Résumés Physical Assessment for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals

Advanced PhysPre-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 illn...

Advanced Physical Assessment|NR 509 Week 1 Shadow Health History Assignment 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 intervie...

Advanced Physical Assessment|NR 509 Shadow Health Respiratory Physical Assessment OBJECTIVE DATA COLLECTIONPre 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 ...

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

Advanced Physical Assessment|NR 509 Week 6 Shadow Health Mental Health Physical Assessment – REVIEW QUESTIONS

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...

NR 509 Week 3 Shadow Health: Neurological Physical Assessment – REVIEW QUESTIONS To assess spinal levels L2, L3 and L4 in Tina, which deep tendon reflexes would have to … tested? Imagine that you were preparing to irrigate a Foley catheter of a patient with a spinal cord injury at T4 in a urology clinic. Upon moving the leg bag, the patient became suddenly flushed and diaphoretic above the nipple line. What would you suspect was happening? Which of the following is not a common symptom of...

NR 509 Week 4 Shadow Health: Cardiovascular Physical Assessment – REVIEW QUESTIONS In order to determine which heart sound is S1, which of the following should you assess? The assessment of Jugular Venous Pressure (JVP) correlates with: Tina had brisk capillary refill (less than 3 seconds). What does this mean? Describe where on the body and when in the cardiac cycle you are most likely to auscultate a murmur caused by mitral valve prolapse. Imagine you had heard a murmur on Tina. Why would ...