Physical Assessment - Techniques in Practice
This site is designed to provide you, the learner, with all the tools and resources you might need to meet your learning objectives. The overarching goal is to stregthen your understanding and knowledge of Physical Assessment, along with develop your techniques in assessing a patient. Through engaging and interactive excercises, you will have the opportunity to dive into patient scenarios, access videos and images, and quiz yourself along the way.
Learning Objectives
- Identify the pertinent information that should be obtained by the nurse to complete the patient's history
- Describe the assessment tools used to perform a physical assessment
- Demonstrate a physical assessment of the head and neck
- Document the result of a physical assessment of the head and neck
- Describe the inspection process
- Charting and present orally, the results of the patient history and assessment
- Integrate critical and clinical thinking skills with an increasing knowledge base
What is Physical Assessment in Nursing?
It's the process during which you use your senses to collect objective data. You will need all the skills of assessment-cognitive, psychomotor, interpersonal, affective, and ethical/legal-to perform an accurate, thorough physical assessment. To be successful in physcially assessing a patient, one must communicate effectively, with clarity. Physical assessment provides another perspective to the patient history, allowing for you to see you patient objectively, through your senses.