CENTRAL PHILPIINE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF NURSING
Jaro, Iloilo CityCapiz, Philippines

COURSE SYLLABUS
SECOND SEMESTER 2017-2018

Title: Health Assessment

Course Description: This course provides the students with the knowledge and skill necessary
to perform a comprehensive health assessment utilizing the skills of history taking, inspection,
palpation, percussion, and auscultation. Normal assessment findings, frequently seen variations
from normal and cultural differences are discussed.

Credit Units/Hours: 5 units: 3 units Lecture, 2 units RLE) 54 hours lecture and 102 hours RLE.

Placement: BSN I, Second Semester

Course Objectives:
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:
1. Demonstrate history-taking and interviewing skills necessary for comprehensive data
collection.
2. Demonstrate beginning level skill in the techniques of physical exam: inspection, palpation,
percussion, and auscultation.
3. Differentiate between normal and abnormal assessment findings.
4. Apply relevant anatomy and physiology to the health assessment process.
5. Integrate health assessment into the nursing process and nursing practice.
6. Describe how cultural/ethnic differences influence the findings in a health assessment.
7. Explain how assessment techniques vary across the lifespan.

Course Requirements:
1. Attendance of at least 80% of the total hours for maximum learning and
participation
2. Active participation in the class discussion
3. Pass the quiz and periodical exam
Students must be able to pass the subject and get at least 80% passing grade.

Grading System:

COMPETENCY OUTPUT 45% RLE: skills laboratory output

COMPETENCY EXAM 15% clinical area
QUIZZES EXAM 15%
ATTENDACE AND RECITATION 10%
TOTAL 100% ( Lecture=70%) ( RLE= 30%) TOTAL = 100%
Course outline and Time frames:

Date TOPICS
WEEK 1 Classroom Orientation

WEEK 2 Partnership with Patients: Building a History; Cultural awareness;

examination techniques and equipment.
WEEK 3-4
Mental status; growth and measurement; nutrition
Assessment of pain; Skin, hair & nails; Lymphatic system
Week 5
Assessment of head and neck; Eyes, ears, nose and throat

WEEK 8- 9- Assessment of chest and lungs; Heart and blood vessels

Assessment of the Musculoskeletal system; Assessment of the
Neurologic system

Week 10-11 Assessment of breasts and axillae; Abdomen and female genitalia
Assessment of male genitalia; Anus, rectum, and prostate

Week 12 Participation evaluation; Putting It All Together

WEEK 13-14 Clinical judgment; Recording information

WEEK 15- 16 Physical Assessment Videos & Assessment Documentation

Week 17-18 Physical Assessment Videos & Assessment Documentation

LEARNING PLAN
Institutional Vision-Mission
Vision: A University committed to Exemplary Christian Education for Life (EXCEL) and responsive
to the needs of the total person and the world.
Mission: Carry out a program of spiritual, intellectual, moral, scientific, technological, and
cultural training, and allied studies under influences which strengthen Christian faith, build up
character and promote scholarship, research and community service.

Program Educational Objectives

1. To develop highly competent nurse clinician able to work in any healthcare setting and
cater to various clientele.
2. To produce beginning nurse research capable of generating new knowledge and applying
evidence-based practice in improving client care.
3. To develop beginning nurse managers capable of leading health teams, programs and
services effectively and efficiently
College of Nursing Program Outcomes
1. Apply knowledge of physical, social, natural and health sciences and humanities in the
practice of nursing
2. Provide safe, appropriate, humanistic and holistic care to individuals, families,
population groups, and community utilizing nursing process
3. Apply guidelines and principles of evidence-based practice in the delivery of care.
4. Practice nursing in accordance with existing laws, legal, ethical and moral principles
5. Communicate effectively in speaking, writing and presenting using culturally appropriate
language
6. Document to include reporting up-to-date client care accurately and comprehensively
7. Work effectively in collaboration with inter, intra and multi-disciplinary and multi-
cultural teams
8. Practice beginning management and leadership skills in the delivery of client care and
health program development using systems approach
9. Participate in the generation of new knowledge and development projects
10. Engage in lifelong learning with passion to keep current with national and global
developments in general, and nursing and health developments in particular
11. Demonstrate responsible citizenship and pride in being a Filipino
12. Demonstrate Christian love and uphold Christian values

PROGRAM OUTCOMES
First year Level Outcomes : At the en of the first year, given stimulated situations in selected settings,
the students demosntrate basic nursing skills in rendering safe and appropriate care utilizing the nursing
process.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES HEALTH ASSESSMENT

1. Apply knowledge of physical, social, natural and health sciences and

humanities in the practice of nursing I
2. Provide safe, appropriate, humanistic and holistic care to individuals,
families, population groups, and community utilizing nursing process I
3. Apply guidelines and principles of evidence-based practice in the I
delivery of care.
4. Practice nursing in accordance with existing laws, legal, ethical and IP
moral principles
5. Communicate effectively in speaking, writing and presenting using IP
culturally appropriate language
6. Document to include reporting up-to-date client care accurately and I
comprehensively.
7. Work effectively in collaboration with inter, intra and multi- I
disciplinary and multi-cultural teams
8. Practice beginning management and leadership skills in the delivery I
of client care and health program development using systems
approach
9. Participate in the generation of new knowledge and development -
projects
10. Engage in lifelong learning with passion to keep current with national I
and global developments in general, and nursing and health
developments in particular
11. Demonstrate responsible citizenship and pride in being a Filipino IP
12. Demonstrate Christian love and uphold Christian values IP
Legend: I introduced concepts/principles; P- Practiced with supervision; D- Demonstrated
across different clinical setting with minimal supervision.

Domain PROGRAM COURSE OUTCOMES COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

Code OUTCOMES (CO) (CLO)
Knowledge

Apply knowledge of
physical, social,
natural and health
PK1 sciences and
humanities in the
practice of nursing

PK2 Apply guidelines and Plan care of clients 1. Plan effective care
principles of utilizing evidence-based
evidence-based nursing research.
practice in the
delivery of care.

Skills PROGRAM COURSE OUTCOMES COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

OUTCOMES (CO) (CLO)

Perform safe, - Provides 1. Assess with the client

appropriate and appropriate his/her health condition
holistic care to evidence based and risk factors affecting
PS1 individuals, families, nursing care health
population groups Utilizing the 2. Identify wellness/at
and communities nursing process in risk nursing diagnoses
3. Plan with client
utilizing the nursing the holistic care of
appropriate
process client for the
interventions for health
promotion and
promotion and health
maintenance of
maintenance taking into
health
consideration
-
relevant principles and
techniques
4. Evaluate with client
the progress of their
health
condition and
 outcomes of care.

PS2 Practice nursing in - Achieve the best 1. Respecting a clients

accordance with clinical outcomes rights, values and
existing laws, legal, utilizing ethico- choices.
ethical and moral moral and legal 2. Client to make an
principles principles autonomous decision he
or she must be offered
enough information and
options to make up his
or her decisions.
3. Maintain
confidentiality in the safe
keeping of records and
other information
4. Maintain
confidentiality and protect
clients privacy
5 Keep parents &
significant others well informed
&
updated of the status &
progress of clients condition

PS3 Report and - Adheres to protocol 1. Demonstrate

document care and principles of competence in the use
accurately and confidentiality in of informatics
comprehensively safekeeping and 2. Conforms to
releasing of records documentation
and other standards.
information 3. Documents date on
regarding treatment client care clearly,
concisely, accurately and
in a timely manner
4. Maintain confidentiality
in the safe keeping of
records and other
information
5. Releases records and
information base on
protocol and principle of
confidentiality
 PS4 Practice beginning - Demonstrate - Refer to authority any
management and accountability for untoward incidents after
leadership skills safe nursing evaluating patients drug
using system practice reaction
approach in the - Organizes own workload
delivery of health demonstrating time
care management
Skills for meeting
responsibilities and
achieving outcomes
- Accomplishes assigned
workload within given time
frame
-

Attitude PROGRAM COURSE OUTCOMES COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

OUTCOMES (CO) (CLO)
Communicate - Maintains a 1. Utilizes various avenues
PA1 effectively in harmonious and for open communication
speaking, writing collegial 2. Listen to suggestions and
and presenting using relationship among recommendations
culturally members of the 3. Specifies conflict
appropriate health care team for resolution strategies to
language effective, efficient resolve conflict
and safe client care. situations.
Collaborate - Ensures intra
PA2 effectively in agency. Inter agency 1. Maintains good
collaboration with multidisciplinary interpersonal
inter, intra and multi- and sectoral relationship intra agency
disciplinary and collaboration in the and inter agency
multi-cultural teams delivery of health 2. Respects the role of the
care. other members of health
- Implements team
strategies to 3. Acts as advocate of the
enhance the client during decision
capability of the making by the inter
client and care professional team
providers to 4. Explore views of client
participate in prior to decision making
decision making by and support their views
the inter as well as their families
professional group and care providers

Engage in lifelong
PA3 learning with a - Assumes 1. Identifies learning needs
passion to keep responsibility for based on current and
current with national lifelong learning projected practice
 and global own personal requisites
developments in development and 2. Specifies lifelong
general, and nursing maintain learning plan/ activities
and health competence in to address learning
developments in giving dependent needs
particular nursing care to 3. Obtains feedback from
client. co workers to augment
ones assessment
4. Validate new knowledge
that support and
improves ones
competency
5. Updates ones learning
plan to maintain
competence

Demonstrate - Engage in advocacy

PA4 responsible activities to 1. Identifies barriers to the
citizenship and pride influence health well being of clients.
in being a Filipino care services 2. Helps clients gain access
to needed resources
3. Negotiate relevant
services on behalf of
clients
4. Identifies potential allies
for confronting barriers
to care
5. Develops alliances with
group working for
change
6. Interprets data to show
the urgency of change
7. Analyzes the sources of
political power and
social influence within
systems
8. Utilizes conflict
resolution strategies to
address resistance

PA5 Demonstrate
Christian love and - Models professional 1. Articulates the values
uphold Christian behavior and roles of nursing to
values the public
2. Demonstrate
consistently professional
behaviour in words,
actions and in relating
 with clients, colleagues
and general public

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