Year1- NSE103 Week 1 Assessment

Year1- NSE103 Week 1 Assessment objective assessment - Collection of data that you can observe and measure about the clients state of health purpose to objective assessment - Purpose: identifying Normal and abnormal findings abnormal findings are cues that signal a potential concern 4 objective assessment techniques - Inspection Palpation Percussion auscultation Inspection - Inspection involves your visual sense to observe the client Palpation - involves your sense of touch to physically feel areas of the body auscultation - auscultation involves your sense of hearing while listening to areas of the body with a stethoscope Order of Objective assessment - inspection first and throughout palpation, percussion, auscultation 4 diagnostic reasoning components - Attend to available cues (signs and symptoms) Formulate diagnostic hypotheses (tentative explanation of a cue) Gathering data relative to the hypothesis Evaluating hypothesis critical thinking - the means by which nurses learn to assess and modify, before acting evidence-informed practice - a paradigm and lifelong problem-solving approach to clinical decision-making involves the conscientious use of the best available evidence, to improve outcomes for individuals and communities 4 factors for evidence informed practice - evidence from research and evidence informed theories