WELL CHILD PHYSICAL EXAM Form

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now for pediatric physical exam assessing a child is very different than assessing adults so be sure to write down these four key points number one we always interact with the parents first and the child second this helps to build trust with the child and the family number two encourage the parent to be involved with the child's huge nclex tip be sure to write that down for example let the child sit on the parent's lap during the physical assessment and number three communicate with age-appropriate simple language understood by both the parent as well as the child and number four we always keep medical equipment out of sight this will help to decrease unneeded stress and anxiety which augments the vital signs and number five invasive procedures are always saved for very last for example ear exams as well as blood pressure cuffs so as a general rule on the nclex we always do the least invasive first like observing respiratory rate without touching the child and we always save the most i