Fundamentals & Health Assessment

What it covers

• The five vital signs — routes, technique, and every number that gets tested
• Fever patterns and phases, and the tepid sponge bath
• The nine pulse sites, Korotkoff sounds, cuff errors and orthostatic checks
• Health history, IPPA, percussion notes and the skin-lesion vocabulary
• Pain as the fifth vital sign: PQRST, gate control, heat and cold
• Sleep: the stages, the cycle, and the disorders
• Hand hygiene's five moments, HAIs, antiseptics and standard precautions
• Pressure injuries: Braden, the six stages, prevention and dressings
• Positioning, transfers, restraints and the hazards of immobility
• Bed bath, oral care, bed making and the back rub
• Urinary catheterization, specimens and every enema
• The dying patient and postmortem care, the Philippine way
• A closing drill: read the scenario, name the FIRST action