[Angelwings2007]

Ok I need pointers I am in my first semester nursing and we have evals on health assessment head to toe UGH! I am freaking I was very sick the morning we had lecture on this and am in need of some kind of checklist or video to show me more of what to do anyone out there have any hints for me pleaseeeeeeeeee Thank you all!
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[RNin2007]

This is a GREAT form my clinical instructor made for to us to use during an assessment....just remember you can get a neuro on your patient just by talking to them (LOC = how is your greeting with them, and their response to you?...their facial muscles during speech, etc.) Skin assessment while listening to heart and lungs...

A lot of the assessment gets incorporated altogether, you will see this as you go! I remember being stressed out too during my first focused patient assessment, and now I do them on real patients in the hospital with ease.

~J

[Daytonite]

Found this website tonight. I've posted it in a couple of other forums and didn't want to leave this one out.

http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/meded/medicine/pulmonar/pd/contents.htm - the physical exam - this site is set up for medical students, but nursing students can learn from it as well.

This link takes you to a page of links to the various parts of the body to be examined. When you link into a body part you will find an explanation of the method to examine that site and what is normal, a button at the bottom labeled "Abnormal" will bring up information about abnormal findings during examination of that site. There are lots of photographs of abnormal conditions you can look at by clicking on highlighted text. The "Knowledge" button gives you a little outline breakdown of the pathophysiology going on. A fourth button, "Self Eval" is a list of test questions—remember these are designed for medical students, so don't feel badly if you miss a few. This is from Loyola University Medical School.

[Daytonite]

http://medicine.ucsd.edu/clinicalmed/introduction.htm - a very nice site to help with doing physical assessments of patients from the University of California, San Diego. Explains how to examine the various parts of the body and has lots of photographs showing abnormal conditions and how to assess for them.

http://medinfo.ufl.edu/year1/bcs/clist/index.html - Physical Exam Study Guides from the University of Florida Medical School. Includes some photos and drawings. Subjects include how to do vital signs, back and extremity exam, chest and lung exam, cardiovascular exam, head and neck exam, eye exam, abdominal exam, breast exam, pelvic exam, neurologic exam and mental status exam.

http://medinfo.ufl.edu/other/opeta/ - videos of physical examination procedures from the University of Florida

http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/courses/pom1/videos/index.cfm - videos of physical examination procedures from the University of Virginia

http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/pda/video/index.cfm - videos of physical exam techniques. The videos can be downloaded to palm PDAs.

http://courses.washington.edu/medicm/benchmarks/ - written guidelines on performing a physical examination from the University of Washington School of Medicine

[Daytonite]

Physical assessment:

• http://go.dbcc.edu/hhps/nursing/files/3EBB3F625CC34C83A890073282D58319.pdf - a nice, simple physical assessment guide list from Daytona Beach Community College Nursing Program in a PDF file.
• http://www.healthmad.com/Nursing/Abdominal-Assessment-for-Nurses.30957 - Abdominal Assessment for Nurses

Head-to-Toe Assessment:

• http://www.delmarlearning.com/companions/content/0766822257/apps/appb3.pdf - example of a head to toe assessment
• http://free-ed.net/sweethaven/MedTech/NurseFund/default.asp?iNum=3&fraNum=060105 - Components of a Physical Assessment
• http://nursing.uthscsa.edu/Diagnostic_Basic_Head-toe_6307.htm
• http://faculty.weber.edu/jkelly/nursing_3030.htm
• http://www.cotc.edu/fdavis/Clinical/Assessment%20-%20Head-to-Toe.doc
• http://www.healthmad.com/Home-Health/General-Health-Assessment.28952
• http://www.medtrng.com/blackboard/basic_nursing_assessment.htm

[NRSKarenRN]

Originally Posted by Mave

I was wondering...
In one of the links that was posted here, it said that to check for pt orientation, and to make sure that the pt is oriented, that it has to be alert and oriented x4. Why four? I thought it was x3?

"Orientation is checked by determining if the patient can state their name, the day or date, where they are, and the purpose. This is documented as oriented times 4."

[VickyRN]

Great FREE assessment forms:

http://www.4nursingmanagers.com/Poli.../ViewInCat.htm

[VickyRN]

Some other great assessment resources:

• Adult Assessment Guide
• Adult Psychiatric Assessment Guide
• Maternal Assessment Guide
• Older Adult Assessment Guide
• Pediatric Assessment

[VickyRN]

Model for Community Assessment

Community Assessment Tool - Learning About the Community on Foot

Population Health Promotion

A Model to Guide Practice

Foundations of Community Health (PowerPoints)

[VickyRN]

Skills Checklist - Medical-Surgical