Goodfellow L M
Duquesne University School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pennsylvania, USA.
Crit Care Nurs Q. 1997 Aug;20(2):6-8.
In developed countries such as the United States and Great Britain, the use of technology to assess and diagnose a patient's health status is often taken for granted. In developing countries, however, the lack of available technology, replacement parts, and ability to maintain the machinery is severely limited. More often than not, diagnosis and consequent treatment are decided through physical assessment findings alone. It is therefore imperative that critical care nurses in developing countries acquire and utilize good physical assessment skills to enhance quality nursing care. This article focuses on physical assessment skills from a global perspective, emphasizing the value of this knowledge and its application to clinical practice for critical care nurses in both developing and developed countries.
在美国和英国等发达国家，利用技术评估和诊断患者的健康状况常常被视为理所当然。然而，在发展中国家，可用技术、零部件以及维护设备的能力严重匮乏。通常情况下，诊断及后续治疗仅依据体格检查结果来决定。因此，发展中国家的重症护理护士必须掌握并运用良好的体格检查技能，以提高护理质量。本文从全球视角聚焦体格检查技能，强调这一知识的价值及其在发展中国家和发达国家重症护理护士临床实践中的应用。
