Workshop Description

This one-day course will review health assessment using a systems approach and will include how to do a head-to-toe assessment. Participants will practice focused health assessments in a simulation laboratory. A laboratory component is included in the course allows the learners to practice newly acquired nursing skills. Healthcare professionals in the Adult Physical Assessment Workshop will expand their current knowledge and skills in order to perform a basic physical assessment of the adult more comfortably.

Using a comprehensive learning format, the participants at the workshop will briefly review the basic anatomy and physiology of an adult human body. They can also observe and participate in a demonstration of physical examination techniques and then practice those techniques. Common health deviations will be reviewed.
 

About Workshop

This course is designed to help nurses to refine their interviewing skills in conducting holistic health assessments to obtain relevant data to complete health history and perform physical assessments across the adult lifespan. The workshop content will focus on cultural diversity, communication, safety, therapeutic nurse-client relationships, history taking, and basic techniques and skills in performing physical and psychosocial assessments.

Course Objective

• To increase learners’ confidence when performing physical assessments.
• To increase the learners’ ability to perform a focused health assessment so they can perform a comprehensive head-to-toe assessment on clients across the lifespan.
• To increase the learners’ understanding of normal and abnormal physical findings.
• To increase the learners’ ability to perform advanced assessments.
• To enhance their knowledge as a licensed practical nurses.

Learning Outcome

• Discuss the concepts of cultural diversity, sensitivity, and competency in delivering holistic care.
• Demonstrate skills to ascertain a concise and comprehensive health history. 
• Demonstrate a systematic approach to perform adult physical assessment.   
• Demonstrate physical examination appropriate to patient’s complaint and condition based on anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology.                            
• Describe normal and unexpected findings from the client history and physical examination and report these findings during transfer of accountability using ISBAR communication framework.