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Illness & Disability
Skills checklist
Skill |
I can do already |
I need practice |
---|---|---|
Understand my health condition | ||
Understand my diagnosis and prognosis (what health problem I have and what will happen) | ||
Ask my doctors, nurses and therapists my own questions | ||
Make doctor's appointments | ||
Meet alone with doctors, nurses, and other caregivers | ||
Answer questions from doctors, nurses, and therapists | ||
Know my medicines and what they do | ||
Get a prescription filled | ||
Keep a calendar of doctor and dentist appointments | ||
Know height, weight, and birth date | ||
Take my temperature and read the thermometer | ||
Know danger signs that relate to my illness or disability | ||
Know health emergency telephone numbers | ||
Know medical insurance coverage numbers | ||
Talk about the health tasks I can do | ||
Talk about dangers of drugs and alcohol with family | ||
Take care of own menstrual needs and keep a record of monthly periods | ||
Keep medical records on appointments, test results, and things the doctor tells me to do | ||
Get sex education, birth control, and family planning information as needed |
(Adapted from washington State, Adolescent Health Transition Project)
Content last updated June 2, 2007