Skill Checklists for Taylor's Clinical Nursing Skills: A Nursing Process Approach

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SKILL 2-4

Assessing the Head and Neck (Continued)

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28. Inspect the ability of the patient to move the neck. Ask the
    patient to touch chin to chest and to each shoulder, each
    ear to the corresponding shoulder, and then tip the head
    back as far as possible.


29. Remove any additional PPE, if used. Perform hand hygiene.
    Continue with assessments of specific body systems, as
    appropriate or indicated. Initiate appropriate referral to
    other healthcare practitioners for further evaluation, as
    indicated.

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