Practice Assessment: Skin, Hair, and Nails Examination Practice Assessment: Skin, Hair, and Nails Examination Advanced practice nurses are required to have the skills and knowledge necessary to perform many different physical assessments and health examinations. In this course, you will demonstrate your abilities in this area by conducting various optional examinations on a volunteer “patient.”…
Digital Clinical Experience: Health History Assessment Digital Clinical Experience: Health History Assessment In Week 3, you began your DCE: Health History Assessment. For this week, you will complete this Health History Assessment in your simulation tool, Shadow Health and finalize for submission. Digital Clinical Experience: Health History Assessment Photo Credit: Sam Edwards / Caiaimage /…
Lab Assignment: Differential Diagnosis for Skin Conditions Lab Assignment: Differential Diagnosis for Skin Conditions Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Properly identifying the cause and type of a patient’s skin condition involves a process of elimination known as differential diagnosis. Using this process, a health professional can take a given set of physical abnormalities, vital signs, health…
Week 4: Assessment of the Skin, Hair, and Nails Week 4: Assessment of the Skin, Hair, and Nails Something as small and simple as a mole or a discolored toenail can offer meaningful clues about a patient’s health. Abnormalities in skin, hair, and nails can provide non-invasive external clues to internal disorders or even prove…