Background Physical assessment skills are taught in pre-registration nursing programs to
equip nurses with the competencies to provide holistic nursing care. However, only a …

PROBLEM. Physical assessment skills are a mainstay of the nursing process and are taught
to pre‐licensure learners. Little research has been conducted on the skills that are actually …

Background: It has been nearly a decade since findings revealed that a sample of US
nurses routinely used only 30 physical assessment techniques in clinical practice. In a time …

Current research suggests that nursing students do not apply all sets of physical assessment
skills (PAS) learned in their nursing education. The aim of this study was to evaluate third …

Aim: In New Zealand, the physical assessment of a patient has traditionally been the domain
of the medical profession. As a country implementing advanced practice roles, with an …

Although considered an essential nursing skill, systematic physical assessment is rarely
visible in everyday practice. Some nurses question whether systematic physical assessment …

There is debate around the scope of physical assessment skills that should be taught in
undergraduate nursing programs. Yet this debate is largely uninformed by evidence on what …

Physical assessment is an important component of professional nursing practice. New nurse
graduates experience difficulty transitioning the traditional head to toe physical assessment …

The purpose of this study was to investigate physical assessment skills taught in
undergraduate baccalaureate nursing programs and the physical assessment skills used by …

Aims and objectives To explore multiple perspectives on the use of physical assessment
skills by advanced nurse practitioners in the UK. Background Physical assessment skills …