Health Assessment
A nursing course teaching health history and physical examination techniques to identify normal versus abnormal conditions, with focus on cultural and developmental variations.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2013: 3.67 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2014: 3.66 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Use professional communication techniques and differentiate between the history-taking of patients based on cultural or developmental difference.
Demonstrate an ability to use interviewing techniques and systematically take and record a health history.
Manipulate and use correctly certain instruments required in carrying out a physical examination.
Perform a physical examination and begin to differentiate between the wide range of normal and grossly abnormal findings through the physical examination.
Record the physical examination findings, including cognitive and emotional status.
Recognize normal variance in history and physical findings based on cultural or developmental differences.
Source: UW Guide
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Prerequisites
Course mapDeclared in Nursing (Accelerated or Traditional program) BSN
- Declared in Nursing (Accelerated or Traditional program) BSN
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- Declared in Nursing (Accelerated or Traditional program) BSN
Professors
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Student experience
the class
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2013: 3.67 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2014: 3.66 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).
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Topics
- Health history collection and physical examination procedures for assessing patient status.
- Impact of cultural and developmental factors on health assessment and interpretation of findings.
- Documentation of physical examination results, specifically cognitive and emotional status assessments.
Skills
- Conducting health histories and physical examinations to distinguish normal from abnormal findings while accounting for cultural and developmental variations.
- Applying professional communication and interviewing techniques tailored to specific cultural or developmental patient needs.
- Correctly manipulating and using clinical instruments necessary for performing physical examinations.
Grades
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