The nurse is conducting a physical examination of a child following a comprehensive health history. What should be the focus of the physical examination?
A) The child
B) The parents
C) Chief complaint
D) Developmental age
C
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The next step after the health history is the physical examination. It should focus on the chief complaint or any of the systems that engaged the nurse's critical thinking while obtaining the history. The child and parents are involved in the assessment but the focus is on the health problem. The nurse should conduct a physical examination with the child's developmental age in mind.
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