Health Assessment Respiratory System

When assessing a patient s respiratory system the nurse must commence by collecting a health history.

Health assessment respiratory system. Lung are paired they are not complete symmetric the. Future articles will include instructions on focused examinations of the cardiac gastrointestinal and neurological systems. And as with any other system knowing possible symptoms and how to focus the.

Chapter 7 assessment of respiratory system. As you have seen in previous chapters of this module health observation and assessment involves three concurrent steps. Faculty of nursing iug anatomy of respiratory system the lung is a two cone shaped elastic structure suspended within the thoracic cavity.

A respiratory assessment is performed as part of a routine head to toe assessment. This article on respiratory system assessment is the first of a four part series. Respiratory system focused health history.

The health exam is an opportunity to explore patients subjective symptoms and objective signs screen for diseases and identify risk. A nursing health assessment of the respiratory system involves the examination of the thorax and the lungs. Right lung contain three lobe whereas the left lung contain only two lobes.