Head to toe assessment in 5 minutes?

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We just started on HTTA in lab & our instructor said she feels by 4th term we'll be able to do them in 5 minutes. Considering they expect us while students to take the pulse for a full minute, count respirations for a minute, & listen to the lung sounds for a minute, how are you to get everything else done in 2 minutes? Heck, at times it takes me 5 miutes just to get a valid BP.

I believe I remember someone posting a website that helps with this. I believe it even said somethig like Assessment in 5 minutes. Anyone recall it?

Dixie

[Daytonite, BSN, RN]

i can't get into the site now either. sometimes places will take a file offline for a lot of different reasons. if there is one thing i've learned it's to copy a webpage and file it or copy and paste the text of it onto a document and save it so i always have it. i love pdf files because they can be easily saved on my computer and i can pull them up anytime i want. i am a part time student again myself and my instructors are always referring us to websites for information. i have one flash drive that i reserve specifically for my school work.

check out the links on this thread. that wasn't the only resource for doing a head to toe assessment, just one that everyone seemed to like. you will find that a head to toe assessment is something that you have to customize to your own style over your time in practice. you will change the way you go about it in your beginning days/months/years until you are comfortable with what finally works for you. the main thing is that you hit all the important areas.

https://allnurses.com/forums/f205/health-assessment-resources-techniques-forms-145091.html - health assessment resources, techniques, and forms (in nursing student assistance forum)