Because young adults are less likely to experience serious illness, wh

Because young adults are less likely to experience serious illness, which of the following nursing interventions is most effective in determining risk for illness in this age-group?

1. Health screenings
2. Personal lifestyle assessment
3. Full body systems assessment
4. Cardiopulmonary focal assessment

ANSWER

ANS: 2
A personal lifestyle assessment (see Chapter 6) helps nurses and clients identify habits that in-crease the risk for cardiac, malignant, pulmonary, renal, or other chronic diseases. Health screen-ing helps detect the presence of disease processes. Full body systems assessment would deter-mine deviation from normal but not necessarily identify risk for illness. Cardiopulmonary focal assessment would determine deviation from normal but not necessarily identify risk for illness.