Library Guides: Professional Practice Skills: Physical Assessment

Assessment

Head to Toe Assessment (Video Duration: 20 Minutes)
In taking a comprehensive patient screening, an initial head-to-toe assessment collecting both subjective and objective data of the key body systems is important when providing inpatient and outpatient care. In this descriptive video, find out the many ways that you can conduct this initial assessment providing optimal care for all of your patients.
Nursing Skills Videos, 2024
Head-to-Toe Assessment (Video Duration: 17 Minutes)
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.
Cardiovascular Assessment (Video Duration: 10 Minutes)
This video provides a step-by-step guide to conducting a thorough cardiovascular assessment, covering patient interaction, precise examination techniques, and essential clinical judgments to detect and interpret cardiac and peripheral vascular health indicators effectively.
Nursing Skills Videos, 2025
Mental Health Assessment (Video Duration: 11 Minutes)
Patients may be challenged to effectively cope in numerous situations, resulting in impaired mental health that manifests as fear, anxiety, and depression. Nurses providing care to these patients require skills and strategies to safely and effectively equip patients with resources to increase their coping abilities.
Nursing Skills Videos, 2025
Musculoskeletal Assessment (Video Duration: 17 Minutes)
This video focuses on the structure and various functions of the musculoskeletal system and how to accurately perform and document findings from a comprehensive musculoskeletal assessment.
Nursing Skills Videos, 2025
Neurological Assessment (Video Duration: 14 Minutes)
This video covers the structure and various functions of the neurological system and how to accurately perform and document findings from a neurologic assessment.
Nursing Skills Video, 2025
Renal Assessment (Video Duration: 17 Minutes)
Conducting a renal assessment is a vital component to understanding renal impairment, dysfunction, or failure. In this step-by-step video learn about all components of taking a subjective and objective renal assessment.
Nursing Skills Videos, 2024
The Respiratory System: Nursing Assessment (Video Duration: 16 minutes)
This video covers how to perform a respiratory assessment. It explains the purpose of subjective and objective assessment, demonstrates how to auscultate a patient, and looks at the different types of breath sounds.
Sensory Assessment (Video Duration: 9 Minutes)
This training video is designed to guide nursing students through the comprehensive sensory assessment of patients. The video details methods for assessing the eyes, ears, and nose, highlighting the relevance of these assessments in providing optimal care for patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
Nursing Skills Videos, 2024
The Integumentary 'Skin' Assessment (Video Duration: 10 Minutes)
This video covers the structure and various functions of the integumentary system, how certain medical conditions can manifest outward signs on the skin, and best practices for conducting and documenting a comprehensive assessment of the skin, hair, and nails.