Physical Assessment for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals notes

Advanced Physical Assessment|NR 509 Week 2 Shadow Health Respiratory Physical Assessment Assignment REVIEW QUESTIONPre 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 qu...

Advanced Physical Assessment|NR 509 Week 2 Shadow Health Respiratory Physical Assessment Assignment DOCUMENTATIONPre 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 ques...

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 ...

Advanced Physical Assessment|NR 509 Week 5 Shadow Health Gastrointestinal Physical Assessment OBJECTIVE DATA COLLECTION

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 ...

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 DOCUMENTATION

Advanced Physical Assessment|NR 509 Week 6 Shadow Health Mental Health Physical Assessment DOCUMENTATION

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 5 Shadow Health Gastrointestinal Physical Assessment REVIEW QUESTIONS