Pediatric Physical Assessment for School Nurses

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Target Audience

School nurses working in a school-based setting who will to review and enhance their pediatric physical assessment knowledge and skills.

Description

This workshop was rescheduled from May 16, 2019.

This workshop is being offered in cooperation with UNC- Chapel Hill School of Nursing

This program is designed to provide school nurses with pediatric assessment information and skills that can be utilized in a school setting. The course will include information to strengthen and enhance assessment skills of the school-aged child.

Participants are requested to bring any assessment tools they may have: stethoscope, opthalmascope, otoscope, reflex hammer, etc.

Speaker
Katherine H. Peppers DNP, CPNP, CPMHS,
CLC, RN
UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing

Objectives

• Describe school nurse responsibilities related to performing physical assessment in the school setting.
• Define the pediatric assessment process.
• Review school age growth and development by age group and system.
• Describe the assessment of the Head, Ears, Eyes, Nose Throat (HEENT), Lungs, and Heart.
• Identify components of the abdominal exam.
• Describe the musculoskeletal and neuro exams.
• Discuss dermatology and lymph disorders.
• Demonstrate application of specific physical assessment skills.

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