RN Head to Toe Assessment

Hello,

I can not believe that summer is almost over. In the last few sessions we have discussed assessment and nursing diagnosis. During the last blog you were asked to create your own assessment sheet for a head to toe assessment. I enjoyed looking through your papers. You all did a very good job. Before we move onto nursing intervention ans evaluation, I thought is was important to show you a video of a head to toe assessment. Please check it out and let me know what you think!

Assessment Tools

Hello Again,

How are you all doing? I hope all is going well throughout the semester. Please feel free to contact me with any question or concerns you may have. Last week we began talking about nursing assessment and diagnosis. This week we will continue on this path. Nursing assessment is an important skill in the nursing process that paves the way for the patient plan of care. The nursing assessment provides the basis for the nursing diagnosis. This week I have found a few websites that I would like you to review and comment on. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on these web sites.

Student Resources: Narrative Head-to-Toe Assessment
http://allnurses.com/nursing-blogs/student-resources-narrative-427052.html

Nursing assessment, care planning, and education are crucial components to improving patient care
http://www.strategiesfornursemanagers.com/ce_detail/74701.cfm

Basic Physical Assessment
http://www.scribd.com/doc/3239837/Blank-Basic-Nursing-Physical-Assessment


Please feel free to review as many sites as you can about the nursing assessment process. You will be collaborating your own assessment sheet to be used in the clinical setting and sharing it with the class. I look forward to seeing your ideas on this subject.

Nursing Diagnosis

Welcome to our second blogging session.  Today we will be reviewing the importance of nursing diagnosis in the nursing profession.  Accoridng to Yont, Khorshid, & Eser (2009) "Nursing diagnoses ensure that nurses use a professional language in the determination of standards for information sharing, organizing information, decision making, nursing practice, and designating appropriate patient outcomes," (p. 163).  Nursing diagnosis play an important role in the nursing process.  In the last post we discussed the assessment aspect of the nursing process.  This week will be looking at the diagnosis process.  Nursing diagnosis play a major role in the nursing process when deciding on a plan of care for the patient.  Please read the following article and post your thoughts and ideas on the blog.  It is important for students to become aware of the nursing diagnosis and apply them to their clinical experience.  Nursing diagnosis can be used to prioritize nursing care plans based on pain, infections, nutritional imbalance, and other health care deficits that are seen in their patients.  Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have!

Instructor Ashley

Yont, G.,  Khorshid, L. & Eser, I. (2009).  Examination of nursing diagnosis used by nursing students and their opinions about nursing diagnosis.  International Journal of Nursing Terminilogies and Classifications. Retrieved August 24, 2010 from http://web.ebscohost.com.kaplan.uah.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=5&hid=12&sid=ad246d6e-a029-4538-b2bd-9d05ad24a3c8%40sessionmgr10

Foundation of Nursing and Health Promotion

Welcome!
My name is Ashley and I will be your instructor over the next 15 weeks.  Throughout the semester we will be exploring the nursing process, theory and history.  I look forward to working with you throughout the semester. Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have.

Description
Nursing 301 is a three credit hour course that will meet Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for 45 minutes.  Nursing 302 is a one credit hour co-requisite that will meet either Tuesday or Thursday for 1 hour for lab studies on assessment and evaluation.

Course Objectives
Nursing 301 is an introductory to the profession of nursing.  By the end of the semester student will verbalize the understanding of the foundation of nursing and skills required for the nursing profession.  Students will also have an understanding of the nursing process and history of the nursing profession.  Students will gain the knowledge of nursing theories that became the foundation of the nursing profession. Students will be introduced to nursing assessment, health promotion, and disease prevention.

Assignment 
The assessment process is a very important part of the nursing process.  According to  Broom (2007) "Assessment is a fundamental nursing skill that underpins decisions about interventions and priorities in care delivery," (p. 22).  Please read and review the article Exploring the assessment process by Mark Broom.  During this week we will look and examine the assessment process in relation to the nursing process.  Assessment skills help aid in determining a care plan for the patient as well as the family involved.  The assessment process plays a major role in the development of the nursing process.  Students must become familiar with their assessment skills to develop their skills in the nursing process.  Please post your comments and concerns that need to be evaluated. 

Broom, M. (2007). Exploring the assessment process. Paediatric Nursing,(19).Retrieved August 21, 2001 from http://web.ebscohost.com.kaplan.uah.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=5&hid=12&sid=24a17816-96b1-49f5-893a-c6faaf21b81e%40sessionmgr11 
 Final Thought
Throughout the semester I will post information on material being covered throughout the week.  It is the students responsibility to respond to the post in a timely manner.  I hope you enjoy your time in this class and take advantage of every learning opportunity possible.  We will be utilizing this page to communicate on material covered.  Please feel free to contact me with any questions!