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Texila American University

COURSE SYLLABUS
HEALTH ASSESSMENT


Course description:

This course is designed to provide students a systematic approach to the
advanced assessment of physiological, psychological, sociocultural,
developmental and spiritual needs of patients. The course builds on basic health
assessment skills and emphasize on advanced assessment skills, lab
interpretations, validation, documentation and analysis of normal findings,
common variations and abnormal assessment findings.

Course objectives

Upon completion of this course, the students will be able to: -
Conduct holistic assessment, including physiological, psychological,
sociocultural, developmental and spiritual variables.
Implement advanced communication skills in completing the in-depth health
history
Appropriately integrate lab findings with the patients holistic assessment
Accurately document holistic assessment findings
Appropriately analyze gross and subtle abnormalities to begin to formulate a
differential diagnosis and nursing diagnosis based on assessment findings

Clinical objective

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: -

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Elicit comprehensive and episodic health history using appropriate
communication techniques with children and adults
Perform a complete and episodic physical exam on an infant, child,
adolescents and adults
Correlate the history and physical exam findings with biochemical,
radiological and/or other assessments findings
Distinguish normal, variation of normal and abnormal findings























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COURSE OUTLINE
Module Topic Sub topics
1. Introduction to
health
assessment

Introduction to health assessment
The complete health history
Interview
2. Assessment
techniques
Assessment types & techniques
Assessment techniques in clinical settings
General survey and vital signs
3. Health
assessment in
nursing process
Nursing process
Critical thinking
Nurses role in health assessment
4. Promoting
health
Wellness assessment
Nutritional assessment
Social and spiritual assessment
5. Assessment of
eye, ear, skin
Assessment of eye
Assessment of ear
Assessment of skin
6. Assessment of
respiratory
system
Anatomy and physiology of respiratory system
Assessment of respiratory system
Common abnormalities and assessment
findings
7. Assessment of
cardio vascular
system
Anatomy and physiology of cardio vascular
system
Assessment of cardio vascular system
Common abnormalities and assessment
findings
8. Assessment of Anatomy and physiology of abdomen

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abdomen Assessment of abdomen
Common abnormalities and assessment
findings
9. Assessment of
genitourinary
system
Anatomy and physiology of genitourinary
system (male, female)- review
Assessment of genitourinary system (male,
female)
Common abnormalities and assessment
findings
10. Assessment of
neurological
system
Anatomy and physiology of neurological
system - review
Assessment of neurological system
Common abnormalities and assessment
findings
11. Assessment of
motor-
Musculoskeletal
system
Anatomy and physiology of Motor-
Musculoskeletal system - review
Assessment of Motor- Musculoskeletal system
Common abnormalities and assessment
findings
12. Assessment of
Peripheral-
Vascular and
Lymphatic
System
Anatomy and physiology of Peripheral-
Vascular and Lymphatic System - review
Assessment of Peripheral- Vascular and
Lymphatic System
Common abnormalities and assessment
findings