ATI 2 - Physical Assessment Findings Flashcards
keep medical equipement…
out of sight
age group to ask whether they prefer if their caregivers stay in or leave during examination
school-age + adolescent
recommended temperature routes for birth-12mo
axillary
rectal if exact measurement is needed
expected temp + age group [6m, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 13y]
6m 99.5 1y 99.9 3y 99.0 5y 98.6 7y 98.2 9y 98.1 13y 97.9
recommended temperature routes for 1-7 yr
- axillary
- tympanic
- oral (if cooperative)
- rectal (if exact measure needed)
recommended temperature routes for older than 7yo
- oral
- axillary
- tympanic
Pulse range [newborn, infant, toddler, preschool, school-age, adolescent]
newborn 110-160 infant 90-160 toddler 80-140 preschool 70-120 school-age 60-110 adolescent 50-100
Respiration range [newborn, infant, toddler, preschool, school-age, adolescent]
newborn 30-60
infant/toddler 25-30
preschool/school-age 20-25
adolescent 16-20
expected muscle tone in 4 month old
erect head posture
it is expected that a child makes eye contact when addressed except in…
infants
expected general appearance
- makes eye contact
- erect head
- follows simple commands
- use speech, lang, + motor skills spontaneously
- undistressed, clean, well kept
expected skin
- temp warm or slightly cool
- smooth, slightly dry
- not oily
- elastic skin turgor
- lesions are NOT expected
- symmetric skin folds
expected hair + scalp
- evenly distribtd
- smooth + strong
- clean
- not scaly
assess children approaching adolescence for…
presence of secondary hair growth
stringy, dull, brittle, dry hair is a sign of…
nutritional deficiencies
expected nails
- pink nail bed
- white at tips
- smooth + firm
- —flexible w infants
expected lymph nodes
nonpalpable
-can be small, palpable, nontender, mobile in children tho
expected head
- symmetric
- fontanels should be flat
posterior fontanel closes at
8 wks
anterior fontanel closes at
12-18 months
expected neck
-short in infants
expected conjunctiva
- palpebral fissures
- conjunctiva is pink
- bulbar conjunctiva is transparent