About this Health Assessment Guide
Ching-Chuen Feng; Raquel Bertiz; and Michelle Agostini
Every nurse should competently perform health assessment. This competency involves a set of knowledge ,skills and values. This guide is organized around information that prepares the student to perform health assessment while integrating knowledge of nursing, communication and the sciences. This resource will also serve as a guide to nurses providing patient care in various clinical settings. This guide utilizes various open educational resources, research and literature. It is also the authors’ intent for this open educational resource to be shared, modified and further improved by educators, students, nurses and various users.
