Examination and Assessment Flashcards
Q: What are the parts of the SOAP note?
Subjective, Objective, Assessment and Prognosis, Plan of Care
Term: Collecting information from patients or responsible parties
Subjective examination
Q: What percent of the information you need comes from the subjective examination?
80-90%
Term: includes tests and measures
Objective examination
Term: identifies the relationship between the findings of the subjective and objective evaluation
Clinical judgement
Q: What part of the SOAP note contains reported symptoms?
Subjective
Q: What part of the SOAP note contains information on function?
Objective
Q: For what part of the SOAP note would you use clinical judgement?
Assessment or evaluation
Q:Our clinical judgment allows us to raise “________ ___________”
working, hypotheses
Q: During what part of the SOAP note is the diagnosis determined?
Assessment or evaluation
Term: combination of symptoms and signs that determine a particular condition.
Clinical syndrome
Term: related to the pt’s functional ability, reported by the pt., and/or detected during the objective exam
Problem
Term: conditions that may change with the intervention
Problem
Term: predicting the pt’s recovery
Prognosis
T/F: The diagnosis, problem, and prognosis all fall under the P portion of the SOAP note.
False, under A (assessment)
Term: reversing impairments
Remediation
Term: changes in the environment and tasks
Compensation or adaptation
Term: management of anticipated problem
Prevention
Q: Define the acronym SINSS
Severity, irritability, nature, stage, stability
Q: What is SINSS used for?
The base for the assessment
Q: What are important verbal communication skills to have during an examination? (5)
- ask one question at a time 2. speak slowly 3. avoid medical jargon 4. make no assumptions 5. belief and empathy
Q: What are important non-verbal communication skills to have during an examination? (2)
- eye contact 2. body language
Content: SE - Patient Profile (5)
- Age
- Occupation
- Current daily activity level
- Recreation/hobbies
- Psychosocial factors
Content: SE (6)
- Pt. profile
- Chief complaint
- Body chart
- Behavior of symptoms
- History
- Pt. goal