new to site and a little help please

mcknis · Nov 29, 2007

Hello MAMMA and welcome to Allnurses.com. I just did a search in the toolbar at the top the screen underneath the "Students" forum tab. The search function is an excellent tool on here to use.

This is just one of the results I found:

https://allnurses.com/forums/f205/health-assessment-resources-techniques-forms-145091.html

https://allnurses.com/forums/f205/pediatric-assessment-form-248825.html

Daytonite, BSN, RN · Nov 29, 2007

hi, mammadukes, and welcome to allnurses! :welcome:

there is a physical assessment form in the center of taber's cyclopedic medical dictionary under the listings of "nursing". it is about 6 or 7 pages long. the link that member, mcknis, gave you is actually a sticky thread (sticky threads are always the first threads that appear in the thread listings) on the nursing student assistance forum (https://allnurses.com/forums/f205/) which has many weblinks to sites that have assessment information on them.

https://allnurses.com/forums/f205/health-assessment-resources-techniques-forms-145091.html - health assessment resources, techniques, and forms

there are some that have a form, but most do not. you are most likely going to have to put together your own form. some other publications where you can find assessment forms are the care plan books of lynda carpenito (moyet) and marilyln doenges. i would also suggest that the next time you are in the hospital for clinicals that you get a blank copy of their daily nursing flowsheet because it includes a daily assessment as well as a nursing admission assessment sheet since it includes a history (review of systems) on it. you can also open up the link to student clinical report sheet for one patient that appears at the end of all my posts and print out the form. it has a review of systems on the lower 2/3rd as well as a short systems assessment although the physical exam part on the right side is more of a fill-in.