Transcription of Nursing Assessment Gathering Data Assessment Techniques
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physical Assessment examination study guide . Nursing Assessment 1. Part of Nursing Process 2. Nurses use physical Assessment skills to: a) Obtain baseline data and expand the data base from which subsequent phases of the Nursing process can evolve b) To identify and manage a variety of patient problems (actual and potential). c) Evaluate the effectiveness of Nursing care d) Enhance the nurse-patient relationship e) Make clinical judgments Gathering data Subjective data - Said by the client (S). Objective data - Observed by the nurse (O). Document: SOAPIER. Assessment Techniques : The order of Techniques is as follows (Inspect Palpation Percussion - Auscultation) except for the abdomen which is Inspect Auscultation Percuss Palpate. A. Inspection critical observation *always first*.
PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT EXAMINATION STUDY GUIDE Page 1 of 35 Adapted from the Kentucky Public Health Practice Reference, 2008 and Jarvis, C, (2011).
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