CRITERIA FOR HEALTH HISTORY-IPR ASSIGNMENT
Introduction
In NURS-142, students will learn to conduct a health history and develop therapeutic
relationships with clients. Students will learn effective therapeutic communication techniques
utilizing verbal and non-verbal language between in the nurse/client. Effective therapeutic
communication is the beginning the nurse/client relationship.
Guidelines
Clinical faculty will assign a student a client in the Clinical Agency. The student will perform a
complete health history on a client. Then based on the information obtained in the health history,
the student will identify a goal/objective, and that will be the topic of discussion in the
interaction. The interaction should be a minimum of fifteen (15) minutes. Five minutes of the
conversation will be written verbatim in the form of an Interpersonal Process Recording (IPR).
The interaction will require use of active listening, observation, and a good memory. Write the
conversation as soon as possible to ensure accurate recording. You cannot write or record during
the nurse/client interaction. You cannot write the client’s name. You can only use the
client’s initials.
Each part of this assignment must be typed in APA format. Computers are available for student
use in the Nursing Study Lab (HS 266) or in the Open Computer Lab (CL180 or DH110).
Grading
This assignment will be graded as pass/fail. A passing grade is defined as 75% according to the
grading criteria. Completion of the Health History/IPR assignment is a clinical requirement and
must be submitted to clinical faculty on the designated due date. Good grammar is required.
