Components of a Head-to-Toe Nursing Assessment

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A head-to-toe nursing assessment is a comprehensive process which nurses perform for every single patient, depending on the setting they are working in. Comprehensive nursing assessment including patient history, general appearance, physical examination and vital signs.  A structured physical examination allows a nurse to obtain a complete assessment of the patient. Observation/inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation are techniques used to gather patient information. 

At the end of this topic, a nurse will be able to:

• Verbalizes knowledge of normal anatomical findings
• Demonstrates skills in obtaining subjective information
• Demonstrates proper procedure for
  • inspection
  • palpation
  • percussion
  • auscultation

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