Initial nursing assessment Flashcards

1
Q

Give some examples of information that we need for a patient

A
  • DUDE
  • usual mobility
  • normal behaviour
  • medication
  • allergies / GA reactions
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2
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what are the two ways you can take a clinical history?

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  • pre appointment questionnaire
  • in person questions
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3
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what physical examination do you need to do when you admit a patient?

A
  • mentation/behaviour
  • eyes
  • thorax/HR/RR
    -mm/ crt
  • lymph nodes
  • weight
  • abdomen
  • genitals
  • skin/coat
  • limbs
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4
Q

what is blepharospasm?

A

blinking lots or squinting

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5
Q

what is protopsis?

A

protruding/bulging eyes

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6
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what is aniscoria?

A

uneven pupils

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7
Q

what lymph nodes are small but able to be felt?

A
  • Submandibular
  • prescapular
  • popliteal
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8
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what lymph nodes is it abnormal to palpate?

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  • axillary
  • inguinal
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9
Q

what would a yellow mm colour indicate?

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  • liver disease
  • haeemolysis
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what would a pale/white mm colour indicate?

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  • blood loss
  • anaemia
  • shock
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what would a brick red mm colour indicate?

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  • sepsis
  • hyperthermia
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12
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what would a blue mm colour indicate?

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  • severe hypoxaemia
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13
Q

what is a normal hr for a dog, cat, rabbit, and gpig?

A

dog - 70-140
cat - 100-200
rabbit - 130-325
gpig - 230-380

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14
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what is a normal RR for a dog, cat, rabbit, and gpig?

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dog - 10-30
cat - 20-30
rabbit - 30-60
gpig - 90-150

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15
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what is a normal temperature for a dog, cat, rabbit, gpig?

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dog - 38.3-39.2
cat - 38.2-38.6
rabbit - 38.5-40
gpig - 37.2-39.5

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16
Q

what clinical signs should be recorded?

A
  • TPR
  • medications
  • procedures
  • food and water intake
  • urine and faeces output
  • clinical signs
17
Q

what is pyrexia?

18
Q

what is hyperthermia?

A
  • high core temperature without change in the set point of hypothalamic thermoregulatory centre
19
Q

what is hypothermia?

A
  • low body temperature
20
Q

what does hypokinetic means?

A

a weak pulse seen in shock and congestive heart failure

21
Q

what does pulse deficit mean?

A

the absence of palpable pulse waves in a peripheral artery for one or more heart beats

22
Q

what does pollakiuria mean?

A

frequent abnormal urination

23
Q

what does polyuria means?

A

excessive or abnormally large amount of urine

24
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what does stranguria means?

A

painful, frequent urination

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what does dysuria mean?
- difficulty in urination
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what does anuria mean?
- cessation of the production of urine
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what does haematuria?
blood in urine
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what is tachycardia?
increased heart rate
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what is bradycardia?
decreased heart rate
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what is tachypnoea?
slow RR
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what is bradypnoea?
Slow RR
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what is dyspnoea?
obstruction in breathing
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what is apnoea?
cessation in breathing
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what is cheyne-stokes?
alternating periods of deep rapid and shallow breaths, usually before death
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what is orthopnoea?
respiratory distress when in lateral recumbency
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what is paradoxical respiration?
thoracic walls inward on inspiration and outwards at expiration caused by increased abdominal effort
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what is haematochezia?
fresh blood in faeces
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what is melena?
old blood in faeces
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what is dyschezia?
difficulty in defecating