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Chapter 22: Health Assessment Flashcards

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Health Assessment is?

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an assessment that asses the physical, mental, spiritual, socioeconomics, and cultural states.

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Nursing Assessment is?

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Focuses on clients functional abilities and physical responses to illness and other stressors.

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Physical Assessment is?

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Consists of Techniques used to gather (objective data)

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What does a complete Health Assessment include?

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  1. Nursing History

2. Physical Examination

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The purpose of the Baseline Data

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Data about the patients physical status to compare any health changes.

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The type of physical examination you perform will depend on clients…

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Health status, nature of encounters, and settings.

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For an Annual Physical perform a…

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Comprehensive Physical Assessment:

complete head to toe exam, health history interview.

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Focused Physical Assessment

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a particular topic, problem, body part

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Systemic Specific Assessment

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1 body system

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What is the order of the Body System approach when preparing to perform a physical examination?

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Musculoskeleton, Cardiovascular, Neurological

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Percussion

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tapping your fingers on skin.

tapping->produce->vibration= determine location size and density

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Auscultation

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using hearing to gather data

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Direct Auscultation

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listening without using an instrument

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Indirect Auscultation

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listening with the help pf stethoscope

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Stethoscope Diaphragm

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high pitched sounds of the heart, lung, and abdomen

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Stethoscope Bell

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low pitch sounds murmurs, bruits (turbulent blood flow)

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Olfaction

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sense of smell

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During olfaction, you notice the client is slurring. You think is was caused by…

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stroke

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Which age group are self conscious, want privacy, and are going through puberty?

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13-20 adolescence

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What type of position is used to measure musculoskeleton, neurological system, asses gait?

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standing position

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If you want to asses vital signs, what position is common to use for patient?

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Sitting position

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When patient is in a supine position and is having a hard time breathing, what passion do you recommend they do next?

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Fowler’s position: head elevated 60 degree

semi Fowler’s postion: 30 to 50 degrees

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What position is used when females get a pelvic exam?

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Lithotomy

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What are the 2 positions use to examine rectal are of the patient

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sims and knee chest on hands and knees

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What is the correct order of physical examination?

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Inspection, palpation, percussion, Auscultation

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When palpating the patient, the nurse uses the dorsum of the hand to…

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temperature deterimation

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When palpating the patient, the nurse uses the palmer surface of the hand to…

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locate pulsation

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When palpating the patient, the nurse uses the fingertips of the hand to…

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skin texture, swelling, pulsation, masses

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In the Integumentary System, you must notice the characteristics of the skin such as…

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color, temperature, and moisture

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If a patient is sweating, this maybe a sign of

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finished exercising, thyroid problem, overreacted sweating gland

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cafe au lait spot is?

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On infants/ neonates Light brown birthmark: generic disorder/ medical problem

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Capillary hemoangiomas

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small irregular pink areas that can disappear

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Mangolian Spot

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blue black birthmark that are found is specific nationality. They usually fade by age 2

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erythema

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site of infection

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If a patients skin temperature feels cooler than usual…then you assume

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poor peripheral circulation, shock, hypothermia

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If a patients skin is pale and have a loss of red in their skin tone then…

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pallor

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cyanosis

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blue/green skin color because hypoxia

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yellow/orange skin color

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Jaundice

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Ecchymosis

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blue green yellow area: sign of abuse/ internal bleeding.

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Mottling

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blush

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What happens when a patient has Edema

A

abnormal fluid in the tissue, common with heart failure, kidney disease, low albumin levels, swollen tissue.

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Milia is known as

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white heads

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Nevi is also known as

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moles and freckles and birthmarks

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striae is also know as

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stretch marks

45
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what is the hair type of a patient with hyperthyroidism?

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very fine and silky

46
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what is the hair type of a patient with hypothyroidism?

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dry

47
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Another term for hair loss

A

Alopecia

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Hirsutism is known as

A

having a lot of facial and trunk hair possibly do to steroid use

49
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Bumpy Nail is usual sign of

A

Respiration Problem

50
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what is a typical nail plate angle?

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160 degree and more

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HEENT

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Head, eye, ear, nose, teeth

52
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Temporomandibular joint syndrom

A

jaw cracks too much

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Graves disease

A

man looks like women

women look like men

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myopia

A

far sightness

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hyperopia

A

near sightness

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persbyopia

A

diminished near vision (45)

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cross eye

A

strabismus

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lazy eye

A

amblyopia

59
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what cranial nerves control pupillary reaction to light

A

iii ocululomotor

ii optic

60
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how many teeth should adult have

A

28 or 32 including wisdom teeth

61
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glossitis

A

inflammation of the tongue

62
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What type of test do you use to test color blindness?

A

Itinerary Cards Test

63
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When palpating the ear, what do you use?

A

otoscope

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Webber test

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use running fork (vibrate) at the center of the head..should have equal vibration in both ears

65
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Rinne Test

A

compares air conduction (bone conduction)

66
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Romberg Test

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asses equilibrium…standing with feet together eyes closed. If you see swaying they have vestibular/cerebellar disorder

67
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The normal pupil size

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3mm

68
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Cervical lymph nodes have to be what size?

A

1cm

if larger= infection

69
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S1

A

lub closure of valve between atria and ventricles

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S2

A

dub closure for semilunar valve between the ventricles and greater arteries exiting the heart)

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crepitis

A

popping sound

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Pulmonary Arteries

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carry O2 from blood tot he right ventricle->lung

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Systemic Arteries

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carry oxygen blood from left ventricle to the body periphery

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veins carry blood

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towards the heart

75
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arteries carry blood

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away from the heart

76
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peripheral vessels

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both vein and arteries

77
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stereognosis

A

recognize form of object

78
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graphesthesia

A

outline number on hand

79
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point localization

A

identify if one is being touched

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