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PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
PROCEDURES
FOR ADVANCED PRACTITIONERS AND
NON-MEDICAL PRESCRIBERS
Evidence and rationale
SECOND EDITION
SECOND EDITION
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
PROCEDURES
FOR ADVANCED PRACTITIONERS AND
NON-MEDICAL PRESCRIBERS
Evidence and rationale
SECOND EDITION
Zoë Rawles
BN RGN BSc(Hons)
Nurse Practitioner and Independent Prescriber,
Healthcare Trainer and Director, HealthTrain, Wales UK
Beth Griffiths
RGN RM BSc(Hons) MSc
Lecturer/Practitioner, Swansea University;
Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Independent Prescriber,
Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board, Wales, UK
Trudy Alexander
RGN SCM BSc(Hons) Nursing Studies, BSc(Hons)
Nurse Practitioner, Post Graduate Certificate of Education,
Lecturer/Examiner, Swansea University;
Nurse Practitioner and Independent Prescriber,
General Practice, Wales, UK
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CONTENTS
Foreword vi
Preface vii
Acknowledgements x
How to use this book xi
References 144
vii
FOREWORD
The acquisition and development of advanced clinical examination skills is a life-long, complex pro-
fessional activity. To this end, this second edition straightforward clear-cut text takes the developing
advanced clinician step by step through the procedures necessary for comprehensive clinical examina-
tion. Written by three highly experienced nurse practitioners and educators, it is updated and grounded
in today’s most current clinical practice and evidence base.
This new edition book contains chapters based on fundamental principles and systems. Each chapter
is carefully structured, introducing principles and practice, providing detailed checklists, detailing
the evidence base, and providing working scenarios and case histories based on real-life experiences.
Readers may use this format by working systematically through the text, or alternatively use the book
selectively as they encounter issues in day-to-day practice. In addition there is new material, providing
the reader and student with wider learning opportunities in examination skills.
This second edition responds to students’ needs, and it may be widely used by nurses, allied health
professionals, independent prescribers and medical students. It is also a useful resource for those
engaged in teaching these skills to prospective advanced practitioners.
The book will help the reader to understand and develop their skills in:
• the rational choice of examination techniques based upon the available evidence
• tailoring the examination to each person’s history and characteristics
• interpretation of examination findings
• consideration of examination findings within the context of a complete and holistic history
• reflection upon everyday practice and professional issues.
This second edition is testament to this book’s value. I hope that you will enjoy not just reading it, but
using it! Clinical practice is always challenging, and the practitioner is always learning. This text will
be a useful tool for the practitioner in their life-long clinical practice.
PREFACE
In today’s health service there is an increasingly diverse range of healthcare professionals. Each one has
an important role in improving accessibility and maintaining high standards of healthcare in a service
that is so vital to each and every one of us. In seeking to improve healthcare standards, the roles of
healthcare professionals are in a constant state of change and expansion. Physical examination skills,
diagnosis and prescribing were once the domain of medicine alone, but today many other healthcare
professionals can access additional educational courses to enable them to develop these valuable skills
and incorporate them into their work with patients. For most of these professionals this expansion in
their role is considered to be ‘advanced practice’.
This book is designed primarily as a supplementary text and revision aid for students preparing
for their final clinical assessment, but it may also be useful for medical students, teachers of physical
examination skills and other qualified health professionals. It is assumed that the reader is already
fluent in anatomy, physiology, pathology and therapeutics, and has undertaken a recognized course in
clinical assessment skills in their area of practice.
Although the consultation process varies depending upon the setting, history taking, physical
examination, investigations, differential diagnosis and management are universal. This book concen-
trates on the physical examination aspect but it is not designed to provide the reader with a description
of how to perform each examination. It will however help the reader to determine which techniques
would be useful depending upon the information that has already been gathered during history tak-
ing. As such it should be considered a valuable adjunct to the many other available texts that provide
comprehensive descriptions for each technique. The book contains a vast amount of very condensed
information and is a solid, general foundation on which healthcare professionals may wish to build and
expand, depending on their area of practice.
Although this book concentrates on the rationale for physical examination it must be remembered
that competent history taking provides the cornerstone for an accurate differential diagnosis and that
clinical decision-making is a skill requiring knowledge and problem-solving skills. There are many
good texts that deal comprehensively with these subjects.
Health professionals working at an advanced level will be aware of the many professional and ethical
issues surrounding their practice. Often these issues are not clear-cut when applied to the workplace.
For this reason they have been presented as reflections on everyday practice. This will remind the
reader of their importance and the need for structured reflection as a tool to unravel some of these
problems and promote good-quality care.
