approach for documenting patient data and explain what they are.
The assignment should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources within 5 years.