Health assessment prep

Question 1

What does assessing a patients health status involve

Answer 1

health history

physical examination

Question 2

What are the three types of physical examinations

Answer 2

complete ass
body system
body area

Question 3

What does the head to toe ass involve

Answer 3

General survey
Vitals
Head- Hair scalp, face/eyes and vision/ears and hearing/nose/mouth and oropharynx
Neck- Muscles/lymph nodes/trachea/thyroid gland/carotid arteries/veins
Upper extremities- skin and nails/muscle strength and tone/joint ROM/brachial and radial pulse/sensation
Chest and back— skin/thorax shape and size/lungs/heart/spinal column/breasts and axillae
Abdomen— skin/ab sounds/femoral pulse
External genitalia
anus
Lower extremities— skin and toenails/gait and balance/joint ROM/popliteal, posterior tibial, and dorsalis pedis pulses

Question 4

What are the ass positions and what body areas can be assed in them

Answer 4

Dorsal Recumbent— gentalia, rectum,
Supine— head, neck, axillae, anterior thorax, lungs, breasts, heart, vital signs, abdomen, extremties, peripheral pulses
Sitting— head neck post and anterior thorax lungs breasts axillae heart vitals upper and lower extrems reflexes
Lithotomy and Sims— genitalia
Prone— posterior thorax, hip joint ROM

Question 5

What can influence palpatioin greatly

Answer 5

the clients level of relaxation