Clinical assessment scores worksheet with answers

Free printable Clinical assessment scores worksheet: 6 problems from easy to exam level, with an answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF.

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1.Easy
12644SBPDBPmmHgMAP = ?

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient’s blood pressure is 126/44 mmHg. Find the mean arterial pressure MAP = (SBP + 2·DBP)/3, to the nearest whole mmHg.

SBP 126 mmHgDBP 44 mmHg
MAP = mmHg
2.Easy
14758SBPDBPmmHgPP = ?

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient’s blood pressure is 147/58 mmHg. Find the pulse pressure PP.

SBP 147 mmHgDBP 58 mmHg
PP = mmHg
3.Medium
S? / 4+M? / 4+A? / 4+Mob? / 4+N? / 4+F? / 3Σ?

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A practice patient is assessed with the Braden scale: sensory perception: slightly limited; moisture: very moist; activity: chairfast; mobility: slightly limited; nutrition: excellent; friction and shear: potential problem. Find the Braden total B.

6–23
B =
4.Medium
S? / 4+M? / 4+A? / 4+Mob? / 4+N? / 4+F? / 3Σ?

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A practice patient is assessed with the Braden scale: sensory perception: slightly limited; moisture: rarely moist; activity: walks frequently; mobility: slightly limited; nutrition: probably inadequate; friction and shear: problem. Find the Braden total B.

6–23
B =
5.Hard
underweighthealthy weightoverweightobesity class Iobesity class IIobesity class III

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). An adult weighs 88 kg and is 173 cm tall. Calculate the BMI and click the WHO weight category.

88 kg173 cm
  1. 1underweight
  2. 2healthy weight
  3. 3overweight
  4. 4obesity class I
  5. 5obesity class II
  6. 6obesity class III
6.Hard
reassuringmoderately abnormallow

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). At 5 minutes after birth, a practice newborn has a pink body with blue hands and feet, a heart rate of 75/min, a grimace when stimulated, limp limbs with no muscle tone and slow, irregular breathing with a weak cry. Score the APGAR and click how the score is interpreted.

  1. 1reassuring
  2. 2moderately abnormal
  3. 3low

Answer key

  1. 1. MAP = 71 mmHg
  2. 2. PP = 89 mmHg
  3. 3. B = 16
  4. 4. B = 17
  5. 5. overweight
  6. 6. moderately abnormal

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