Summary PHYSICAL-ASSESSMENT-EXAM-1 chapter 1-5

PHYSICAL-ASSESSMENT-EXAM-1 chapter 1-5 .pdf Discuss how assessment is applicable to every situation the nurse encounters o Current focus on managed care and internal case management has had a dramatic impact on the assessment role of the nurse ▪ Acute care, critical care, ambulatory care, home health • Differentiate between a holistic nursing assessment and a physical medical assessment o Holistic nursing assessment: collects holistic subjective and objective data to determine a client’s overall level of functioning in order to make a professional clinical judgment o Physical medical assessment: focuses primarily on the client’s physiologic development status • Identify the importance ofsubjective and objective date o Subjective: what the patient tells you (ex. Nausea) ▪ Biographical info, history of present health concern, physical symptoms related to each body part of system, personal health history, family history, health and lifestyle practices, review of symptoms o Objective: what you see, hear,smell, or observe (ex. Vomiting) ▪ Physical characteristics, body functions, appearance, behavior, measurements, results of labs