Advanced Physical Assignment
Purpose
As a family nurse practitioner, you must possess excellent physical assessment skills. This alternative writing assignment mirrors the discussion content of the debriefing session and will allow the student to expand their knowledge of physical health assessment principles specific to the advanced practice role.
Course Outcomes
This assignment is guided by the following Course Outcomes:
1. Apply advanced practice nursing knowledge to collecting health history information and physical examination findings for various patient populations.
2. Differentiate normal and abnormal health history and physical examination findings.
3. Adapt health history and physical examination skills to the developmental, gender-related, age-specific, and special population needs of the individual patient.
The purposes of this assignment are to: (a) identify and articulateadvanced assessment health history and physical examination techniques which are relevantto a focused body system, (b) differentiate normal and abnormal findings with regard to a disease or condition that impacts the body system, and (c) adapt advanced assessment skills if necessary to suit the needs of specific patient populations.
Organize the headings and content of your paper using the outline below:
a. Identify and briefly discuss the body system selected for the topic of this paper
b. Discuss the physiology (structure and function) of the body system including details about the major organ systems (if applicable)
c. Discuss relevant health history questions (subjective data) pertaining to the body system
d. Discussan overview of the objective data and expected normal physical examination findings for this body system
e. Discuss special physical assessment examination techniques or procedures specific to assessing this body system
f. Discuss how you might adapt your physical assessment skills or techniques to accommodate each of the following specific populations:
i. Infant/pediatric
ii. Pregnancy
iii. Geriatric
g. Identify one major disease or disease process that may significantly impact this body system
h. Discuss the expected abnormal physical examination findings that may be associated with this disease or disease process
i. Summarize the key points.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.