Core Concepts of Health Assessment
Overview
Health Assessment plays a vital role in nursing process in assessing and
determining the client’s health issue and designing care plans and nursing
interventions. This module will provide nurses with opportunities to develop a wide
range of clinical assessment strategies for a range of individuals with various
physical health concerns, using a systems approach.
- Time Duration : 16 hrs
- Number of Participants : 15
- Demonstrate history-taking and interviewing skills necessary for comprehensive data
collection - Differentiate between normal and abnormal assessment findings.
- Explain health assessment techniques
- Apply critical thinking and knowledge of anatomy and physiology to the health
assessment process - Perform a comprehensive head to toe physical assessment using a systems
approach with appropriate tools and techniques - Identify and communicate priority health assessment data while reporting to
appropriate healthcare team members - Integrate health assessment into the nursing process and nursing practice
- Multimedia audio visual aids
- High fidelity maniking
- Various assessment tools
- Handouts
- Practice session on task trainer
- Demonstration on high fidelity manikins
- Simulation based clinical scenarios
- Practice session in a simulated environment
- Knowledge and skill assessment
