NCMA 111 HEALTH ASSESSMENT

COURSE OUTLINE AND ACTIVITY GUIDE SKILLS LAB

WEEK LECTURE SKILLS LAB REMARKS (3 HOURS) INSTRUCTOR
(3 HOURS)
1 Definitions and Assessment of Vital Students: Bring Balangue 4:50-7:50
concepts of Signs Sphygmomanometer, Gatdula – 7-10
health -Temperature Stethoscope, Digital Gonzales 10:30-1:30
assessment -Pulse Rate Thermometer, Wristwatch Lagman 1:30-4:30
-Respiratory with second hand
Overview of the -Blood Pressure
5 steps of Faculty: Provide students
Nursing Process Quiz list of medical
terminologies
The Interview
Process
2 Health History Return Demo: Vital Students: Prepare for a
Taking Signs Taking long quiz on Vital Signs
3 Health History Pain Assessment Students: Study COLDSSPA
Taking Assessment on & Glasgow Coma Scale
Mental Status (GCS)
Faculty: Provide students
list of medical
terminologies
4 Techniques in Return Demo: Female students: Bring
Physical Assessment of jogging/PE pants for
Assessment and Mental Status and positioning
Positioning Positioning
5 Nutritional Assessment of Faculty: provide students
Status Nutritional Status list of medical
Post test terminologies
6 PRELIM
7 Review of the Assessment of the Students: Master the
Integumentary skin, hair and nails. different primary and
System Assessment of head secondary lesions, capillary
including Nails and neck. refill test.
and hair. Faculty: Provide students
Review of the list of medical
Head and Neck terminologies
Structures.
8 Review of the Assessment of Eyes, Students: Bring penlight,
structures of ears, throat and terile tongue depressor
the eyes, ears, sinus Faculty: Provide students
throat and Return demo of list of medical
sinuses. Week 7 terminologies
9 Review of the Assessment of the Students: Bring
thorax an lungs, thorax and lungs, stethoscope, study
breast and breast and landmarks of the thorax
Lymphatic lymphatic system. and normal and abnormal
system Return demo of breath sounds
week 8
 Faculty: Provide students
list of medical
terminologies
10 Review of the Assessment of the Students: Bring
heart and heart and stethoscope, Locate PMI
peripheral peripheral Vascular Faculty: Provide students
Vascular system system list of medical
Return demo of terminologies
week 9
11 Review of the Completion of Students: Bring penlight,
abdominal return tape measure, stethoscope
structures demonstrations Faculty: Provide students
weeks 7-10 list of medical
terminologies
12 MIDTERM EXAM
13 Review of Assessment of Students: Study grading of
Musculoskeletal Musculoskeletal the musce strength,
system and Neurologic systems assessment of 12 cranial
Neurologic Return demo of nerves
systems week 11 Faculty: Provide students
list of medical
terminologies
14 Review of the Assessment of the Students:Study APGAR
structures of structures of male scoring, Computation of
male and and female genitalia EDC, AOG
female genitalia Assessment of Faculty: Provide students
Assessment of Childbearing list of medical
Childbearing women and her terminologies
women and newborn
newborn Return demo of
week 13.
15 The geriatric Completion of Faculty: Provide students
client return demo weeks list of medical
11-13 terminologies
16 Sleected Putting it all Students: Bring 5 actual
Laboratory together clients for physical exam
exams: CBC, Practical exam on Faculty: Provide students
UA, FA, Sputum Head to toe list of medical
Exam, BUN Assessment (Actual terminologies
crea, ABG Patients)
analysis
17 Comprehensive Putting it all Students: Bring 5 actual
exam together clients for physical exam
Practical exam on
Head to toe
Assessment (Actual
Patients)
18 FINALS