Complete Head-to-Toe Physical Exam...

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RNMeg

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Specializes in NeuroICU/SICU/MICU.

That's terrifying. My instructors took a pretty common sense approach to the Assessment final..in real life, we're going to have an exam form to prompt us to remember what to assess. So, she gave us a form with all the points we needed to hit listed, and graded us on how efficiently we were able to perform the assessment, as well as time and correct placement of the stethoscope during the cardiac, pulmonary and abdominal parts. We were to dictate our findings to her during the assessment. We had 30 minutes..I completed it in 19 minutes and got a perfect score :) It's not as scary as you're imagining, I'm sure..like other posters said, it's just putting together everything you've already learned.

MissJS

188 Posts

Specializes in Urgent Care, Family Medicine & OB/GYN.

Hope she did okay. I waited until the last minute to actually perform the physical assessment with my partner. Got a B on it & an A in the Health Assessment class. Like Daytonite said you live & learn. I'll NEVER do that again.

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