Assessment Techniques and Safety in the Clinical Setting

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Assessment Techniques and Safety in the Clinical Setting HEALTH HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION The health history described in preceding chapters provides the following:  Subjective data for ... health assessment  Objective data (the signs perceived by examiner through physical examination)Close, careful scrutiny, first of individual as a whole and then of each body system Begins when you first meet person with a general survey As you proceed through examination, start assessment of each body system with inspection Inspection always comes first Inspection requires  Good lighting  Adequate exposure  Occasional use of instruments, including otoscope, ophthalmoscope, penlight, or nasal to enlarge your view Physical examination requires examiner to develop the following:  Technical skills, the tools to gather data  Then examiner will relate those data to his or her knowledge base and previous experience CULTIVATING YOUR SENSES The examiner will use the senses—sight, smell, touch, and hearing—to gather data during ph [Show More]

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