2102 Final

Module Overview

Module I: Week 1 - Introduction to Health Assessment

• Objective: Recognize critical issues in health assessment.
    - Focus Areas:
      - Safety
      - Quality
      - Ethical considerations
      - Cultural implications
      - Legal aspects
      - Moral issues
      - Professional standards as per ANA and QSEN reports

• Questions: 2

• Comparison of Preventative Strategies:
    - Primary Prevention
    - Secondary Prevention
    - Tertiary Prevention
    - Health Promotion
    - Disease Prevention
    - Clinical Prevention

• Questions: 1

• Nurse's Role: Practical aspects of nursing, including:
    - Gathering and clustering patient data
    - Developing nursing diagnoses and care plans
    - Application of clinical reasoning and judgment

• Questions: 5

• Health History Interviewing:
    - Concepts of interviewing for a health history
    - Use of genetic and genomic information
    - Skills in caring and therapeutic communication
    - Maintaining professionalism during assessments

• Questions: 1

• Cultural & Ethical Considerations:
    - Recognition and application of ethical and cultural aspects in health assessments

• Questions: 1

Module I: Week 2 - General Survey, Techniques, Equipment, Vital Signs, Genetics, and Genomics

• Objective: Understand basic physical examination techniques and tools.
    - Describe the purpose and use of the four basic physical examination techniques (Inspection, Palpation, Percussion, Auscultation)
    - Basic equipment needed for physical assessments

• Questions: 1

• Application of Therapeutic Communication:
    - Techniques for effective interviewing for a health history
    - Conducting physical examinations
    - General inspection procedures
    - Vital Signs measurement practices

• Questions: 3

Module I: Week 3 - Pain, Mental Health, and Nutrition

• Assessment Techniques for Pain:
    - Application based on anatomy and physiology
    - Patient care scenarios to exhibit pain assessment techniques

• Questions: 2

• Expected vs Unexpected Findings:
    - Pain management assessment outcomes
    - Identify different types of pain (acute, chronic, neuropathic, somatic, etc.)

• Questions: 1

• Mental Health Assessment Techniques:
    - Application based on anatomy and physiology
    - Mental status evaluations in patient care contexts

• Questions: 1

• Nutrition Assessment Techniques:
    - Application based on anatomy and physiology for nutritional evaluations
    - Expected vs unexpected findings associated with nutrition

• Questions: 1

Module II-IV: Health Assessment and Clinical Prevention of the Adult

• Holistic Assessment Principles:
    - Application of prerequisite course concepts to adult body systems.
    - Health history and physical examination focusing on genetics and genomics

• Questions for Body Systems Assessment: 6

• EMR Documentation:
    - Conducting and documenting health histories and physical examinations
    - Emphasis on the importance of caring, therapeutic communication, interprofessional interaction, and professionalism

• Questions: 3

• Clinical Reasoning Model:
    - Assessing self and patient scenarios across various body systems:
      - Respiratory
      - Cardiovascular
      - Gastrointestinal (GI)
      - Genitourinary (GU)
      - Neurological
      - Musculoskeletal

• Questions: 13

• Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests:
    - Identification and interpretation of common tests

• Questions: 8

• Expected and Unexpected Findings:
    - Findings per body system must consider variations with respect to ethnicity, culture, and age

• Questions: 4

• Guideline-Based Recommendations:
    - Based on Healthy People 2030 and AHRQ Clinical Prevention Guidelines
    - Strategy recommendations for health promotion and clinical prevention for adults

• Questions: 1

Module V: Health Assessment Across the Lifespan

• Assessment Techniques Across Age Groups:
    - Application of health history and physical examination concepts for:
      - Neonates
      - Infants
      - Children
      - Pregnant individuals
      - Older adults

• Questions: 6

• Genetics and Genomics in Assessments:
    - Importance of applying genetics and genomics for infants, children, and older adults

• Questions: 1

• National Guidelines Integration:
    - Recommendations for health promotion and clinical prevention strategies

• Questions: 1

• Conducting Appropriate Assessments:
    - Developmentally appropriate health history and physical examinations
    - Ensuring documentation in EMR and effective communication with the interprofessional team

• Questions: 1

• Expected and Unexpected Findings:
    - Identification of expected and unexpected findings across different age groups:
      - Infants
      - Children
      - Pregnant individuals
      - Older adults

• Questions: 9