Focused Abdominal Physical Assessment Head-to-Toe

Physical assessment is the baseline of everything we do in nursing and is the first step in the nursing process.This video includes the demonstration of a focused abdominal assessment in a head-to-toe fashion. It emphasizes the order of inspection, auscultation, percussion, and palpation.

You may also find these other videos in my the PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT PLAYLIST of my channel Nursing School explained helpful:

Head-to-toe vs. Focused Assessment:

Focused Respiratory Assessment:

Tactile Fremitus, Egophony, Bronchophony & Whispered Pectoriloquy:

Focused Cardiovascular Assessment:

Focused Abdominal Assessment:

Focused Neurologic Assessment:

Cranial Nerve Assessment:

Peripheral Neurologic Assessment:

Focused Musculoskeletal Assessment:

CLINICAL SKILLS playlist:

Donning Sterile Gloves:

Catheterization of a male patient:

Catheterization of a female patient:

Sterile Dressing Change:

Removal of an Indwelling Urinary Catheter:

Nasogastric (NG) Tube Insertion:

Application of Steri Strips:

How to correctly measure Blood Pressure:

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Wait for the Dr. Before youl let a nurse examine you.