How has nursing assessment changed?

My question to nurses who started their careers in decades past is how has the nursing assessment changed over the course of your professional practice?

For instance, were you trained in the 60s and 70s to auscultate a pts heart and lung sounds? I'm watching a movie focusing on the lives of nurses from the 70s and these nurses don't seem to have much professional training, however that is not the focus of the movie. I'm just curious as to how accurate this portrayal is...
Back in the dark ages, I was also taught to do bowel sounds. And I can to percuss too!And we didn't have all the bells & whistles and monitors and scanners to work with either!PS - Just curious - what show were you watching?

Quote from amoLuciaPS - Just curious - what show were you watching?

Quote from kool-aide, RN"The Student Nurses," it's on Netflix. It's pretty much a groovy show full of big-bosomed student nurses jumping into bed with several different suitors. Oh, and there's motorcycles and LSD.

Quote from amoLuciaBack in the dark ages, I was also taught to do bowel sounds. And I can to percuss too!And we didn't have all the bells & whistles and monitors and scanners to work with either!PS - Just curious - what show were you watching?

Hmmm. I can certainly see why you are "Kool-aide" ha ha. I guess you would be surprised to hear that nurses in the 70's knew how to assess a patient, and some even had bachelor and master's degrees! Nursing isn't a new thing, you know!

Quote from applewhitern Nursing isn't a new thing, you know!

Yeah, I spent a whole semester in my OB rotation. I got 8 weeks in the OR. I actually worked a full month 32 hour/weeks as a nurse my senior year. late 70's.

Quote from kool-aide, RNI don't mean to insult anyone, I'm just curious to see if there are differences in training from then to now.

Quote from kool-aide, RN"The Student Nurses," it's on Netflix. It's pretty much a groovy show full of big-bosomed student nurses jumping into bed with several different suitors. Oh, and there's motorcycles and LSD.

Quote from Esme12Training was intense... we had a ton of bedside skills and practice from several clinicals a week. In the years before me the nursing students spent everyday working in clinical settings.

Quote from Esme12This is an insulting portrayal of nurses and nursing.... nothing could be furthest from the truth. As far as I'm concerned.... it's trash.

Quote from Ruas61In between running the autoclave!