Physical Assessment/Lab reviews Workshop (Jan. 24, 2024)

Empower knowledge and skills with Beats and Breaths Academy Ltd. One-day in-person workshop for LPN/RN and Internationally Educated Nurses. Boost your confidence by mastering head-to-toe assessment and learning lab values and interpretation with an experienced critical care Registered nurse.

Prerequisite: 

IEN Path to Success workshop

The workshop outline includes but is not limited to the following:

- Review Canadian Registered Nurses' standard of practice

- Review head-to-toe Physical assessment in-depth knowledge

- Practice hands-on physical assessment 

- Bedside time management and assessment interpretation

- Identify normal and abnormal findings and reporting/documentation

- Lab value review (Normal/abnormal)

- Lab value interpretation (Critical/Trauma/ ABG/Cardiac/Renal/CBC/ etc.)

Course Objectives

a) Hand over report

b) Room Safety checks

c) Isolation and precautions

d) Assessment and time management

e) Physical assessment (Head to Toe)

f) Anatomy and physiology review

g) Abnormal findings and interpretation

· Lung assessment

· Heart Sounds

· Skin assessment

· AVPU

· GCS

· Chest tube

· PIV/central lines

h) Communication

· Nurse – patient

· Nurse – in-charge

· Nurse – Physician

· Nurse – family

· Nurse – Interdisciplinary team

i) Critical lab value interpretation

j)  Sim lab

k) Code Blue

l) RAPID response/MET team