Professional Practice Skills

This program demonstrates and describes a step-by-step approach to an initial head-to-toe assessment that would be used for screening when providing either inpatient or outpatient care. This includes collecting both subjective and objective data of key body systems for use in an assessment. This program provides a foundational understanding of this process.

This short video examines the nursing process, discussing assessment.

Video clip from series title, Health Assessment: An Introduction (humorous dramatization) Covers the head-to-toe-approach of a thorough assessment of a patient. Included, Gordon's Functional Health Patterns based on a holistic approach, listing 11 categories to work through.