•Course content: This
course provides the students with the knowledge and skills necessary to perform a
comprehensive health assessment utilizing the skills of history taking, and
patient inspection. This course will provide the application of nursing
knowledge and skills on physical, psychological, socio-cultural aspects to
assess the patient’s needs and state of health to identify deviations from the
norm.
•Total no of Hours for the
module- 15hrs Theory & 30 Hours Demonstrations
in DR
•Assessment: Continuous
Assessments - 30 %( Viva), Final Examination - 70% (Theory + OSCE)
•Teaching Personnel-External
lecturer-Professor Ariyaranee & Senior lecturers of FON
•A health assessment is a plan of care
that identifies the specific needs of a person and how those needs will be
addressed by the healthcare system or skilled nursing facility. It is the
evaluation of the health status by performing a physical exam after taking a
health history.
•Comprehensive or complete the health assessment usually begins with obtaining a thorough health
history and physical exam.
•A thorough and skilled assessment allows
the nurse, to obtain descriptions about the patient’s symptoms, how the symptoms
developed, and a process to discover any associated physical findings that will
aid in the development of differential diagnoses.
At the end of the course the student will be able to
•Define Health Assessment
•Describe Health history
•Discuss types of physical assessment
•Recognize necessary equipment for
complete health assessment
•Demonstrate taking the health history
and perform a physical assessment of a patient
- Lecturer: Ayesha Medagedara
- Lecturer: Ms. Rupa Menike
- Lecturer: Nilushi Nisansala
- Lecturer: Nadini Ranaweera