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NURS 1724 Health Assessment

NURS 1724 Health Assessment

Course Description

This course is designed to develop your expertise in gathering a health history and performing comprehensive physical examinations. You will practice interviewing an adult client and review and further develop your skills in physical examination. The emphasis will be on assessment and its application to normal.   

Learning Units

Unit 1: Comprehensive Health History

Unit 2: Components of a Physical Examination

Unit 3: Clinical Reasoning

Unit 4: General Survey and Mental Health Examination

Unit 5: Integument System

Unit 6: Neurological System

Unit 7: Head and Neck System

Unit 8: Respiratory System

Unit 9: Breasts and Axillae System

Unit 10: Cardiovascular and Peripheral Vascular System

Unit 11: Abdomen System

Unit 12: Adult Male and Female Genitalia and Rectum System

Unit 13: Musculoskeletal System

Unit 14: Adapted Techniques for Health Assessment of Infants and Children

License

Additional Authorized Practice (AAP) Preceptor Handbook Copyright © 2022 by Saskatchewan Polytechnic. All Rights Reserved.