Assignment task: This week you have studied neurological and musculoskeletal advanced physical assessment. While a diverse set of advanced physical assessment skills where do you place your greatest level of confidence and what areas need more development. What methods do you use to remember assessment of cranial nerves, mental status, or other important clinical assessments of persons with neurological or musculoskeletal problems? Of these areas of advanced physical assessment what psychomotor skill is most challenging for you to accomplish? Why?
Post a concept to the discussion board that you have had difficulty with and note where you are with resolution of these difficulties. Please describe the clinical issue completely, citing your sources so that your classmates can reference the information and provide additional "clinical pearls". In other words, please include primary sources and/or reliable electronic sources to support your arguments.