Sept. 3, 2008
My goal for clinic today was to gain a better understanding of how to complete a health history screening. I planned on listening to and practicing the proper procedure for obtaining a health history so that I could be familiar with what is expected of us when we take health histories on patients. In lab we were able to review the procedure and how to document a health history in a patients chart. Then we actually were able to practice on a partner and actually fill in there health history in their own patient chart. I felt like this helped me to understand how and why we need to document everything in a patient chart. Practicing gave me a better understanding of the procedures that we will use when completing a patients health history. Next lab I will review the procedure and ask any questions I still have.