HEALTH ASSESSMENT ACCURATE AND GRADED A+

HEALTH ASSESSMENT ACCURATE AND GRADED A+ A comprehensive assessment of the physical, mental, spiritual, socioeconomic, & cultural status of an individual, group or community - -Health assessment Techniques used in a health or nursing assessment to gather objective data - -Physical examination How would you perform a physical assessment on a client - -Privacy, hand hygiene, introduction & explanation of assessment, alert the client before touching them, confirmation of their name & birth date Lying on your back - -Supine Head of bed elevated 30-40 degrees - -Semi fowlers Head of bed elevated 60 degrees - -Fowlers Head of bed elevated up to 90 degrees - -High fowlers Lying on stomach - -Prone When would you use the bell of the stethoscope to auscultate? - -For bruits & murmurs What's the sequence of performing a head to toe assessment? - -Inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation What's the sequence of assessing the abdomen? - -Inspection, auscultation, palpation, percussion General survey: What are you looking for - -Overall appearance Age, alert/oriented, speech, skin, easily out of breath (coughing), emotional status, hearing, posture, hygiene, etc BMI Underweight: Normal: Overweight: Obese: - -Below 18.5 18.5-24.9 25.0-29.8 30.0+ What should you consider when weighing a patient? - -Time of day, clothing Skin color