Walden NURS6512 Week 9 Assignment DCE Comprehensive (Head-to-Toe) Physical Assessment NURS6512 Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning
Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning is a course that focuses on developing advanced knowledge and skills in health assessment and diagnostic reasoning. It is typically designed for advanced practice nurses, such as nurse practitioners or clinical nurse specialists, who will be conducting physical assessments and making diagnoses in their practice. The course covers topics such as advanced physical examination techniques, diagnostic reasoning, and interpretation of laboratory and imaging studies. The course may also cover cultural considerations, ethics, and legal issues related to health assessment and diagnosis. The course is typically a mix of didactic instruction and clinical experiences where students have the opportunity to practice their assessment and diagnostic reasoning skills.
Week 9 Assignment
Digital Clinical Experience: Comprehensive (Head-to-Toe) Physical Assessment
Throughout this course, you were encouraged to practice conducting various physical assessments on multiple areas of the body, ranging from the head to the toes. Each of these assessments, however, was conducted independently of one another. For this DCE Assignment, you connect the knowledge and skills you gained from each individual assessment to perform a comprehensive head-to-toe physical examination in your Digital Clinical Experience.
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To Prepare
Review this week’s Learning Resources, and download and review the Physical Examination Objective Data Checklist as well as the Student Checklists and Key Points documents related to neurologic system and mental status.
Review the Shadow Health Resources provided in this week’s Learning Resources specifically the tutorial to guide you through the documentation and interpretation with the Shadow Health platform. Review the examples also provided.
Review the DCE (Shadow Health) Documentation Template for Comprehensive (Head-to-Toe) Physical Assessment found in this week’s Learning Resources and use this template to complete your Documentation Notes for this DCE Assignment.
Access and login to Shadow Health using the link in the left-hand navigation of the Blackboard classroom.
Review the Week 9 DCE Comprehensive Physical Assessment Rubric provided in the Assignment submission area for details on completing the Assessment in Shadow Health.
NURS6512 Week 9 Assignment at Walden University DCE Comprehensive is a slang term for “do everything” (Head-to-Toe) Assessment of Physical Health and Diagnostic Reasoning NURS6512 Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning
Week 9’s homework assignment
Digital Clinical Experience: Comprehensive (Head-to-Toe) Physical Assessment (Digital Clinical Experience)
In this course, you were encouraged to practice conducting numerous physical Assessments on various parts of the body, ranging from the head to the toes, over the duration of the course. Each of these Assessments, on the other hand, was carried out in a separate and distinct manner. This DCE Assignment requires you to connect the knowledge and abilities you obtained from each individual assessment in order to execute a comprehensive head-to-toe physical examination in your Digital Clinical Experience during your Digital Clinical Experience.
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in order to prepare
Review this week’s Learning Resources, and download and review the Physical Examination Objective Data Checklist as well as the Student Checklists and Key Points documents related to neurologic system and mental status.
Examine the Shadow Health Resources included in this week’s Learning Resources, particularly the tutorial that will lead you through the documentation and interpretation processes using the Shadow Health platform. Examine the examples that have been supplied as well.
Review the DCE (Shadow Health) Documentation Template for Comprehensive (Head-to-Toe) Physical Assessment found in this week’s Learning Resources and use this template to complete your Documentation Notes for this DCE Assignment.
Shadow Health can be accessed and logged into by the link located in the left-hand navigation of the Blackboard classroom.
Review the Week 9 DCE Comprehensive Physical Assessment Rubric provided in the Assignment submission area for details on completing the Assessment in Shadow Health.
DCE Comprehensive Physical Assessment:
Complete the following in Shadow Health:
Episodic/Focused Note for Comprehensive Physical Assessment of Tina Jones (180 minutes)
Note: Each Shadow Health Assessment may be attempted and reopened as many times as necessary prior to the due date to achieve a total of 80% or better (this includes your DCE and your Documentation Notes), but you must take all attempts by the Week 9 Day 7 deadline.
DCE Comprehensive Physical Assessment:
Complete the following in Shadow Health:
Episodic/Focused Note for Comprehensive Physical Assessment of Tina Jones (180 minutes)
Note: Each Shadow Health Assessment may be attempted and reopened as many times as necessary prior to the due date to achieve a total of 80% or better (this includes your DCE and your Documentation Notes), but you must take all attempts by the Week 9 Day 7 deadline.
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The Week 9 Assignment for the NURS6512 Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning course at Walden University is a Digital Clinical Experience (DCE) in which you will conduct a comprehensive head-to-toe physical examination using the Shadow Health platform. To prepare for this assignment, you should review the learning resources provided, including the Physical Examination Objective Data Checklist, Student Checklists and Key Points documents related to the neurologic system and mental status, and the Shadow Health tutorial and examples. You should also review the DCE (Shadow Health) Documentation Template for Comprehensive (Head-to-Toe) Physical Assessment, and use this template to complete your Documentation Notes. You can access and login to Shadow Health using the link in the Blackboard classroom. The Week 9 DCE Comprehensive Physical Assessment Rubric provided in the Assignment submission area should be reviewed for instructions on completing the assessment in Shadow Health. The assignment is to complete an episodic/focused note for a comprehensive physical assessment of a virtual patient, Tina Jones, within 180 minutes and reach a score of 80% or better.
