Head to Chest Assessment (H2C)
If you read this blog, you're following me and my journey through a gauntlet of life. This includes nursing school and working with a non-profit while trying to create my own. wild. Do I have a life? Sometimes it's hard to tell. But currently at this stage in schooling, I'm taking Health Assessment I and Fundamentals I (Skills). Between Foley catheter and Nasogastric tubing, it can get a little frazzling. Intense might be a better word. It seems like it's at the point of running together, and that's okay... Other than vital signs (Temp, pulses, pulse ox., BP, etc.) our formal check off or lab assessment is our head to chest assessment. It's required a lot of lab practice time, and scripting. Here are some tips if you might be struggling: If you do not have mandatory open lab time, do it anyway. Being in the lab setting can really put your mental state in the right place before practicing... and that goes for any procedure. They also might have the resourc...