Head To Toe Assessment Essay

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This was the second week in clinical and after having a contact precaution patient last week, I was ready for any type of patient. I was more confident and prepared this week because I was finally adapting to the hospital setting, learning all the equipment, developing relationships with the staff, and understanding my abilities better. This week I had to do a head to toe assessment on a patient. When I was told this I became nervous (all the confidence ran away) because the only time I actually did a complete head to toe assessment was in lab last year. My patient was fifty-four year old man, who got into an accident with a garbage truck. The patient has three-rib fracture, a fracture in the leg, and a splenic hematoma. I first went and introduced

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