Course Outline:
I. Health History Guidelines
A. Interview
1. Purpose
2. Structure
3. Guidelines of an Effective Interview
II. Health History
A. Personal Profile
1. Chief Complaint of Present Illness
2. Past Health History
3. Current Medications
4. Personal Habits and Patterns of Living
5. Psychosocial History
B. Functional Assessment
1. Adults
2. Physical Activities of Daily Living (PADL)
3. Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL)
III. Physical Examination
A. Preparation Guidelines
B. PE Guidelines
C. Techniques in Physical Assessment
1. Inspection
2. Palpation
3. Percussion
4. Auscultation
D. Continuing Assessment
1. Pain
2. Fever
E. Sequence of Physical Examination
1. Overview
2. Integument
3. Head
4. Eyes
5. Ears
6. Nose
7. Mouth
8. Neck
9. Anterior thorax
10. Posterior thorax
11. Abdomen
12. Musculoskeletal System
13. Neurologic System
14. Genitourinary System
F. Documentation of Findings
G. Patient and Family Education and Home Health Teaching