Head To Toe Assessment for Nursing Students: Physical Exam Skills | DEMO

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Today’s video is all about head to toe nursing assessments for Nursing Students and NCLEX Review.

Being able to perform a head to toe nursing assessment is a critical part of the nursing process. Along with other types of physical exams, they help identify changes in conditions that may require further evaluation.

You’ll be testing on head to toe assessments on the NCLEX, so don’t miss today’s video with a demo included.

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The Head to Toe assessment represents a general check list or rather a cheat sheet common through nursing school. It is important to follow the instructor’s assessment guidelines or your employers assessment protocols.

This video about head to toe assessment emphasizes on the following skill sets:
Vital Signs:
Pulse Rate
Respiration Rate
Temperature
Oxygen Saturation
Blood Pressure
Pain Assessment

-Examination of Cranial Nerve
-Head assessment involves hair, cranium, eyes, nose, mouth, ears, & sinuses
-Neck assessment entails jugular vein, thyroid, trachea, & carotid
-Heart sounds assessment
-Lung sounds assessment
-Abdominal assessment
-Assessing extremities (arms, hands, legs, feet)
-Back assessment

00:00 Introduction
01:16 Eyes, ears, nose assessment
02:04 Throat, mouth assessment
03:31 Lungs assessment
04:39 Heart, pacemakers assessment
05:25 Abdominal assessment
06:52 Urinary assessment
07:31 Extremities assessment
08:54 Skin assessment
09:46 Moles and skin lesions
11:46 Conclusion