Nursing 226 Flashcards
Subjective Data
What patient says
Objective Data
What health professional observes
Complete (Total Health) Data Base
Complete health history and physical exam. comprehensive overview.
Episodic or Problem-Centered Data Base
Based on reason for seeking care.
Focused review
Health History Interview
First step in health assessment.
Goals of health history interview.
- gather complete and accurate data
- establish trust
- build rapport
- begin teaching
Interview: Assisting the narrative
- Facilitate
- Silence
- Reflection
- empathy
- clarification
- confrontation
- interpretation
- explanation
- summary
Order for Physical Examination
Inspection, Palpation, Percussion and Auscultation
For abdomen: Inspection, Auscultation, Percussion and Palpation
Sounds heard in percussion
Resonance, hyperrresonance, tympany, dullness, flatness
Diaphragm, stethoscope
for high pitched sounds. Breath, bowel and normal heart sounds
Bell, stethoscope
for soft, low-pitched sounds. Extra heart sounds
ABCDE of Moles
Asymmetrical Border Irregularity Color Variation Diameter - greater than 6mm Elevation and enlargement
Edema grades
1+ mild pitting, slight indentation; no perceptible swelling
2+ moderate pitting; indentation subsides rapidly
3+ deep pitting; indentation remains for a short time; let looks swollen
4+ very deep pitting; indentation last a long time; leg is very swollen
Resonance
Sound heard in hollow areas like lungs
Hyperresonance
Booming Sound. Heard in children and emphysema patients