A primary responsibility of the registered nurse is to assess a patient’s health to help guide clinical decision-making. To begin a comprehensive assessment, a comprehensive health history needs to be obtained, followed by a physical assessment.

In this discussion, briefly introduce yourself to your peers and instructor by describing where you are (or have been) practicing and for how many years. Then, continue your post by discussing the components of the comprehensive health history and the physical assessment using scholarly support. How does the health history influence the physical assessment?

In response to your peers, using scholarly support, identify any additional components of the health assessment that need to be addressed and discuss how their inclusion could change the physical assessment.