Advanced Physical Assessment
NR509- Advanced Physical Assessment
Course Outcomes:
1. Complete focused health history and examination for various patient populations.
2. Document findings of the history and physical examination in a logical and organized sequence.
NR509: #1 Alternative Assignment – Lymphatic System
NR509: #2 Alternative Assignment – Nervous System
NR509: #3 Wk5 Soap Note – Abdominal Pain
Artifact #1: Introduction of the soap note. The purpose of this assignment was to gather subjective and objective data by completing a focused, detailed health history and physical examination for each physical assessment assignment. In this assignment I created a personalized soap note for a patient in the clinical setting and submitted for review to my professor. This correlates with program outcome #1 and 2 by completing a focused health history an examination for various patient populations.
Artifact #2: Week three soap note template. The purpose of this assignment was to provide the opportunity to conduct a focused exam on the shadow health patient who presented with recent episodes of chest pain in a non-emergency setting. After seeing the patient in the shadow health setting, the student was to create a soap note and compile a list of differential diagnoses. This correlates with program outcome #1 and 2 by in the graduate student how to document findings of the history and physical examination in a logical and organized sequence.
Artifact #3: Week four soap note discussion. The purpose of this assignment was to complete a shadow health physical assessment on a female patient named Tina Jones who was two days prior in a low-speed car accident. The physical assessment of this patient allowed me to increase my own understanding of advanced practice physical assessment skills and techniques and to conduct focused and comprehensive histories and physical assessments for various patient situations. This correlates with program outcome #1 and 2 by teaching the student how to differentiate normal from abnormal physical examination findings and how to document these findings in a subjective and objective format.