Physical Assessment Techniques Practice:

Practice either inspection, palpation, or auscultation as a physical assessment technique.Write a summary of the assessment (what body system did you use) and the skill utilized.Answer the following 3 questions in the summary.

• What skill was utilized during the assessment?
• Describe how you felt during the assessment?
• What can you do to improve your technique the next tim

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Palpation is the physical assessment technique I will use on the respiratory system. The method entails the use of physical touch using fingers or the palms to assess areas of tenderness, pain, or abnormalities (Nclex-Rn, 2020). In this assessment performance, I palpated the respiratory tract and started with the lymph nodes. In the lymph nodes, I palpated both nodes…