ENCORE! #82: Mastering the Head-to-Toe Assessment

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Straight A Nursing

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🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Every other week I'm republishing one of my most popular or impactful episodes and adding an update, new insight, or context that will help you benefit from it even more. This week I'm highlighting Episode 82 which covers how to perform a thorough head-to-toe assessment. Good luck on your skills check-off! Full Transcript – Read the article and view references FREE CLASS – If all you’ve heard are nursing school horror stories, then you need this class! Join me in this on-demand session where I dispel all those nursing school myths and show you that YES…you can thrive in nursing school without it taking over your life! Crucial Concepts Bootcamp – Start nursing school ahead of the game, or reset after a difficult first semester with my nursing school prep course, Crucial Concepts Bootcamp. Learn key foundation concepts, organization and time management, dosage calculations, and so much more. Clinical Success Pack – One of the best ways to fast-track your clinical learning is having the right tools. This pack includes report sheets, sheets to help you plan your day, a clinical debrief form, and a patient safety cheat sheet. 💕Did you love this episode? Please take a moment to follow or subscribe to the show so you never miss an episode! ___________________ The information, including but not limited to, audio, video, text, and graphics contained on this podcast are for educational purposes only. No content on this podcast is intended to guide nursing practice and does not supersede any individual healthcare provider's scope of practice or any nursing school curriculum. Additionally, no content on this podcast is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Straight A Nursing is a proud member of the Airwave Media Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.9	Well, hello there and welcome to an encore episode of the straight A nursing podcast.
1:07.7	This is another one from the way back machine, episode 82, talking about head to toe
1:13.3	assessment. And this is a very key skill that new nursing students must learn, even new nurses,
1:20.8	must really get comfortable with. It's that full head to toe assessment. And in the beginning,
1:26.8	yes, I know, I've been there. I know it can
1:29.0	feel like a lot. It can be pretty overwhelming. It's a lot of information to learn. And it is such an
1:36.4	important skill. It is not something to be taken lightly. So in this episode, I'm sharing my best
1:42.2	tips for preparing for your head totoe skills check-off.
1:46.3	And even if you're not a student doing a skills check-off, this can still prepare you if you need
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