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Learning Objectives
Chapter 1: Health History
Identify what steps –from obtaining biographic date to
reviewing body systems –make up a complete health history.
Use appropriate systematic questions in obtaining a health
history.
Chapter 2: Fundamental
Physical Assessment Techniques
Identify basic equipment needs for performing a physical
assessment.
Explain how to perform a general, observational survey as
the first part of the physical assessment.
Prepare the patient for the examination
Identify techniques for Inspection, Palpation, Percussion
and Auscultation.
Chapter 3: Nutritional
Assessment
Explain how to take anthropometrics measurements.
Identify what laboratory tests help diagnose nutritional
problems.
Identify and differentiate some nutritional disorders.
Chapter 4: Assessing
Skin, Hair, and Nails
Demonstrate a basic understanding of the anatomy and
physiology of the skin, hair, and nails.
Recite appropriate questions about the skin, hair and
nails to ask the patient during the health history.
Differentiate changes in the skin, hair and nails that are
normal outcomes of aging from changes that signal a potential health problem.
Explain how to perform inspection and palpation to assess
skin, hair, and nails.
Identify some common disorders of the skin, hair, and
nails.
Chapter 5: Assessing
Eyes
Recite appropriate questions to obtain health history
information about the eyes.
Explain how to perform a physical assessment of the eyes.
Identify and differentiate some normal and abnormal
variations in the eyes.
Chapter 6: Assessing
Ears, Nose, and Throat
Recite appropriate questions to obtain an ear, nose, and
throat health history from the patient.
Explain how to perform an assessment of the ear, nose, and
throat.
Identify some abnormal findings of the ear, nose, and
throat.
Chapter 7: Assessing
the Respiratory System
Identify the basic normal anatomy and physiology of the
respiratory system.
Recite appropriate questions to obtain health history
information about the respiratory system.
State how to assess the respiratory system using the four
components of a physical examination: inspection,
palpation, percussion and auscultation.
Identify some related structures that may also provide
information about respiratory status.
Identify some abnormal findings for the respiratory
system.
Recite appropriate questions to obtain health history
information about the cardiovascular system.
Explain how to perform an assessment of the cardiovascular
system.
Explain how to identify and differentiate between normal
and abnormal findings.
Chapter 9: Assessing
the Breasts and Axillae
Recite appropriate questions to obtain health history
information about the breasts.
Explain how the breasts change with age, pregnancy and
other conditions.
Explain how to perform a physical assessment of the
breasts and axillae.
Describe some common abnormal findings of the breast and axillae.
Chapter 10: Assessing
the Gastrointestinal System
Identify the basic organs and structures that make up the
GI system.
Recite appropriate questions to obtain health history
information about the GI system.
Explain how to perform a physical assessment of the GI
system.
Describe some abnormal findings in the GI system and how
to recognize them.
Chapter 11: Assessing
the Female Genitourinary System
Recite appropriate questions to obtain health history
information about the female GU system.
Explain how to perform a physical assessment of the female
GU system.
Describe some female GU system abnormalities and how to
recognize them.
Chapter 12: Assessing
the Male Genitourinary System
Identify the basic organs and structures that make up the
male GU system.
Recite appropriate questions to obtain health history
information about the male GU system.
Explain how to perform a physical assessment of the male
GU system.
Describe some male GU system abnormalities and how to
recognize them.
Chapter 13: Assessing
the Musculoskeletal System
Identify the basic structures of the musculoskeletal
system.
Recite appropriate questions to obtain health history
information about the musculoskeletal system.
Explain how to use inspection and palpation to assess the
musculoskeletal system.
Identify the five “P’s” for swiftly assessing a
musculoskeletal injury.
Identify some abnormal findings and explain their
significance.
Chapter 14: Assessing the Neurologic System
Identify the basic organs and structures that make up the
neurologic system.
Recite appropriate questions to obtain health history and
acquire information about neurologic function.
Explain how to conduct a physical assessment of the
neurologic system.
Explain how to recognize some neurologic abnormalities.
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