Assessment Techniques and Integumentary System Flashcards
When do you use deep palpation?
With clinical supervision only
Use of fingertips best for?
Fine tacile discrimination
Use a grasping action of the fingers and thumb for…
detecting position, shape and consistency of organ or mass
Use the dorsa of hands and fingers for? And base of fingers for?
Temperature and vibration
Auscultation is always done last except for…
Abdominal assessment
Considerations for infants?
use of distraction, need for parental presence
Considerations for toddlers?
on parents lap, use of security objects, enhance autonomy, ignore child at first to get them to adjust
Addison’s disease is a result of…?
increased melanin
What to note about lesions?
Colour, elevation, pattern or shape, size, location and distribution on body, exudate
Tinea corporis
ring worm of body
psoriasis
red, itchy scaly patches
tinea versicolor
fungal yeast infection
macule
flat-freckle
papule
elevated-mole
patch
> 1 cm diameter-cafe au lait spot
