Assessing the elderly
Subtitle: Physical assessment
By: produced by State University of New York at Stony Brook
Contributors: Richmond, Rose; Lyons, Marilyn; State University of New York at Stony Brook; Concept Media, inc
Series: COH 420 (NU course); GER 310 (NU course); NSG 211T (NU course); NSG 325 (NU course); HCA 641 (NU course)
Publisher: Concept Media [distributor]
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Irvine, CA
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 50
Subjects: Older people; Medical examinations; Health risk assessment; Functional assessment; Geriatrics; Diagnosis
Description: Physical assessment, pt. 1 - Demonstrates with live male and female models, using a body system approach, a head-to-toe physical examination of an elderly patient, noting major differences between findings in the normal elderly and those of the normal adult. Introduces the exam and follows a patient through the general survey and head and neck examination. The cardiac and respiratory examinations conclude part A.

Part 2 continues the head-to-toe physical examination of Part 1tric assessment beginning with examination of the breast, abdomen, and female genitalia. Reintroduces the male for examination of the neuromuscular systems, and concludes with examination of the genitalia and rectum.
Notes: Credits: Writers, Doretta Dick, Rose Richmond ; editors, Ken Cave, Janet Dignam ; production coordinator, Sandra Mangum ; technical advisor, Marilyn Lyons.

Narrator: Dennis May.