(NBCSN Health Appraisal:: 2026-2027 Versions)
Goal of appraisal What's normal, what's progressing, what's referrable
Nurse process To organize assessment and care
Restate, clarify, summarize
Incidence vs. Prevalence Incidence= only new cases during a specific time in a specific population. Prevalence = old
and new cases (proportion of population affected at a given time / population affected over a
lifetime)
amblyopia must be found before age 6 for correction
screening letters should be sent to parents to let them know it'll happen; follow-up neccessary to
determine compliance and outcomes
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, (NBCSN Health Appraisal:: 2026-2027 Versions)
healthy history begins when kid enters the office; mostly subjective; meal, family's health, sleep,
interventions tried,
fever 101*
axillary and plastic strip thermometers underestimate body temp
monitor temp every 20 minutes per intervention
apical pulse pulse taken with a stethoscope and near the apex of the heart at PMI; kids <7 at 4th
intercostal space; >7 at 5th intercostal space. Regular HR can stop at 30 seconds, irregular go
full minute.
Normal HR preschoolers/K-1: 75-115, 8-15: 70-110, girls >15 60-100 and boys >15 is 55-95
4/3/2026, 3:14:23 PM 4/3/2026, 3:14:22 PM 4/3/2026
Goal of appraisal What's normal, what's progressing, what's referrable
Nurse process To organize assessment and care
Restate, clarify, summarize
Incidence vs. Prevalence Incidence= only new cases during a specific time in a specific population. Prevalence = old
and new cases (proportion of population affected at a given time / population affected over a
lifetime)
amblyopia must be found before age 6 for correction
screening letters should be sent to parents to let them know it'll happen; follow-up neccessary to
determine compliance and outcomes
4/3/2026, 3:14:23 PM 4/3/2026, 3:14:22 PM 4/3/2026
, (NBCSN Health Appraisal:: 2026-2027 Versions)
healthy history begins when kid enters the office; mostly subjective; meal, family's health, sleep,
interventions tried,
fever 101*
axillary and plastic strip thermometers underestimate body temp
monitor temp every 20 minutes per intervention
apical pulse pulse taken with a stethoscope and near the apex of the heart at PMI; kids <7 at 4th
intercostal space; >7 at 5th intercostal space. Regular HR can stop at 30 seconds, irregular go
full minute.
Normal HR preschoolers/K-1: 75-115, 8-15: 70-110, girls >15 60-100 and boys >15 is 55-95
4/3/2026, 3:14:23 PM 4/3/2026, 3:14:22 PM 4/3/2026
