Heritage Assessment

Heritage Assessment
Complete the Heritage Assessment on a non-family member over the age of 45. Create a genogram for your interviewee, including identification of health issues (and age of death and cause of death as appropriate) for each family member to identify patterns and trends. Include a brief summary of the interviewee health risks based upon the genogram. Propose health promotion teaching opportunities based upon findings.

The genogram can be completed using a free template or you may draw by hand and scanned.

Interview a non-family member over the age of 45 and complete the Heritage Assessment from Chapter 2.
Rubric
The following set of questions can be used by care givers to begin to determine a person’s ethnic cultural, or religious heritage and its relationship to his or her personal and health care traditions. The stronger the association of these items to aperson’s identification the more traditional his or her heritage.

Heritage
Assessment
Completes all
elements of the
elements of the
Heritage
Assessment
Genogram Completes 3 or
more generations
for the non-family
member of age 45
Concludes health
risks based upon
findings
Includes 3 or more
potential health
risks based upon
findings
Proposes health
promotion
teaching
opportunities
Includes 3 or more
health promotion
teaching
opportunities
Perform assessments of individuals throughout the lifespan and
include spiritual, social, cultural, psychological and physical components. 2) Differentiate
between normal and abnormal assessment findings. 3) Analyze data to determine risk potential
for individuals. 4) Synthesize assessment findings using the Digital Clinical Experience (DCE)
and in written format using standardized terminology. 5) Demonstrate effective communication
with individuals, families and interdisciplinary team members.