Advanced Physical Assessment
Issued by
American Sentinel College of Nursing & Health Sciences at Post University
The holder of this badge has successfully completed a graduate-level nursing course that uses a comprehensive health promotion, disease prevention, and health restoration model to focus on the culturally competent, advanced comprehensive assessment of clients across the lifespan, including effective data collection and documentation.
- Type Validation
- Level Advanced
- Time Weeks
- Cost Paid
Skills
Earning Criteria
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Evaluate the role of the graduate level nurse to integrate knowledge of anatomy and pathophysiology when interpreting assessment and diagnostic data in individuals, families, and populations by performing comprehensive health assessment.
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Synthesize the elements of a culturally sensitive, developmentally appropriate and comprehensive health history to implement comprehensive assessment methods that focus on a holistic view of the patient.
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Perform a systematic advanced physical assessment on patients across the life span to differentiate between normal and abnormal findings and formulate sound diagnostic reasoning and clinical judgment.
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Apply the process of collecting and analyzing patient data and correlating it with evidence-based data for clinical reasoning.
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Assess the bio-psychosocial, cultural, spiritual, and environmental elements that may affect health.
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Develop nursing care approaches through the process of comprehensive health assessment which promote health, reduce health risks, empower preventive health behaviors, and restore health.
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Effectively utilize health informatics technologies to retrieve data, improve decision making, and evaluate evidence to prevent or treat illness, perform patient education , and formulate an adaptive needs list in advanced health assessment with diverse clients and populations.
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Successfully complete all learning activities, assignments, and assessments associated with N522PE – Advanced Physical Assessment (3 credits).