Enhancing physical assessment skills in the preregistration nursing curriculum

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Andy Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Registered Nurses ◽  
Nursing Curriculum ◽  
Physical Assessment ◽  
Assessment Skills ◽  
Physical Assessment Skills ◽  
Preregistration Nursing

This month's issue of BANCC looks at the expansion of physical assessment skills for registered nurses.

Barriers to Physical Assessment: Registered Nurses in Mainland China

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-72
Author(s):  
Guang Shi ◽  
Guan-Fei He ◽  
Li-Li Zhang ◽  
Mary R. Morrow ◽  
Yang Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Registered Nurses ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Skin Condition ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Physical Assessment ◽  
Managerial Attention ◽  
Assessment Skills ◽  
Physical Assessment Skills ◽  
Documentation Form

The authors focus on discussing the barriers in the use of physical assessment skills by RNs (Registered Nurses) in mainland China. This study was a multicenter, cross-sectional survey conducted in 6 cities with 1,115 RNs in mainland China. The results indicated that 15.36% of the skills were used regularly, where general and skin condition assessment skills are used most frequently. Lack of training and a unified documentation form were the top two barriers RNs faced. In conclusion, RNs are not performing assessment skills with required proficiency in mainland China and still need managerial attention in continuing education.

scholarly journals Effect of a physical assessment educational program on clinical practice

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Rika Mitoma ◽  
Toyoaki Yamauchi
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Registered Nurses ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Study Cohort ◽  
Hospital Nurses ◽  
Physical Assessment ◽  
Assessment Skills ◽  
Physical Assessment Skills ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effect of an educational program on physical assessment skills for registered nurses focusing on respiratory and cardiovascular systems.Methods: Design: Survey research using a self-administered questionnaire was used. Methods: The study was conducted in the physical assessment education program and the clinical settings. The study involved 104 registered nurses who completed a self-administered questionnaire, distributed immediately and 2 months after the physical assessment education program. The data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test.Results: The usage frequencies of 19 physical assessment skills increased after the educational program. The most frequently cited barrier to using these skills changed from a lack of knowledge to a lack of confidence and insufficient time.  Before the program, the hospital nurses used their physical assessment skills more frequently than the home-visit nurses, but the reverse became true afterward. Nurses who recognized that they needed physical assessment skills that were learned through education showed a tendency to use these skills in nursing practice.Conclusions: These results suggest that the educational program on physical assessment skills affected the use of these skills in clinical practice for this study cohort for this study cohort.

scholarly journals Developing Physical Assessment Skills in Pharmacy Students through Participation in a Creative Movement Workshop: An Interdisciplinary Study between Pharmacy and Dance

Pharmacy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 142
Author(s):  
Amber Wesner ◽  
Ting-Yu Chen
Keyword(s):  
Personal Space ◽  
Pharmacy Students ◽  
Physical Assessment ◽  
Creative Movement ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Assessment Skills ◽  
Spatial Exploration ◽  
Physical Assessment Skills ◽  
Interdisciplinary Study ◽  
To Receive

The role a pharmacist plays in the care of patients is continually changing and expanding. Most recently, there is movement towards including pharmacists in the physical assessment of patients. We developed a creative movement workshop with the purpose of increasing students’ levels of comfort with touch, ability to interpret non-verbal mannerisms, to increase empathy for the patient, and to increase student comfort in conducting physical exams. In this interventional study, surveys were administered to third year pharmacy students, before and after the creative movement workshop, in order to assess participant’s change in level of comfort with a variety of behaviors needed to conduct effective physical assessment. The two hour workshop involved: partner stretching, mirroring, and creative spatial exploration between bodies. The 11-item survey evaluated students’ perceptions on touch, nonverbal communication, and sharing personal space. Our results showed that the level of comfort improved for the ability to give touch (p = 0.001), the ability to receive touch (p = 0.002), and the ability to share personal space (p = 0.001). Participants commented that the workshop increased their understanding of how important confidence is when performing physical assessment and reported an increased appreciation for how much non-verbal mannerisms can communicate to another. This study explores how an interdisciplinary workshop between pharmacy and dance has the potential to increase student effectiveness as future healthcare professionals, by targeting skills not often focused on within traditional pharmacy curriculums, including: sharing personal space, displaying empathy, and providing a comforting and confident touch.

scholarly journals A Physical Assessment Skills Module on Vital Signs

2014 ◽  
Vol 78 (7) ◽  
pp. 137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Leong ◽  
Christopher Louizos ◽  
Grace Frankel ◽  
Sheila Ng ◽  
Harris Iacovides ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vital Signs ◽  
Physical Assessment ◽  
Assessment Skills ◽  
Physical Assessment Skills
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