Health Assessment

Health Assessment, part 14: Nail Assessment - LevelUpRN

Health Assessment, part 14: Nail Assessment

Meris Shuwarger

Important components of assessing a patient's nails and reviews nail clubbing and capillary refill

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Health Assessment, part 14: Nail Assessment

Meris Shuwarger

Important components of assessing a patient's nails and reviews nail clubbing and capillary refill

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Health Assessment, part 13: Primary and Secondary Skin Lesions - LevelUpRN

Health Assessment, part 13: Primary and Secondary Skin Lesions

Meris Shuwarger

Primary skin lesions (e.g., macule, patch, papule, plaque, wheal, vesicle, pustule, bulla, nodule, tumor) and secondary skin lesions (e.g., crust, scale, fissure, ero sion, ulcer, keloid, atrophy)

Health Assessment, part 13: Primary and Secondary Skin Lesions

Meris Shuwarger

Primary skin lesions (e.g., macule, patch, papule, plaque, wheal, vesicle, pustule, bulla, nodule, tumor) and secondary skin lesions (e.g., crust, scale, fissure, ero sion, ulcer, keloid, atrophy)

Health Assessment, part 12: Skin Color Alterations & Edema - LevelUpRN

Health Assessment, part 12: Skin Color Alterations & Edema

Meris Shuwarger

How to assess alterations in your patient's skin color (e.g., pallor, cyanosis, erythema, jaundice) and how to assess edema (e.g., pitting edema and non-pitting edema)

Health Assessment, part 12: Skin Color Alterations & Edema

Meris Shuwarger

How to assess alterations in your patient's skin color (e.g., pallor, cyanosis, erythema, jaundice) and how to assess edema (e.g., pitting edema and non-pitting edema)

Health Assessment, part 11: Skin Assessment - LevelUpRN

Health Assessment, part 11: Skin Assessment

Meris Shuwarger

The overall components of a skin assessment and covers information about assessing skin turgor.

Health Assessment, part 11: Skin Assessment

Meris Shuwarger

The overall components of a skin assessment and covers information about assessing skin turgor.

Health Assessment, part 10: Pain Assessment - LevelUpRN

Health Assessment, part 10: Pain Assessment

Meris Shuwarger

The different components of a pain assessment, and covers several different pain scales (e.g., CRIES, FLACC, FACES, Oucher, numeric)

Health Assessment, part 10: Pain Assessment

Meris Shuwarger

The different components of a pain assessment, and covers several different pain scales (e.g., CRIES, FLACC, FACES, Oucher, numeric)

Health Assessment, part 9: Orthostatic Vital Signs - LevelUpRN

Health Assessment, part 9: Orthostatic Vital Signs

Meris Shuwarger

When and how to assess orthostatic vital signs, orthostatic hypotension criteria, and important patient teaching

Health Assessment, part 9: Orthostatic Vital Signs

Meris Shuwarger

When and how to assess orthostatic vital signs, orthostatic hypotension criteria, and important patient teaching

Health Assessment, part 8: Assessing Blood Pressure - LevelUpRN

Health Assessment, part 8: Assessing Blood Pressure

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

The assessment technique when obtaining a patient's blood pressure, along with the expected blood pressure ranges by age, and levels of hypertension for adults

Health Assessment, part 8: Assessing Blood Pressure

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

The assessment technique when obtaining a patient's blood pressure, along with the expected blood pressure ranges by age, and levels of hypertension for adults

Health Assessment, part 7: Assessing Oxygen Saturation - LevelUpRN

Health Assessment, part 7: Assessing Oxygen Saturation

Meris Shuwarger

How to assess your patient's oxygen saturation, the expected oxygen saturation range, and nursing considerations when obtaining this vital sign.

Health Assessment, part 7: Assessing Oxygen Saturation

Meris Shuwarger

How to assess your patient's oxygen saturation, the expected oxygen saturation range, and nursing considerations when obtaining this vital sign.

Health Assessment, part 6: Assessing Respirations - LevelUpRN

Health Assessment, part 6: Assessing Respirations

Meris Shuwarger

The assessment components and technique of obtaining your patient's respirations, along with expected findings (e.g., expected respiratory rate ranges, depth, rhythm, and effort), and unexpected findings (e.g., tachypnea, bradypnea, hyperventilation,...

Health Assessment, part 6: Assessing Respirations

Meris Shuwarger

The assessment components and technique of obtaining your patient's respirations, along with expected findings (e.g., expected respiratory rate ranges, depth, rhythm, and effort), and unexpected findings (e.g., tachypnea, bradypnea, hyperventilation,...

Health Assessment, part 5: Assessing Pulse - LevelUpRN

Health Assessment, part 5: Assessing Pulse

Meris Shuwarger

What and how to assess when obtaining a patient's pulse, along with the expected findings (e.g., expected ranges, regularity, strength, and equality) and unexpected findings (e.g., bradycardia, irregular pulses, pulsus...

Health Assessment, part 5: Assessing Pulse

Meris Shuwarger

What and how to assess when obtaining a patient's pulse, along with the expected findings (e.g., expected ranges, regularity, strength, and equality) and unexpected findings (e.g., bradycardia, irregular pulses, pulsus...

Health Assessment, part 4: Assessing Temperature - LevelUpRN

Health Assessment, part 4: Assessing Temperature

Meris Shuwarger

How to assess temperature (e.g., oral, temporal, tympanic, axillary, and rectal), the expected temperature ranges for adults, children, and infants, and nursing considerations when taking a patient's temperature.

Health Assessment, part 4: Assessing Temperature

Meris Shuwarger

How to assess temperature (e.g., oral, temporal, tympanic, axillary, and rectal), the expected temperature ranges for adults, children, and infants, and nursing considerations when taking a patient's temperature.

Health Assessment, part 3: Levels of Consciousness and Orientation, Glasgow Coma Scale - LevelUpRN

Health Assessment, part 3: Levels of Consciousness and Orientation, Glasgow Coma Scale

Meris Shuwarger

How to assess a patient's level of consciousness and orientation, and how to score a patient using the Glasgow coma scale.

Health Assessment, part 3: Levels of Consciousness and Orientation, Glasgow Coma Scale

Meris Shuwarger

How to assess a patient's level of consciousness and orientation, and how to score a patient using the Glasgow coma scale.

Health Assessment, part 2: Physical Assessment Steps, Beginning an Assessment, & General Survey - LevelUpRN

Health Assessment, part 2: Physical Assessment Steps, Beginning an Assessment, & General Survey

Meris Shuwarger

The general overview of physical assessments, how to begin an assessment, and what is covered by a general survey.

Health Assessment, part 2: Physical Assessment Steps, Beginning an Assessment, & General Survey

Meris Shuwarger

The general overview of physical assessments, how to begin an assessment, and what is covered by a general survey.

Health Assessment, part 1: Physical Assessment Components - LevelUpRN

Health Assessment, part 1: Physical Assessment Components

Meris Shuwarger

The four main types of physical assessment components (i.e., inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation) and discusses the flow of a general physical assessment and abdominal assessment.

Health Assessment, part 1: Physical Assessment Components

Meris Shuwarger

The four main types of physical assessment components (i.e., inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation) and discusses the flow of a general physical assessment and abdominal assessment.