Physical Examination and Health Assessment - Canadian notes

Chapter 01: Evidence-Based Assessment Jarvis: Physical Examination & Health Assessment, 3rd Canadian edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his respirations are 18 breaths per minute and his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types of data would be: a. Objective b. Reflective c. Subjective d. Introspective ANS: A Objective data are what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscu...

This document contains detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to complete each system assessment covered in CNUR 107. The outline for this document came from the provided System Assessment Worksheet when I took the class. That sheet contains all expectations for what you need to say, do, and know for the CNUR 107 OSCE. I used that document as a framework to create this document that includes all key points to remember, steps, normal findings, abnormal findings, patient positioning and more. ...

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Table of Contents UNIT 1: ASSESSMENT OF THE WHOLE PERSON 1. Critical Thinking and Evidence-Informed Assessment 2. Health Promotion in the Context of Health Assessment 3. Cultural Competence: Cultural Care 4. The Interview 5. The Complete Health History 6. Mental Health Assessment 7. Substance Use in the Context of Health Assessment NEW! 8. Interpersonal Violence Assessment UNIT 2: APPROACH TO THE CLINICAL SETTING 9. Assessment Techniques and the Clinical Setting 10. General Survey, M...

Chapter 01: Evidence-Based Assessment Jarvis: Physical Examination & Health Assessment, 3rd Canadian edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his respirations are 18 breaths per minute and his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types of data would be: a. Objective b. Reflective c. Subjective d. Introspective ANS: A Objective data are what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscu...