Assignment: Holistic Health Assessment
Assignment: Holistic Health Assessment
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Submit quiz and assignments by 2359 Saturday night of the week this content is covered. Discussion board posting begins this week–see the instructions and rubric under the “Group” heading for Week 3
Overview: Use the interview guides and assessment forms for the topics we are covering. See the module 1 assignment instructions to refresh your memory if you are not sure about saving or submitting the work. Remember that you don’t have to use the same person as an assessment partner for the entire class—try to find assessment “models” among people who actually have health problems so that you get experience assessing and documenting abnormal findings if possible.
For Assignment 3 A, you will fill out the guides below:
• Thorax • Lungs
For Assignment 3 B, you will do the following:
• Heart • Neck Vessels • Peripheral Vascular system
Important:
Note: N/A and Normal/WNL and “good” are not acceptable as assessment findings. For this class, you must state what the finding is—that applies to the work for each week.
Submitting your assignment
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Module 3 Assignment: Assignment A (Thorax and lungs) with SBAR, and Assignment B (Heart, neck vessels, and peripheral vascular system.)
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Rubric for Assignment 3 A (the rubric for 3 B is below)
Use this rubric to guide your work.
Excellent Good Needs Work Needs extensive work
Clearly incomplete
Use of specifically prohibited
terminology
10 Points Uses no vague
terms such as
good, normal,
N/A or not
applicable
7 Points 1 – 3 incorrect
terms are
used.
5 Points 4 – 5 incorrect
terms are used.
2 Points 6 – 8
incorrect
terms are
used.
0 Points 9 or more
incorrect
terms used.
Assessment descriptions
45 points All descriptions are appropriate & complete, describing findings as unilateral/bilateral, symmetrical or asymmetrical when appropriate. Uses correct units of measurement
40 points 1 – 5 descriptions that are not complete, or an area is missing/blank.
30 points 6 to 10 or more descriptions are incomplete or two areas are missing/blank.
20 points More than 10 areas are incomplete, or more than 2-4 areas are missing information/bl ank.
0 points Most descriptions are incomplete or more than 4 areas of the assessment are blank.
Grammar
5 Points Short sentences
or phrases are
used, no
grammatical
errors.
4 Points One to two
grammatical
errors
3 Points three to five
grammatical
errors
2 Points Six to eight
grammatical
errors
0 Points Greater than
8 grammar
errors.
SBAR Situation
10 Points Situation or
current problem
–the reason why
this problem is
important, how
severe, when it
started.
7.5 Points Situation is
too wordy or
too brief, not
as clearly
identified as it
should be.
5 Points Vague, not
correctly done.
0 Points Missing
SBAR Background
20 Points Health history
relating to this
problem, what is
being done, and
15 Points Background
too wordy or
too brief, but
captures
10 Points Information
given is vague
or some
pertinent data
5 Points Few
relevant
data are
given or
0 Points Missing
altogether or
poorly
executed so
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what assessment
findings are
most important
now.
pertinent data. is missing,
some relevant
data present.
format not
followed.
that
background
cannot be
understood.
SBAR Assessment
5 Points Assessment
names the
trouble in a
word or phrase
that briefly
captures the
problem and
rates the
urgency.
3 Points This entry is
too wordy and
cites things
that belong in
situation or
background, in
addition to
capturing the
problem.
2 Points The problem is
stated too
