Physical Assessment Techniques (Skill) In Pharmaceutical Care (PC)
Physical assessment in pharmaceutical care (PC) is defined as the systemic acquisition of physical data and symptomatology of patients for the purpose of initial evaluation and care recommendation in process case management, medical referral or outcome assessment. The information can be collected through patient record review or by performing physical assessment. Physical assessment techniques Physical assessment makes use of four techniques or skills. They are inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation done in this order unless you're performing an abdominal assessment. Palpation and percussion can alter bowel sounds, so you'd inspect, auscultate, percuss, then palpate an abdomen. It is not always necessary to carry out each of these activities every time. Each skill requires practice to master, some more than others. Read Also : Benefits Of Pharmaceutical Care To The Pharmacist, Patient And The Government Physical assessment is part of objective data. Objective data...