Special features of this book include the following:
• Unique, evidence-based physical examination procedure lists for each anatomical system. The
evidence has been updated for the second edition to include the most recent information on the
validity of the various tests and examination techniques. Where necessary concise descriptions of
techniques are provided as an aide-memoire. The procedures listed are those that are best supported
by the available evidence.
x Preface
• Quick checklist providing the examination criteria for each system. The checklist can be copied and
used as a pocket aide-memoire for practitioners.
• Mental health checklist covering the main criteria for a thorough mental health examination.
• Comprehensive but concise lists of ‘rationale and possible pathology’ for the examination proce-
dures. These are linked with the procedures by placing them in the adjacent column which enables
the reader to quickly link underpinning theory with practice. It also encourages the reader to use
their reasoning skills to differentiate between examination techniques that may or may not be useful
to include in the examination, depending upon the history provided by the patient. Common and
significant pathologies have been included in the lists.
• A tabular format for the examination procedure lists, making them easy to use in practice.
• Referral to other chapters for further information where necessary. This emphasizes the need to
consider integrated examinations as pathological signs may be found in one or more anatomical
systems.
• A chapter on mental health. Although this may not be considered as part of the physical exami-
nation, it was deemed necessary as it is often closely entwined with the presentation of physical
symptoms. The format of this chapter differs from the previous chapters to enable the reader to
distinguish serious mental health issues from somatization of symptoms.
• A discussion of the available evidence and its application to practice in each chapter. This can be
cross-referenced to some of the procedures found in the tables.
A thorough search was undertaken for good-quality research in order to rationalize the various
procedures and techniques traditionally used in physical examination where methods ad infinitum
exist, to the bewilderment of the fledgling practitioner.
The reference list inevitably contains older, smaller studies when larger, more recent studies have
not been carried out. Seminal journal articles and good-quality reviews of evidence are included.
• Reflection on practice presented as stories illustrating a wide range of professional and ethical dilem-
mas that may be encountered by professionals practicing at an advanced level. These are based upon
the authors’ personal reflections from many years of clinical practice in primary care. All names and
identifying features have been changed to protect anonymity. This again serves to link underlying
theoretical principles and everyday practice.
• Case studies relating to the subject matter of the chapter with short test questions that allow the
reader to evaluate their diagnostic reasoning and underpinning knowledge. The case studies can be
adapted to any setting where the patient presents with an undiagnosed condition.
The combination of these features helps the reader to integrate theory into everyday practice, while
providing an aide-memoire for use in practice or revision for exams.
Evidence-based practice has been the byword of every good clinician for a number of years. Good-
quality research is considered to be vital in the decision-making process, but it must be tailored to the
individual patient and cannot always eclipse the wealth of tacit knowledge that the experienced prac-
titioner possesses. Such tacit knowledge should not be underestimated. It should be cultivated through
reflection and used in conjunction with evidence-based practice.
Preface xi
Knowledge
Continuing Education
Delegated Experience
education and
responsibility training
Self-awareness
Competence
Cost and Clinical Authority
resources decision making
Professional
regulation Evidence-based
practice
Audit, quality
standards
Registration
Qualification
Record Job
keeping description
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thank you to family and friends who supported us in the writing of this book.
Working with each other on this new edition has been a rewarding experience, reminding us of the
importance of good teamwork while appreciating each other’s aptitudes and skills.
10 Physical Examination Procedures for Advanced Practitioners and Non-Medical Prescribers
Checklist continued
• Dark red/purple macules – not fading when Purpura/petechiae (purpura spots <1 mm
pressure applied diameter) – indicative of underlying cause of
bleeding. Consider meningitis
Liver disease
Injury to the skin or repeated coughing
Henoch-Schönlein purpura (an autoimmune
vasculitis with unknown aetiology. Presents in
children with skin purpura, arthritis, abdominal
pain, gastrointestinal bleeding, orchitis and
nephritis)
Idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura (due to low
levels of platelets)
• Papules Acne
Viral wart
Seborrhoeic wart
Molluscum contagiosum
Scabies
Insect bite
Skin tag
Psoriasis
Checklist continued
• Blueness
There are numerous possible causes of Acute cyanosis due to:
blueness. Only the more common are listed Severe exacerbation of asthma or COPD
here
Inhaled foreign body
Drug overdose
Cold exposure
Shock
Pneumothorax
Heart failure
Raynaud’s phenomenon
Chronic cyanosis due to:
COPD
Heart failure
Congenital heart disease
Raynaud’s phenomenon
Arterial occlusion
Pneumonia
Pulmonary embolism
• Hyperpigmentation Sunburn
Radiation therapy
Adrenal disorders
Addison’s disease
Malnutrition
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