Head-To-Toe Assessment

HEAD-TO-TOE ASSESSMENT
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k Objectives - •Differentiate between a head to toe (complete) assessment, system assessment, and

focused assessment

•Demonstrate a holistic system assessment of an adult with no significant health issue

•Integrate the health assessment to the various phases of the nursing process



Health Assessment - Health history

Subjective data

Physical examination

Documenting your findings immediately after

Analysis of data



the Nursing Process - Assessment

Nursing Diagnosis

Planning

Intervention

Evaluation



Preparing for the Assessment/Interview - •Clinical Setting

•Consider who your patient is

•Techniques of communication



Barriers to Assessment/Interview - - race/culture

- time

, -psychological/ emotional state

- illness

- speech/ language ability

- mental state

- medication effects



Type of Health Assessment - 1.Comprehensive (complete) Assessment: Broad and Wide-ranging

- Performed during patient's initial outpatient visit or hospital admission

2.Focused Assessment: Health issues & conditions

3.Emergency/Acute



•Amount of information for all 3 types depends on:

•Patient's needs

•Purpose of data collection

•Health care setting



Emergency health assessment - - carried out in life threatening situations

- follows the ABCD

A: airway

B: breathing

C: circulation

D: disability

- assessments and interventions are carried out at the same time



Comprehensive health assessment - - includes complete health history (subjective) and physical exam
(objective)

- may be done in various settings

- generally done as part of inpatient admissions

- the physical exam follows a head to toe pattern but may include only certain body parts/ systems