Assessment Skills Flashcards
Get a Clue
Gain confidence
Evaluate and assess
Try to be verbal
Apply knowledge
Clinical skills and thinking
Laboratory value assessment
Utilize all resources
Exert yourself through participation
Develop confidence in physical exam
Vital signs
-_________ pressure
-Pulse
-_____________rate
Blood
Respiratory
Lung exam
______________
Recognize normal vs wheezing,crackles
Auscultation
Heart Exam
Recognize normal vs abnormal sounds
Develop confidence in verbalizing
Discuss and defend your thought process
Counseling
Requires ____________________
*On rounds in hospital
*Morning report in clinic
*SOAP note or chart note
*Therapeutic management
*Monitoring plan
Communication
IPPA
___________-derm, infection,oxygen
____________-where and to what degree
____________-pulse,temperature
______________-BP,heart,lung
Inspection
Percussion
Palpation
Auscultation
___________
Evaluate and monitor drug tx
Identify drug-related problems
Resolve drug-related problems
Select the best drug treatment option
Sleuthing
_____________: force of blood as it pushes against the arterial walls
Dependent on 2 things
Blood pressure
BP has 2 components
__________
___________
Systolic
Diastolic
BP is indirectly measured
Blood pressure
What do you hear? Why?
Air into cuff raises pressure in cuff
Cuff pressure exceeds the pressure in the __________artery its compressed
__________stops blood flow
As deflate the air, cuff pressure __________
brachial
compression
decreases
Cuff pressure=___________ pressure=blood is flowing again
arterial
_______________
Korotkoff sounds are heard then disappear and then return
Auscultatory Gap
A true BP is with the start of two ____________ beats
consecutive
