Techniques of physical examination and history taking are time honored skills of healing and patient care. This course further develops and integrates the health assessment competencies of interviewing, performing and documenting comprehensive health histories and physical examinations into nursing education. It focuses on interviewing and health history, clinical reasoning, assessment and recording, and introduction to physical examination which are foundation aspects of health assessment. The students will apply the knowledge and skills acquired in facilitating nursing students’ learning in health assessment as a clinical foundation course.