NUR-230 Physical Assessment
This course focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary for conducting a complete nursing physical assessment. Lecture, demonstrations, small group interactions, and videotaped interviews focus on subjective assessment. Laboratory practices and audiovisual materials focus on objective assessment.
Outcomes
- Conduct, document, and evaluate a subjective health assessment involving a structured interview including describing and implementing various phases of the interview, making smooth transitions, and controlling the interview
- Organize, conduct and document a health assessment, consisting of a health history and physical examination
- Identify and document normal findings and begin to identify and document abnormal findings including appropriate nursing diagnoses based upon subjective and objective data
- Organize, conduct, and document appropriate regional physical examinations based upon subjective data
- Describe, utilize, and evaluate selected tools and methods for the health assessment
- Apply developmental and transcultural considerations across the lifespan when conducting a health assessment