head to toe assessment ?

[Boe]

How do you remember everything involved in a head to toe assessment? I have no problem at clinical because we have to fill out a form as we do the assessment, but next month I have my final check off and I am worried I will miss something (especially during documentation). Does anyone have any HINTS, TRICKS, MNEMONICS...?

[meownsmile, BSN, RN]

Yep i work from the top down, everytime. Dont mix and match, make your direction of travel the same each and every time, eventually you are noticing things without even realizing you noticed until you start writing your assessment.

Of course you need to "assess" any injured area first, but then go back up top and start from there for the full body assessment.