Physical Assessment for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals Resúmenes

Pre-brief: Obtaining an accurate history is the critical first step in determining the etiology of a patient’s problem. A large percentage of the time, you will actually be able to make a diagnosis based on the history alone. The value of the history, of course, will depend on your ability to elicit relevant information. Your sense of what constitutes important data will grow exponentially as you practice your interviewing skills and through increased exposure to patients and illness…… Int...

Pre-brief: Obtaining an accurate history is the critical first step in determining the etiology of a patient’s problem. A large percentage of the time, you will actually be able to make a diagnosis based on the history alone. The value of the history, of course, will depend on your ability to elicit relevant information. Your sense of what constitutes important data will grow exponentially as you practice your interviewing skills and through increased exposure to patients and illness…… Int...

Advanced Physical Assessment|NR 509 Week 2 Shadow Health Respiratory Physical Assessment Assignment SELF REFLECTION Pre Brief: Tina had an asthma episode 2 days ago. At that time she used her albuterol inhaler and her symptoms decreased although they did not completely resolve. Since that incident she notes that she has had ten episodes of wheezing and has shortness of breath approximately every four hours. Tina presents with continued shortness of breath and wheezing. Be sure to ask pertinent q...

Advanced Physical Assessment|NR 509 Week 2 Shadow Health Respiratory Physical Assessment LIFESPANPre Brief: Tina had an asthma episode 2 days ago. At that time she used her albuterol inhaler and her symptoms decreased although they did not completely resolve. Since that incident she notes that she has had ten episodes of wheezing and has shortness of breath approximately every four hours. Tina presents with continued shortness of breath and wheezing. Be sure to ask pertinent questions during the...

Advanced Physical Assessment|NR 509 Week 5 Shadow Health Gastrointestinal Physical Assessment LIFESPAN

Advanced Physical Assessment|NR 509 Week 7 Shadow Health Comprehensive Health History and Physical Assessment SELF REFLECTION Pre Brief: In this case study, you will complete the Plan My Exam activity to organize the exam procedures you will use into a sequence that moves smoothly from head to toe by mapping them to the region of the body where you will perform them. After you have planned your exam, you will enter the clinic room and conduct a Comprehensive Assessment by interviewing and examin...

Advanced Physical Assessment|NR 509 Week 7 Alternative Writing Assignment Health History and Physical Examination TechniquesAs a family nurse practitioner, you must possess excellent physical assessment skills. This alternative writing assignment mirrors the discussion content of the debriefing session and will allow the student to expand their knowledge of physical health assessment principles specific to the advanced practice role. NOTE: You are to complete this alternative writing assignment...

NR 509 Week 2 Shadow Health: HEENT Physical Assessment – REVIEW QUESTIONS Suppose you had found that Tina’s pupils were reactive to both direct and consensual light, yet unequal in size. Which condition would you suspect? Imagine that, during your physical exam with Tina, you had palpated an enlarged left supraclavicular lymph node. What would this finding have indicated? If you had observed Arteriovenous (AV) nicking during the retinal exam on Tina, what would you have seen? Suppose that ...

NR 509 Week 3 Shadow Health: Musculoskeletal Physical Assessment – REVIEW QUESTIONS If you were assessing range of motion (ROM) for a healthy 28-year-old woman with no known joint issues, which of the following would indicate limited ankle ROM? When palpating joints in a musculoskeletal exam, crepitus indicates: Imagine that Tina has hard painless bumps on the dorsolateral aspects of the distal interphalangeal joints that had limit flexion during a range of motion test. How would you have do...