Every nurse should be able to competently perform health assessment. This competency involves a set of knowledge and skills. This guide is organized around information that prepares the student to perform health assessment while integrating knowledge of anatomy and physiology, communication and social sciences. It is also the aim of this guide to provide guidance to nurses providing patient care in various clinical settings. This guide utilizes various open educational resources, such as eBooks, videos and other digital learning formats. It is also the authors’ intent for this open educational resource to be shared, modified and further improved by educators, students, nurses and various users.