UTA NURS 3425 Health Assessment to start 1-14-2013

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This thread is for anyone taking Holistic health assessment on-line at UTA starting Jan 14th 2013. Hopefully we can get a good thread going in order to provide support for each other as we go. The more students who participate, the better it will be for everyone.

Guess I will just do the best I can on week 1 assignments and see what kind of grade I get and what they count off on and then figure out what we are supposed to do. Not much help?!

Anyone else a bit confused? I just don't know how to start on this week 1 assignment....any pointers?

Hi Mansi,

first, find your person. go to page 28 in lab manual and ask the questions re: biographic data. this info goes on the Subjective Data Sheet under #1. Next, flip to page 35 in the lab manual and ask the questions under Activity C, Interviewing and Recording Assessment finding. Record that info on the Subjective Data Sheet under #2. Next, go to page 61 in the lab manual and ask the questions under Activity C again and record the answers under section #3.

This should help you start with the subjective portion of the assignment. The objective portion comes from the textbook.

got to run. more later.

Thank you so much ScarletFire.

Hope you had a great run!

Specializes in Nicu/nursery.

Hi, medical terminology is full for the January and march classes. Glad to have found this forum! It helps to help each other figure out some of the questions that we have, instead of e-mailing the coaches:)

Specializes in Nicu/nursery.

We have to read like 300 pages in 1 week!

A lot of reading but most of it is just a refresher. The quiz is easy as well. The most difficult part I think will be determining how the instructor expects the narrative to be written and what specifically to include. The example in the resource section is horrible and if I am to follow the book verbatim for the objective part I would be taking a rectal temp which I very highly doubt anyone I select would let me do. Make sure you all look at the common errors guide as well; from reading past forums it sounds like that's the most frustrating part if this class.

A lot of reading but most of it is just a refresher. The quiz is easy as well. The most difficult part I think will be determining how the instructor expects the narrative to be written and what specifically to include. The example in the resource section is horrible and if I am to follow the book verbatim for the objective part I would be taking a rectal temp which I very highly doubt anyone I select would let me do. Make sure you all look at the common errors guide as well; from reading past forums it sounds like that's the most frustrating part if this class.

Hi Luna,

I completely agree with your post. Last night I finished week 1 and week 2 assignments, although I still have some polishing up to do, and I was wondering to myself why everyone says this class is so crazy. And, I concluded that it must be because of the grading in conjunction with the fact that there is no guidance on how exactly they want the narrative written. I have heard they take off lots of points for silly things and so, knowing that, it is very stressful for everyone. So, now I get it.

Yes, both sample assignments are worthless, in my opinion. And,the common error guide is a joke. For the expectation of subjective data, it says to "see lab manual." That's a big help.

I think we all could learn health assessment from this class just fine without the instructions being so vague about the assignments and then they punish us with points off for not doing it correctly when we were never told how to do it in the first place!

Anyway, here are some tips I've learned: don't forget to use mmHg after your BP reading and BPM after your pulse reading. And to include the scale for pain and pulses (e.g. 10 point scale for pain and 3+/4+ for pulse). My AC told us we don't have to include the address and phone # of our client in the biography section. Instead of the name, we should use initials.

Thanks for everyone coming to this forum. we have to rely on each other for support since we obviously can't rely on the instructors.

more later.

Are you writing "on palpation pulse"...the rubric shows 25 points for technique but it seems so rhetorical when I change it.

Hi,

I'm curious to know how much of the reading really is necessary? There is quite a bit and it's very detailed. Can you successfully pass the tests/quizes without thoroughly reading the text assigned reading?

Also, someone mentioned quizzes don't open until Fri mornings? Is that correct? It looked to me that they are DUE by 0800 Fridays.

CONFUSED!

For the objective data the assignment directions state to use the proper sequence of assessment technique: Inspection, Palpation, percussion, auscultation. However, it also states to follow the text p. 81-82. There is no mention of heart tones, lung sounds, etc in the text. Are we to include these aspects of assessment or not?

Personally I do not think you need to memorize the information. Just skim it...I already took the test so I'm not sure where u heard that they don't open. I know you can't see the answers until after the test is due.

Are you writing "on palpation pulse"...the rubric shows 25 points for technique but it seems so rhetorical when I change it.

Hi luna,

yes, i am including very specific details regarding the determination of pulse and everything else, despite the fact that it seems ridiculous and is never done in real life. but, if that's what it takes, whatever. so, i am saying which hand and which fingers of mine i used to palpate including the location of the pulse (e.g. radial artery located on the lateral wrist), etc. i think this is what they mean by "technique". could be wrong, but since i'm not sure and have no guidance for this, i'm just doing that i think they might want. probably will have a better idea after this first week's assignment is graded.

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