The skills and techniques necessary to perform a physical assessment are the beginning of making a clinical judgement based on critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning. The goal of history-taking and the examination process is to identify a problem and prioritize a management plan. Considering this please address the following prompts in your discussion:

Discuss your critical thinking process when doing a physical assessment.

How do you use clinical judgement to prioritize your care?

How do you evaluate your diagnostic reasoning skill after you have identified a patient problem? Explain how you use problem identification as a fluid, rather than static, process.

Please review post and response expectations. Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets criteria (Read me First Section of the Course).

Cite any resources/references in APA formatting that were used in the discussion.

Unit 7 Peer Response (Due Sunday)

Estimated time to complete: 2 hours

Please respond to a minimum of two peers. Include in your response:

In your response please consider the following when replying:

Compare your use of clinical judgment in the assessment process to your peer’s.

Explain the validity of identifying patient problems based on the data collected but also on your “gut feeling.” Give an example of this from your practice.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.