unit II Flashcards
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When is the healthcare assessment done?
It is a continuous process carried out during all phases of the nursing process
What does assessment focus on?
Strengths
Problems
Needs
Data base
Collection or store of information
Subjective data
Obtained from clients description of the problem
Objective data
Detectable by an observer
Can be measured or tested
Data collection
Process of gathering information about a clients health status
Subjective or Objective?? Itching Pain B/P Anxiety Wheezing
Subjective Subjective Objective Subjective Objective
What is the purpose of the assessment ?
To enable the nurse to make a judgement or diagnosis about the pt’s health state
The purpose of assessment is to identify?
- Deviations from normal
- The clients health beliefs & patterns of health and illness
- presence of risk factors for physical &/or behavioral problems
- pt’s resources for support & adaptation
Name the 5 components of the nursing process?
A Nurse Plans Incase of Emergency
Assessment Nursing diagnosis Planning Implementation Evaluation
Name the types of assessment
Initial
Problem focused
Emergency
Time-lapsed
Initial assessment
Performed within a specified time to establish a complete database
Problem focused assessment
Ongoing process integrated with nursing care
Emergency assessment
Performed during crisis
Time lapsed assessment
Several months after initial assessment to compare to baseline
Head to tie assessment
A complete health assessment conducted from head & proceeding in a systematic manner to the toes
Functional health
Evaluation of mind body and environment
What is the purpose of data collection review?
To provide info to identify the pt’s needs
Primary source of data
Client (pt)
Best source
Secondary source of data
Support ppl
Client records
Medical records
Interviewing is used to?
Identify problems of mutual concerns, evaluate change, teach, provide support, counseling or therapy
The nursing interview is a communication process that has two focuses, they are?
Est. rapport & trust
Gather info on client
What are the three phases of the interview ?
Orientation or opening phase
Working or body phase
Closing or termination phase
The working or body phase is used to?
Form a database to develop a plan of care
What are the components of the nursing health history?
Biographic data Chief complaint & HPI Past medical Hx Family health history Psychosocial-lifestyles ADLs
The history of present illness is?
A chronological description of the clients chief concern
Trendelenburg
Legs elevated
Lithotomy
OB exam
What is the sequence of the assessment exam?
I-inspect
P-palpate
P-percussion
A-auscultation
IPPA is used except in ?
Abdominal assessment
IAPP
Inspection
Visual examination
Palpation
Using hands to elicit information
Percussion
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Tapping body surface to elicit sounds
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Auscultation
The process of listening to sounds produced within the body
Skin turger is used for what?
Checking for tenting (dehydration)
Pitting checks for?
Edema
Assessment of an older adult reveals significant renting of the skin over the forearm, what else besides dehydration could it be?
Loss of adipose tissue and elasticity
PERRLA
Pupils Equal Round Reactive to Light & Accommodation
Normal sign of pupils?
3-5 mm
Normal breath sounds are
Are described as soft & breezy
Crackles
Bubbling, crackling sounds primarily on inspiration
Wheezes
High pitched squeaky
Air moving through narrowed airway
Rhonchi
Course gargling
Air passes through narrowed passages upper airway
Apex of heart
Bottom of heart
Where is the heart located
Lies behind & left of sternum
PMI
Point of maximum impulse
5th left intercostal space @ midclavicular line
Capillary refill
Less than 3 seconds
Where are S1 & S2 located ?
S1- mitral valve (apex)
S2- aorta (right sternal boarder)
What are visicular breath sounds?
Normal soft and breezy
Best position to listen to heart sounds?
Supine?
If we can’t hear heart sounds how do we move the pt?
Left side or leaning forward
When checking for pulses what do you check for?
Rate
Rhythm
Quality
HOMANS sign
DVT, dorsiflex of the foot, is there pain in calf
Seizure precautions
Airway, padded side rails, suction
Arterial pulses name them & are found where?
Radial Carotid Brachial Pedal Femoral
S 1
Closing of mitral valve & tricuspid valve
S 2
Closing of aortic & pulmonic valves
Marks beginning of diastole
Bruit
Sign of arterial narrowing
Listen for a blowing or rushing sound